Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 at 15:19
I had AT700s on the
Ranger early on, just wanted to try them so fitted to the front.
Mostly beach work to start, but took them on a couple of Simpson crissings too.
They seemed to handle that all fine, no problems with wear etc.
What I really liked about the, was like the OEM
Dunlop Grandtrek AT22's, the LT (light truck) construction meant when aired down they didn't bag out sideways much, leaving them open to sidewall staking.
They just elongate, which is the main highly desirable feature wanted when
airing down.
If you know the AT22's they are a road tread looking tyre, great on beaches or Flinders type tracks, probably cr@p in mud, the AT700's are certainly a little more AT looking, but still quite a fine tread compared to many AT's out there.
I have moved to give Federal Couragia AT's a shot the past 12 months or so, not a bad tyre, but even though they are also LT construction AT tyre too, they bag out too much for my liking.
Have to grin and bear it a while (they are wearing very
well), but next June doing Simpson Geo Centre again, this time
Geosurveys Hill as
well, and I'm sort of dreading how they'll go.
Lots of virtually off track raw country type of driving in there.
Will be taking 3 full spares, couple of tubes, and 1.5 tyre plug kits with me.
Normally I take 2 full spares on this sort of trip, but the extra one is just a precaution this trip.
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