Have you done Fraser on 19s?

[catch-22]

We had to get the SD4 HSE, didn't we...

19 inch wheels. And we're considering taking it to Fraser and staying in one of their resorts there for a few days.

Keen to hear if anyone has taken their FL2 with 19s. I know they'll do all that others can do - but the low profile tyres concerns me.

[RIN03]

I had 18s on mine and found them a little better than the 17s on sand as you keep a bit of clearance with the larger wheels.

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[Dorian]

Depends on whether it's rained or not. If it's dry and you can't lower tyre pressures to around 20-25psi or so then you will probably struggle, if it has rained in the last week or so then it probably won't be a problem. I've seen heaps of Touaregs & BMW's around the island doing OK when its rained enough to get the tracks damp.

[mikehzz]

I had 18s on mine and found them a little better than the 17s on sand as you keep a bit of clearance with the larger wheels.

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18's have an inch less rubber than 17's so no extra clearance I'm afraid.

Caine, why don't we have an FL2 day up at Stockton as a test before you go? If you can do the stretch of beach between Lavis Lane and the wreck then you can easily handle Fraser. I've been to Fraser a couple of times and that stretch of Stockton is worse than almost everything up there. I'm happy to come with you in mine and pull your 19" mall crawler out if it gets stuck...

[PhilipA]

We had a Evoque at Stockton for Range Rover Club driver training.

It was fine on soft dry sand as they have a good power weight ratio. In fact it climbed out of a bowl better than d3-4s.

The car got bogged where some tracks converged, and there were deep ruts, as the Evoque and I assume the F2 have quite a low front crossmember and it bellied out.

So problems may arise on track entries or around rock outcrops where tracks converge. I don't think it bellied on "normal" depth tracks along the dry sand, just where the tracks had to converge and they were deeper than usual.
Getting off the barge comes to mind, but there are always lots of pushers around there anyway.

The other things to note are that the road oriented tyres did not want to climb on to my Maxtrax due to lack of tread, so we had to dig them right underneath, and I am trying to remember whether it had a good recovery point, and I think not.

Regards Philip A

[RIN03]

[QUOTE=mikehzz;2240924]18's have an inch less rubber than 17's so no extra clearance I'm afraid.

Should still be same rolling diameter however my theory is that even with a flat tyre you will still have more clearance with the bigger wheel size and lower profile tyre (within reason). the lower rim size the higher the side wall ratio you need. as long as the tyre elongates when deflated you should be fine don't worry too much about bagging on the side. some tyres when you start getting up there can be so stiff on the side wall you may as well be driving at 40psi

[catch-22]

I'm happy to come with you in mine and pull your 19" mall crawler out if it gets stuck...

Why how gentlemanly of you, Mike.....

I'll be in touch

[mikehzz]

I'm pretty confident neither of us would get stuck but you never know on the chopped up stuff so its better with 2. Shock horror...you might get to pull me out.

[catch-22]

As long as no one takes photos, we'd be the only ones to ever know it happened......if it did.......which it won't....

[Vesko]

Give me a buzz, I might join you if you don't mind