750R16's.....who got them

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Originally Posted by Dougal

Are 750R16 xzl's still being made? The LR brochure is the only place I can find them.

Looks like the Czechs still have an SAT version: 4x4 | MAXIMA 750X16 (814/160mm) 112/110J | Fedima CZECH

http://www.fedimaczech.cz/fotky10089..._503MAXIMA.jpg

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... Thats around $150 each, plus shipping.....

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Are the XZL's noisey on road?. Pat

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Depends what you're comparing it with.

They are noisier than a road tyre but quieter than an Avon Rangemaster.

Just turn up the volume on the radio!

M

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Originally Posted by superquag

... Thats around $150 each, plus shipping.....

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Yeah, 88 quid in the UK, but keep in mind these are remoulds. I just got a sea-freight shipment from UK, it would have been soo easy to fit a set in.:(

My mud tyres were a set of 205R16 radial casings with SAT retread blocks vulcanised on. In the mud and snow melt I used them in, they were awesome. I never had cross-ply SAT's on the same vehicle but I'm convinced the radial casings were quieter.
But last winter one of the casings died of old age. There is a tyre shop in NZ which can do the same again on 225/75R16 casings. I probably should do that.

These are 90km/h tyres, not 100km/h tyres. I keep them on a spare set of rims.

Check the www.beadelltours.com.au website.
they have a very informative tyre section and links to suppliers.
good on bitumen, sand and harder to rock damage and stake.

Way to go.

Robert.

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Originally Posted by superquag

Interesting point re: 750-16 size tyres...

On such programs which show the Worlds Worst Roads, -usually India, - all 4WD's seem to run this size/tread style.
Maybe it really is a universal and efficient off-road tyre, like what Land Rovers used to come with... And RRC's.

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All the vehicles that spend thier life out in the bush run this size tyre,the only vehicles running bigger fatter tyres are the tourists. Pat