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

For the little it's worth...
My two (almost unworn) front tires (clue to their country of origin) lead me on a journey of Discovery from the bitumen into the bush, recently.

(Rear tires were another brand, but from the same country...)

Despite tread depth that rivals the Grand Canyon, they were....exciting...in the wet, or on a day cooler than 39 degrees C.

The older Rangie we towed with had Pirelli Scorpions, which had great grip AND wet weather predictability. Life was deemed to be good, and noise, well, can't say I ever noticed any !

If I keep Lady $arah, I'll not be bothering with A/T's, just any H/T or pure road tyres.

The BIL seems happy with the Toyos on his 80 series.
Pirellis are supposed to be very high quality tyres.
The bushies seem to like the Bridgies.
I've had BFGs and they were great, but expensive.
Coopers seem to go hard.
Hankook ATs seem to be good value for money at the moment.

I have used the BFG's on several vehicles - Defender and 2 classic Rangies.

I find them to be quiet enough & well behaved on bitumen & reasonably capable in mud & sand.

I would buy them again (in fact just renewed the Defender tyres)

Good luck

I put Pirelli Scorpion ATR on my D3 when I blew a General Grabber At2 in QLD. They are quieter than the GGat2. They hold on road well. I cannot comment on longevity as they are still newish sorry.
Offroad- Fine with dirt road and tracks but not mud friendly but no AT tires are really

There is plenty of terrific info being posted here - really appreciated and thank you.

Unfortunately some patterns such as Mr Landys recommendation of Bridgestone AT 661 are off the list due to non availability in the necessary size. I need 225 x 65 x 17. I haven't looked at the needed Load or Speed Ratings yet.

The latest 4 x 4 Australia mag has a good article on working out tyre load and speed ratings to make a choice, if you happen to see it in a newsagent.

Do these fit ok in the spare tyre space David?

Gavin

Originally Posted by MrLandy

A better Bridgestone AT tyre is the 661. I've used them all over this continent for almost 20 years. Excellent all round tyre, quiet and good grip on road, tough, durable capable off road.

just out of curousity I looked them up......only available in one size......which I think is a good size for defender......