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    All terrain tyres for 18" rims

    I've just had a couple of days fishing enlivened by having 3 punctures, the last was a failure of the repair one of the earlier punctures. All on dirt roads but nothing extreme. No nails, just bruising from rocks. The repair failure appears to be because of carcase damage too great for the repair plug.

    So, highway tyres are not an option but I can't find any AT tyres in 245/65 18. Any suggestions or do I have to go to 17" wheels like my previous Freelander 2 that ran Pirelli Scorpion ATR's without any problem and I got 100k kms out of the rears. (Although they both punctured on the same trip into the Barrington Tops but that's ok after 100k.)

    Thanks for your help.

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    Cutch Guest

    Whoops

    Make that 235/60 18. Should have had a look!

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    That size is scarce on AT options. I ended up with 255/55 18s. There are plenty of options in that size. I settled for the General Grabbers and have been more than happy so far. BFG have that size also ( I’ve run so many sets of those without a single problem over the years - obviously not on a DS though).

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    Nitro Terra Grappler

    I have just doe a 5000+ road trip on Nitto Terra Grapplers 255/55R18. They are excellent. Great on bitumen, with no added noise, and no problems on some fairly rough terrain in the Flinders Ranges running at 25PSI. Very happy with them.
    Best
    Scott

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    Quote Originally Posted by TTTTTT View Post
    That size is scarce on AT options. I ended up with 255/55 18s. There are plenty of options in that size. I settled for the General Grabbers and have been more than happy so far. BFG have that size also ( I’ve run so many sets of those without a single problem over the years - obviously not on a DS though).
    Same here,on much heavier vehicles than a DS,and on extremely rough roads.

    Never had an issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cutch View Post
    I've just had a couple of days fishing enlivened by having 3 punctures
    Which tyres Cutch? The OEM Goodyear Wranglers?

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    Not OEM

    Hi,

    One of the punctured tyres was a replacement Wrangler, the other was a Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season , recommended by Jax to replace the OEM Wranglers after my son destroyed one on an echidna. (My wife accounted for the early demise of the other OEM's on a kerb)

    I started a thread on the unsuitabililty of Wranglers about a year ago and didn't get much support. Also complained to LR who went silent when I asked for the issue to be escalated. Lost the argument but I'm still adamant that Wranglers are a highway only tyre, not even ok on good gravel. The replacement German made Wranglers have badly chipped and are a mess after around 40k kms of 95% highway and secondary sealed road use and the rest good gravel with occasional National Park 4wd trails.

    The damage to the Pirelli showed as a crack in the tread and was plugged by the local tyre dealer. Next day the repair failed after about 25 kms of 4wd trail and shows signs of the carcase being damaged beyond repair. The Wrangler puncture similar but the repair is holding.

    So two sets of tyres in 50k kms from new!

    After the advice above on tyre sizes I've ordered Michelin Latitude Cross 255/55 18's. I've always had a good run with Michelin going back to the original M&S as fitted to the classic RR in the 80's until they stopped supplying AT tyres but it looks like they're now available again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cutch View Post
    I've ordered Michelin Latitude Cross 255/55 18's.
    The Michelins look like an interesting AT tyre. Appreciate if you can post a review once they are fitted.

    cheers
    Guthrie

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    Michelin review after a week and about 1200 kms, 600 of that with racing car on trailer hanging off the back:

    First there are no clearance problems with a wider tyre, diameter is same as standard. My feeling is that the Michelins give a slightly stiffer ride and slightly more responsive steering. Maybe stiffer sidewalls? Bitumen grip seems as good as the Wrangler / Pirelli combination. Gravel road grip is better particularly on the clayey bits in the wet. And they look great!

    But I've obviously offended the tyre gods. Unbelievably I've had puncture no. 4 needing one new Michelin to be replaced. It has a cut in the tread too big for a plug repair so I've chosen to replace rather than repair it. I don't want the risk of a weakness in the tyre. I don't know what I ran over so I can't blame the tyre. Ouch $, Jax tyres will sell it to me at their cost. Thanks Jax.

    Summary is I'm very happy with the tyres. Shame I damaged one so soon. The tyre dealer also had great reports on them from a Landcruiser owner previously on Goodrichs.

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    235/60 R18 All Terrain Tyres

    I have been looking casually for the same type of alternative tyres. I haven't tried them yet but I found two possibilities. General Tire Grabber AT3 and Yokohama Geolander A/T G015. Both appear to be available in Australia and have sizes to match the original 18 inch tyres.

    Cheers,

    Peter J.

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