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Submitted: Sunday, Oct 03, 2004 at 18:05

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Thinking of mud terrains for my 1999 prado, has anyone used these tyres on there Prado, as I will use them only for outback trips as I will have two sets of tyres, which is the best type for the Prado
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AnswerID: 78698   Submitted: Sunday, Oct 03, 2004 at 21:06

Phil G replied:

I've had a set of BFG Muddies 245/75R16 on my previous Prado and am now running Goodyear MTR 265/75R16 on my 2002 TD 90series.

I much prefer the Goodyear MTR. Mine have done 25,000km on all sorts rock and outback roads and have hung together very well. They still have 11mm tread left. They are less noisy than the BFGs, don't chip as much and are more puncture resistant. They are more expensive, but worth the money.

I also run two sets of tyres - my others are Kelly Safari AWR which are an excellent AT tyre.

Cheers
Phil
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FollowupID: 338186   Submitted: Monday, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:15

markline posted:

Thanks very much Phil.
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AnswerID: 78707   Submitted: Sunday, Oct 03, 2004 at 22:09

Truckster (Vic) replied:

If you are going to have 2 sets of tires, Ask yourself something:

How often are you going to be in the outback?
Do you really need 2 sets of tires?
Where else will you use the MT tires?
What sort of terrain are you going to encounter most of the time?

MT's are probably best for mud and sloppy conditions, not sandy conditions. You are better off with AT's for Sandy areas.

MTR's are pretty aggressive and depending on how you drive may be too aggressive in sand.

Coopers ST's are the best middle of the road tire, not an MT not a true AT. BFG AT's, Desert Duellers etc are probably better, and you can run them Monday to friday happily..

Saves you a lot of $

If your going to run 2 sets of tires, get some Coopers ST's for weekdays and travelling, and then something like Simex's for weekend play tires.

YMMV
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FollowupID: 338185   Submitted: Monday, Oct 04, 2004 at 07:43

Member - Toffa (NSW) posted:

Gotta vouch for Cooper St. We did a trip a few years ago out to Cameron Corner and down to the Flinders over a lot of sand and some very sharp stones. Did not even get one puncture with the ST's. The other car we were travelling with had various AT's on and had several punctures when it got onto stones. My mate runs his ST's around town all the time and has no issues with them at all as a road tyre. They are a great multi-purpose tyre. Now I better ring up Cooper to collect my kickback ;)

If you want good info on muddies check out the October Issue of Aus 4wd Monthly.

Cheers,
Toffa
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AnswerID: 78728   Submitted: Monday, Oct 04, 2004 at 07:53

GO_OFFROAD replied:

Phil G is pretty spot on regarding the MTR's, I run 285's on my prado, and they work well in sand [yes truckster give me a mud tyre in sand any day] they are a very tough tyre, drive well on gravel as well, wear really well, and IMHO are the best all round tyre.

I havent seen a trip yet where the ST hasnt been shown up to be the fast wearing, badly chipping, noisy, bad handling tyre it is.
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FollowupID: 338208   Submitted: Monday, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:07

Phil G posted:

I reckon GO_OFFROAD is pretty much spot on about sand :-))

BFG muddies would be the best sand tyre I have used, but my MTRs are OK. BFG ATKO are one of the worst.

I have friends with STs on Prados and they have big chunks off them, travelling the same terrain as my MTRs.
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AnswerID: 78791   Submitted: Monday, Oct 04, 2004 at 17:52

Member - Brian (Gold Coast) replied:

Its happened again!!! Here I am agreeing with GO-OFFROAD again!! ;-)

I heard the same advice about sand and mud tyres not mixing, but we have run our Patrol with its 33" Pro Comp muddies over Fraser quite a few times now... haven't even felt like getting stuck! So I wouldn't be too worried about the sand/muddy issue...
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AnswerID: 81337   Submitted: Saturday, Oct 23, 2004 at 17:25

RichieK replied:

I've got a 2002 Prado TD that I'm about to replace the good old Grandtreks on and after reading all the above posts, its looking like I'm swaying away from the Cooper's and BFG's and leaning towards the MTR's. How are they on the bitumen? We do 90% of our driving around town/on the highway but when we finally get off road, we don't want to be restricted by a compromise-type tyre. Are the MTR's slippery as hell on wet bitumen? Do they squirm around on twisty bits of blacktop? Are they tramline-prone? Any comments/thoughts greatly appreciated!
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