tyres

Sounds like ATs would be the choice and if you are happy with the BFGs stick with them.

Enjoy, Baz - The Landy

Seeing as it is Friday, I would suggest that you just use black round ones, preferably AT designated, of a size suitable for your vehicle, of course.

Cheers

Disco.

You have answered your own question....97,000klm is excellent. Why not stick with them??

They will not last as long but Bridgestone 697 LT seem and excellent all round tyre and are surprisely good in mud. How do I know well my young bloke still likes playing in mud and reckons they are good.
Cheers Pete

Try the new BFG AT KO2s, same centre pattern and with slightly more aggressive sidewalls and lugs. Reports so far is that the are good in the wet and quite.

Hi John, asking a bit much for tyre being good on that 30,000 or so km circuit and for off road.
Noise , wear , terrain and fuel are an issue with tyre choice. as the main component ( 90%) of trip sounds like road trip with a bit of off in the Kimberly/NW then I would consider a good midrange AT- also see other replies. Go for known quality brand as you only get what you pay for. your existing bfg's sound good for a new set when done. try a google on tyre comparisons.
MG.

I have a v8 troupy with BFG mud terains 305/70/R 16 we travelled Aus last year towing camper trailer did 22,000 kms on new muds and they were just about shot by the time we arrived home , used low preasure over rocky stuff & sand, having said that , I was still really happy with them as they are fantastic in sand mud and rocks , but hey ,all terains will do the job just fine , at least with mud terrain tyres you will be better off in all conditions , bit noisy on the bitumen though .
hope this helps .
p.s $ 300.00 ish per tyre in capital cities more in rural towns .

Colin

I've got Cooper AT3's on mu cruiser and am very happy with them. I had Hankook Dynapro's on for about 5 months but got my money back and bought the Coopers. The Hankooks created a shudder in the car.

I second the BFG AT KO2's, I run Cooper ST Maxx at the moment and as soon as they're shot its the KO2's or Mickey Thompson MTZ's .

Have a great trip

I ran BFG AT for a few years on my HZJ105, all over Oz with and without caravan in all sorts of conditions, 80-95K, and no stakes - despite indications on the walls that they had been "attacked" - the only punctures were from Tek Screws picked up at truck stops. Then switched to Bridgestones when BFG was unavailable around the country - less miles, 2 stakes and a few punctures, altho more comfortable to ride on. I would be happy to go back to BFG, altho now pretty expensive for 16" I believe.
I would stick with BFG if you are happy with the run you've had on them. Just make sure that whatever you get, get LT version.

cheers
Laurie

100K out of a set of tyres bloody hell , I got 34k out of my last set of BFG AT's and they were not just worn out but completely stuffed , anyway how much mud do you really think you will find on a around Oz trip .