AnswerID: 9290 Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 03, 2002 at 00:00
rodeoowner
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G'day Richard. I used to have those
tyres on my old Courier. They are more road oriented (even though they are al All Terrain) than the other two
tyres that you have mentioned, hence off road performance won't be as good. They are a lot cheaper though. Wear rates are meant to be real good, but I didn't find mine great at all. You will find that they are lot cheaper than the other two as well, even thought they are all US made. After 40K they looked fairly average. Kelly actually had 2 different patterns called the Safari AWR. The US made which is the common one, but their was also an Aus. made AWR which had like a diamond patterned tread. The Aus made only came in 31x10.5x15 and I think it is now discontinued. Kelly have a more aggresive pattern called the DTR(?) which is more off road oriented, but this may be too chunky for you. Cheers. What size do you have?
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FollowupID: 4659 Submitted:
Tuesday, Dec 03, 2002 at 00:00
Oziexplorer posted:
Richard, what type of country do you predominantly drive in?
In the rocky/gravel country I predominantly drive in, those Kelly's would be ideal.
On my current new vehicle it has some dual purpose Bridgstone on, but again, in the rocky/gravel country I am in, it is ideal for the job.
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FollowupID: 4676 Submitted:
Wednesday, Dec 04, 2002 at 00:00
Rodeoowner posted:
Richard I now have Bridestone Dueler AT 693's. If your
tyres are still good treadwise I would keep them until they are knackered. The BS I have are probably slightly more chunky than the AWR and I would guess a tad more expensive. BFG and Coopers for 31" were $240 each and the BS were $169 when I was looking. I am happy with mine so far but will see how long they last. Most of my driving is on road so they suit me well. My previous
tyres were BS Dueler AT 691 and they lasted 55K and would have gone a further 5K. My Rodeo is my work ute and is always fully laden so I thought that was pretty good. Cheers.
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