New tyres for Disco 4 2016 for a desert trip

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Originally Posted by van cruiser

Hi Everyone.
Without trying to start a new world war I am thinking of replacing my
not so good Contintental 4X4 contact with Pirelli Scorpion AT plus but also
looking at General Grabber AT3 .

My research suggest that the Grabbers will end up with more sidewall damage.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
BTW for six months of the year tow a 2.6 T caravan.

Cheers

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I recently did 4600km from Sydney via bourke, Tibboburra, Innaminka, Birdsville, Simpson Desert on BFG KO2 265/65/18. absolutley no problems

Hi Petera,
I have discovered that tyres are liking picking a beer-very subjective and depends on each
persons use etc.

Great that you had no problems/

Just for the record we did just over 5000 klms starting Melbourne to Marree and then up the
Onnadatta track to Mt Dare and the across the Madigan line to Birdsville and
across to White Cliffs and the back to Melbourne.

Lots of gravel and some rocky surfaces especially on the 4WD only tracks.

Fuel 9.9/100 for the whole trip.

Cheers Ian

Another vote for BFG KO2, have now done over 20,000km on mine, SA beaches, Gibb River rd. all through Kimberly, Kakadu Lorella Springs and West Mac Donnell Rangers with a heap in between. No chipping, no side wall damage and no punctures.
Certainly better than my experience with the likes of Coopers or General Grabbers

Just something else to through in here for others contemplating tyres and wheels... I've now slightly buckled a second Compomotive resulting in a crack. Whilst they have their advantages as far as weight goes, my experience at least is that they do not necessarily have the toughness.

I do wonder how much the profile of the tyre influences this. Previously i had 275/65/18 on which have a much taller sidewall than the 260/60/18 I'm currently running. Both buckled rims have come with the lower profile tyres. And i drove much harder tracks with the taller tyres on.

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Originally Posted by TuffRR

Just something else to through in here for others contemplating tyres and wheels... I've now slightly buckled a second Compomotive resulting in a crack. Whilst they have their advantages as far as weight goes, my experience at least is that they do not necessarily have the toughness.

I do wonder how much the profile of the tyre influences this. Previously i had 275/65/18 on which have a much taller sidewall than the 260/60/18 I'm currently running. Both buckled rims have come with the lower profile tyres. And i drove much harder tracks with the taller tyres on.

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Hmmm. Are you running too low a tyre pressure? After all, a buckle is caused by the rim striking the ground which is not good for your tyre or rim. Think that your sidewall is getting squished between the rim and the surface.