:D :D :D you shuld know by now that being a ruff **** runs in the family:DQuote:
Originally Posted by camel_landy
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:D :D :D you shuld know by now that being a ruff **** runs in the family:DQuote:
Originally Posted by camel_landy
Go Simex I,ve just put a set 32/10.5/16 extreme trekker centipeds on genuine landy rims on my 130 there awsome.All i had to do to to fit them was adjust the turn stop bolts about four turns.
Go Simex I,ve just put 32/10.5/16s extreme trekker centipedes on genuine landy rims on my 130 there awsome.All i had to do to fit them was adjust the turn stop bolts about four turns.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by rover
Its not the lots of sharp rocks that destroy them, its the constant bombardment of small "gibba rocks" from the front wheels onto the rear at speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace
Every car (10) on my Gulf Trip a few years ago suffered this chipping, irrespective of brand infact on this trip 11 tyres where destroyed or repaired including the unbreakable Coopers & are they hard to replace in the bush. We had BFG, Coopers & Goodyear tyres on this trip, my BFG muddies the only tyres not touched by spiking only chipped on the back. They were only new for the trip & took off & replaced with two new when I got back, but have now recycled the chipped ones & are currently now on the Defender for 6 months, the chips are weraing down can hardly notice now.
And noway are they out of date quite the contrary with the updated KO muddies, in my opinion the best off road tyre before you step up to the extreme tyres like Simex etc.
Actually.... I'd have to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoverOne
From my observations while in Oz, it's not the terrain that kills the tyres but the really low pressures that you guys like to run at. I did 30,000KM around Oz, never suffered from tyre damage and the only puctures I had were from 2x broken rims. Running at the lower pressure knackers the sidewalls & makes the tyres get too hot.
The pressures I ran were close to the the recomended LR ones (45psi front & 60psi rear). The only time I ran lower was when on sand and then went to 25psi & 35psi.
My 2c...
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That also could be part of it I guess, but why only rear tyres appear to suffer, my front tyres are perfect. I always run 40 rear (45 fully loaded) 36 front on the Defender, which is the recommended for BFG 265/75. I never lower my tyres anywhere unless in rocky steps & steep wet climbs and then get down to 20 - 25 depending on the conditions & inflate to go home. From memoery they used to be the pressures on the old 750/16 on the Michelin's that you use.Quote:
Originally Posted by camel_landy
If you had been on the sections we travelled on without damage you'd have been a legend, that trip the only tar we travelled on was Sydney to Bourke & the odd jaunt into a town centre for the odd few kilometres of tar. The return journey from Karumbah the only tar was crossing the highway at Camooweal, a couple of tiny towns (Bedourie, Boulia etc) back onto real tar just north of Cobar, same going up 20% of the trip on tar the rest outback roads, the trip was especially tailored to avoid tar :D around 9,000km in 22 days.
BTW I've been around Australia twice (once in one go) mostly before all the tar was lain & graded highways throughout the Kimberleys, no tar across the Nullabor then etc.
Weight distribution? Have you checked the axle weights?Quote:
Originally Posted by RoverOne
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I have owned both and currently have 255/85R16 BFG muddies, mainly because they're the only ones that make that size.
I've had BFG all-terrains in the past and apart from them being useless in mud, I got 55K out of them but like anything I own they get flogged to death..
The Goodyear MT/R's are a great tyre, but the price is a bit out there (I was quoted $310 a tyre for 265/75's, the BFG 255/85's I have now were $290 a tyre. I get an extra inch in ground clerance for $20 less, that was enough to sell me).
Regards,
Trav
Good point I'd be scared to on a big trip, but still it only happened on this trip to all participants tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by camel_landy
Never dented a nob or leading edge on a trip to Cape York, with the same tyres 3 years earlier, or total off road trip through the Flinders the year after, carry half a ton of wood on the roof until we worked out we could burn 3 ton of wood a night of sleepers off the old Ghan Railway. About 15,000km's in those two trips alone without a chip.