Thread: Question re Steeltreks

Thanks guys. I know I could count on heap of good info here....

Originally Posted by FenianEel

Easy Money Earners - that's why you're answering the question for him

spot on there FenianEel, easy money earners, our workshop xmas party last weekend was fully funded by grunts buying our goffas

an officer nah, i'm still a crafty and proud of it, i don't reckon many of the raeme dudes would not know the reason why the 110's run tubes, they may have covered it on my T109 if they did i didn't take any notice

i still don't fully understand the construction of tyres hence the question

i'm hoping the two differant tyre fitting companies that have removed and refitted the tyres would have put tubes in if they needed them

thats fair enough then...

I like to know about tyres, I learnt my mechanics from the dirt up, literally..

them black round thingamys is supposed to be the only part of the car that touches anything, theyre well kinda important....

Im assuming you know that you can tell weather they have tubes or not by the type of valve stem fitted yeah?


Ive mentioned countless times before The steeltrek is my goto tyre when I dont know what Im going to come up against. There are tyres out there that shine all over them in certain fields but as an all rounder I find it really hard to beat... Just dont drive em much over 110, they dont like that at all.


It just comes down to knowing what pressure they like for what situation.

And it looks like they're coming back into popular demand again. (there was a couple of runs of them in 2000 and 2002 that should have been burnt in the moulds and there was no way of telling the good uns rom the bad)

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Im assuming you know that you can tell weather they have tubes or not by the type of valve stem fitted yeah?

just had a look, i reckon they are tubeless as the outside of the valve stem is bigger than the hole in the rim i.e. when the tyre is deflated the valave will not fall in

there has always been some discussion that fitting tubes sometimes increases blow outs or damaged esp when they are changed on the bush and the driver are slack and let dirt and other crap inside so that it sits between the tube and tyre

Originally Posted by rangieman

Wrong sorry dave i just changed from 31.10.5/15 BFG muddys

to the 12 ply olympic steel treks and the steely.s are 50% quieter than the BFG muddy,s

and the car drives so much better (Defender)

maybe now, they wont stay that way....... they are noisier then bar treads when they start to scallop.....and nearly everyone i have come across that does even a small bit of bitumen work, has had them scallop...

hope your mileage differs ...

Originally Posted by weeds

just had a look, i reckon they are tubeless as the outside of the valve stem is bigger than the hole in the rim i.e. when the tyre is deflated the valave will not fall in

there has always been some discussion that fitting tubes sometimes increases blow outs or damaged esp when they are changed on the bush and the driver are slack and let dirt and other crap inside so that it sits between the tube and tyre

entirely true, thats why I do my tyre repairs on top of the boards that go under the bed in the back of big red, in or on the trailer and when I had a series with the roof rack, on top of the rack.

Just dont forget the talcum powder...

They where a shocking tyre on the road the big blocks of tread would let go at the slightest sign of wet bitumen. Old tecnology, that would scallop and go out of balance very easily, unless you can get them cheap stay away from them, theere are better tyres out there.

I am a bit surprised with the comments on the SteelTreks - not in the market at the mo, although if my boss decided I am not needed I will be back on Terra Australis H1-2007... and back into playing with Landies - anyway, I would have thought the Oz Army would use something very good if not the best and judging from some comments that is not the case. Hm....