Thread: AT Tyres - what is your experience with these?

Originally Posted by Grumbles

I am considering choosing one of these four AT tyre brands and am wondering what owners experience with them is. The one thing I am not that interested in is tyre life.

Pirelli Scorpion ATR

Bridgestone D697

Toyo Open Country A/T

BF Goodrich ALL-Terrain T/A K02

The Pirellis got some good reviews in 4WD mags a few years back, try Googling up reviews on all the brands mentioned, Regards Frank.

I've put 265/60x18 D697's on my D4 (they're LT rated) - swapped out OEM HT Wranglers.

They are a little bit noisier but I can't detect any difference whatsoever grip-wise, wet or dry.

Off road they are good on sand and also scrabbling around on rocks / rocky dirt roads. Haven't taken them on a long trip yet.

Much talk of the BFG's chipping badly in the D3/D4/RRS section.

David

for a highway tyre, i liked the Pirelli Scorpions.

Have the scorpion atr on my rangie.... Quiet, good road holding on and off the road..

After 3 sets of BFG and getting ~60-70k km on them, I fitted Toyo Open Country ATs and only got 50k km, and they wore inside edge on the front and outside on the back. 30psi front and 35-40 back, same as the BFGs.
~30% outback roads, 2000 D2 SLS, ACE.
Terry

Pirelli on everything except mud. But all the ones mentioned are average in mud. Change them before they hit the indicators to prevent them getting noisy.

38-40 psi front and 40-42 on rear.
When loaded heavily, 42 on front and 46 rear.
Dirt 32/34
Sand 18 all round.

What is everyone's view of General Tires? Grabber GT popped up as an option for the Freelander 2

Some good info here - thanks.

A couple of guys hit the sore point of tyre noise.

I'm currently running Dunlop Grandtrek AT3s and they have more than met my requirements of stone puncture resistance, highway grip and good off road performance. They were a complete surprise in mud and performed way above expectations. Try a 2 km stretch of axle deep red mud and they just churned their way through without a hiccup.

But their down fall is noise on the bitumen. They don't just howl they roar. Conversation inside the car - incidentally this is my Suzi GV fourby not my Rangie - is difficult and mates hear me coming in 60 kmh rural zones well before they can see me - in fact one asked if Ihad done a diff. These tyres have to go even though they have only traveled 20 thou odd kays.