Bridgestone Dueler D697LT Tread Depth

Hello Lloyd,

Not sure of the depth, but I have had three sets of Duallers, they are a great all round tyre, but unfortunately I only ever got around the 50,000km mark on them and they were usually gone.
I am trying the controversal love to hate Cooper brand at the moment the new AT3's and they are going strong at 30,000 to date.

Regards Will

What size? Might help you get an accurate reply.

Lloyd

I have a set with only 3000k approx put on them over the past month, mostly bitumen, I'll let you know this weekend.

I was buying 4 new Bridgestone D697LT yesterday and asked the same question to the owner of the tyre place and he loloked at his computer and told me 10.2mm.
These were 265 x 65R 17

Pradomad,

Yes, I am happy with the AT3's after all the doom and gloom I read about the brand. The only negative poiint I could say is that they are probably not as good in mud as the Dualers were but they are not a mud tyre.
I rate them but will probably go the Cooper STMax next time for a bit more of an aggressive tread.
The AT3's are quieter than the Dualers and are very sure footed on gravel, and loose dirt.

Regards Will76

Lloyd
Did a lap with Cooper AT3s and they performed adequately, however they are not that good in mud, they don't seem to clean all that well.
My only other comment is that because of the very hard compound they are not brilliant in the wet.
I had a moment on my last Patrol, approaching a roundabout downhill towing my 23 ft van, they just slid down the road ....scary!
A Cooper dealer suggested that my tyre pressures were too high. Had another couple of issues in the wet, left them on the vehicle when I traded it.
Bought a new Patrol last January and I am now running Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S g good comfortable ride, good tread depth, good in the wet.
Keep safe
TJ

We have D697s on our Forester and found them excellent on their first outback trip: 5 thousand kms, 4 states and 3 weeks in June. Did the Corner country, Birdsville and Ood. tracks. Good grip in sand and gravel and not too noisy on the black stuff. Can't comment on mud performance.