Big Tyres: Pros and cons

The funny thing is, everyone is arguing but not really answering the posters original questions!!

Any mod you do will have an impact on performance and fuel consumption. In this case, a negative one due to gearing change and more frontal aero resistance.
Do bigger tyres make your car better off road? Yes, and that is about the only thing everyone agrees on. With bigger tyres you will have more diff clearance and better traction. Its up to you how wide you go, which if you go by what everyone says, doesn't seem to matter and is a matter of personal taste.

Military don't mod things so that it is standard which helps repairs and salvaging parts on missions, and if a diff leaks a bit it doesn't matter provided it gets the boys home.

BTW, welcome to the internet - a place that is exactly like the women in my life, always giving me answers for questions I didn't necessarily ask, and conflicting opinions on everything.

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Originally Posted by JoeFriend

BTW, welcome to the internet - a place that is exactly like the women in my life, always giving me answers for questions I didn't necessarily ask, and conflicting opinions on everything.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

And Slunnie and I have personally seen the destruction skinny tyres on army land rovers can do to tracks.

But don't take our word for it, ask people like LowRanger, Brendanm, GoldLeafClover,Chook73, etc who run trucks that take on some of the more extreme tracks, as well as long distance touring, who ALL run wider tyres.
Or are you calling some of the more well respected members of this forum track destroying poser *******? Ironically, Slunnie is also one of the people who I'd put on that list, but you don't seem to want to listen to him :D

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You seem to be getting irate about things people DIDN'T say.

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What am I getting irate about Mick?
I'm enjoying the banter in this discussion, my issue is with comments like this.

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

On a 4WD, wide tyres are just for looks. On a formula 1 car they are for on road grip.

The best tyres for 4WDing in ALL off road circumstances are tall and narrow

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

..there you have it Paul200, fat tyres are for those who want to get through tracks that those with fat tyres have pointlessly wrecked before them. Awesome.

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Mmmm realy at the end of the day its horse`s for course`s
I have run both at separate times tall fat swampers And skinny 7.50/16s.
It the late 80`s when 31x10.5/15`s were classed as a big tyre i out drove 2 rangies in mud and ruts driving a s111 swb 4cyl with 7.50/16`s simply because there fat tyres sat on the walls in the ruts.
The 7.50/16s sat on the bottom of the rut :p
So easch to their own :angel:

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Mmmm realy at the end of the day its horse`s for course`s
I have run both at separate times tall fat swampers And skinny 7.50/16s.
It the late 80`s when 31x10.5/15`s were classed as a big tyre i out drove 2 rangies in mud and ruts driving a s111 swb 4cyl with 7.50/16`s simply because there fat tyres sat on the walls in the ruts.
The 7.50/16s sat on the bottom of the rut :p
So easch to their own :angel:

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Exactly, and different terrain requires different tyres
Most tyres we fit on Landy's are not big compared to what the jap 4wders fit so big is relative.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

Exactly, and different terrain requires different tyres
Most tyres we fit on Landy's are not big compared to what the jap 4wders fit so big is relative.

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Some on here probably remember when 7.50 was big and 6.00 was normal, let alone 205, 235 etc.

Jeff

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Originally Posted by Jeff

Some on here probably remember when 7.50 was big and 6.00 was normal, let alone 205, 235 etc.

Jeff

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Yep. My first series 2 had 7.00 16 road track Majors,

could not wait till I scraped up enough money to go to Olympic factory in Port Melbourne and buy a set of 7.50-16 "Blem" Bar Treads

there awesomeness of those big tyres was amazing, but of course that little 2 1/4 seemed underpowered then, I had to start saving for a Red Motor conversion

and so on it goes :)

Double **** here:D 750x16 front 12x16.5 rears 900x13 on the trailer.With 900x13 s on the trailer you could manouver by hand on sand or salt flat but not with 750 x 16s even with a 15 footer snapping at your arse so if any one thinks wider tyres on sand are not better either little 4wd experience trolling or smoking that funny stuff:D For any extensive sand work 900x 13 on about 10 psi allround

AM

Same here. On the farm as a kid we had a WWII Jeep and later a Series Landy, both with big knobbly tyres. Not sure of the exact size, but we ddn't worry about punctures. Mud wasn't a problem, even when scrabbling around on a steep hillside in the bananas.

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