Time for tyres
Submitted: Sunday, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:03
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Member - eighty matey
Hello Everybody,
I haven't contributed to the
forum for quite sometime for a number of reasons.
One of the reasons is because we've been travelling through the country discovering new
places for ourselves.
That has lead to our need to renew the rubber under our wheels.
Currently we have a set of six Toyo Open Country M/Ts. They have been brilliant. We have travelled 97,000 kms on them. At least half of that on bitumen, two trips to the Gulf country through Western Queensland, across the
Simpson Desert and throughout NSW, including the
Corner Country. Many kilometres have been towing my work trailer on bitumen.
They have chips from gibbers and
rock climbing but continue to handle
well and are quiet on the road. I routinely have the wheels balanced and alignment checked plus I have the tyres rotated every 15,000 to 20,000 kilometres, depending on where I have been.
I am going to stay with Toyos but have been considering fitting their Open Country A/T2. This is my question - we are heading off again next April, north to Fraser Island then west through Queensland, across the
Simpson Desert to Dalhousie, up to Alice and the surrounding areas for starters, then we are going to start travelling. Pretty much the same as we have done for the last 100,00 kms but would I be getting the same service out of the A/T2s as we've had from the M/Ts.
I would appreciate your
feedback.
Steve
Reply By: Member - BenKFNQ - Monday, Dec 05, 2016 at 09:32
Monday, Dec 05, 2016 at 09:32
Don't forget Nitto, who I am advised actually are the parent company of Toyo.
I was assured by several retailers when doing my research that they have the same tyre carcass in both, but with different tread patterns. I ended up buying the Trail Grappler, but have heard that a new model called
the Ridge Grappler is about to be released to Australia. This one is currently in the US, and seems to be like an aggressive AT tread pattern, with very good reviews so far.
So far I have been very happy with the Trail Grappler, but have only done around 5000klms on them, so it is hardly any sort of firm validation.
The Ridge Grappler might be what many of us are looking for. Time will tell.
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Follow Up By: Member - eighty matey - Wednesday, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:53
Wednesday, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:53
It'd be great if you could post a review in twelve months time and let everyone know how they're going. It's always good to keep looking at new products, I reckon.
What was the price like?
I ended up getting another 6 Toyo Open Country M/Ts. In The end I worked out that the M/Ts have been a great tyre and I ended up getting them for $305 each from an independent tyre dealer.
Our current set have travelled nearly 100,000 kms over six tyre and I'll still get a couple of months from them.
Thanks for your input.
Steve.
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