Wednesday, Feb 10, 2016 at 14:34
Hi Again TE AZ
I should have also stated that because I have never ever worn at set out, it does not mean that they were all damaged. As we travel many great outback destination, the very last thing that anyone needs is for tyres to fail on us.
To this point, and again based on facts from many travellers both here and other sources, I replace my tyres when they get down to around the 50% wear Mark.
I can hear many people thinking that is just crazy and why not wear them out to get their true tyre wear.
Well the fact is that if you travel the roads that we do on a tyre they is nearly bald, your chances of tyre damage and punctures will go through the roof.
There was one time heading up to
Birdsville that we came across 2 vehicles on the side of the track, with on guy looking quite destredded. As you do, we pulled up to see if we could help out. The problem was the guy from
Melbourne had set out with tyres that in my books were buggered, with less than a couple of mm of tread left. He had picked up 2 punctures and his mates vehicles was different stud pattern and tyre size.
Within 15 minutes I had his tyres plugged and pumped up again and we were on our way again and wondered if the guy would make it into
Birdsville seeing that we had not
puncture repair kit or pump. If on the other hand his tyres had more than 50% tread left, I do not think he may have suffered the punctures.
As before, time will be the best judge on how the new Toyo AT2 go, and if I am not happy with them, it will be back to the 697's.
Cheers
Stephen
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