BF Goodrich or Goodyear

**camel_landy** · 1st August 2006, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by RoverOne

Good point I'd be scared to on a big trip, but still it only happened on this trip to all participants tyres.

It may be scary but weight IS your biggest enemy and probably the single biggest factor in mechanical failures on long trips. Exceed that GVW (GVM) at your peril! Remember... I managed to do a 12mth trip, with a family of 4 and keep it within the limits.

Originally Posted by RoverOne

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.

Yeeeesssss... I was a little surprised when I saw how many sleepers can be stacked on the front roo-bar of a truck when we were in the Flinders last year!

M

**DirtyDawg** · 1st August 2006, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by camel_landy

This is them....

They look the same age and condition as StoneHenge..

**DirtyDawg** · 1st August 2006, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by dman

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.

How much were they though ????

**rover** · 1st August 2006, 04:49 PM

Guys

I have decided to run with the Silent Armours from Goodyear. Thankyou for the advice. Went to the local Goodyear rep and checked out tread pattern and depth. They reckon they are a lot quiter, with the new belting etc etc. All very helpful in a Defender, especially after putting up with Michelin O/R tyres.
Will report on performance after a few thousand kilometres.

Cheers

Rover

**Reads90** · 1st August 2006, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

They look the same age and condition as StoneHenge..

well thats whats happens when you give them to a read

Hey Mark

**dman** · 1st August 2006, 09:36 PM

$310.00 each they do hum on the road though.
I have a second set of allterrains for every day use. so there maybe not what your looking for but they look good and are awsome up in the sticks

**Reads90** · 1st August 2006, 09:44 PM

I had simex extreme treckers on my 90 , same size as yours. went really well off road. But got chewed up . But thats was my fault not the tyres.

we a nightmare on the road . Got fun at about 140kph on the road in the wet. But off road they were fantastic.

**Sly** · 1st August 2006, 09:49 PM

If 90% of your travel is dry country I recomend the Pirelli scorpions or previous dakars. Got 90thou out of the last set, lots of gravel and only one puncture (tec screw in road house car park).
Hafto purchase two new ATs for the trip east and will sell of body parts to cover the cost.