6 Months Delay for BF Goodrich ATs

No expert by any means on this subject, but I believe the 265/75s are more than 15 mm larger than the diameter of the tyres listed by the manufacturer and therefore a technically illeagal.

Dean,

The story I have after my tyre guy rang his contact at BFG is that they have a "mould" problem. Strange that it takes months to rectify it.

So many stories/myths about tyres. I am lead to belive that the number of plys is not measure of thicknes or strength. Who do you believe???
Methinks, get as many comments as you can from this and other forums and go with your gut feeling in the end.

Roscoe,

I was told a die had broke, same thing I suppose.

Dean

Ta Peter,
I will. Have heard they don't ware as well as some of the others.

I have the Bridgestone D693 Dueller AT's, in 265/70/16. The wearing problem was true for the early batch of D693's, got better with a later batch of D693's. I now have D694's fitted, and while they haven't done much off road, they seem to wearing consideralby better than the D693's. My 2c worth

Grinner

Thanks for the offer. I live in the Illawarra, South Coast NSW. I think I prefer to go new.

Can't help but ask what the total retail value of:

1. your rig
2. your trailer

I am jealous of course, as I only have half that amount of FRUIT

Cheers

Rick,

I assume you are interested in 10 Para's rig.
I have an NP 3.2L DiD Exceed 5-speed Auto, ECB big tube bar, IPF HID driving lights, Piranah battery tray, Sure Products Smart Separator, 85AH deep cycle auxiliary battery, GME3200 UHF radio, rear cargo mounted outlet for my Engel 40L fridge, heavy wiring to the tow bar, rear accessory outlet and Anderson plug, reversing sensors, custom fridge mount, Hayman Reese electric brake controller, windscreen mounted Garmin GPS linked to Oziexplorer software on my notebook PC.
I tow a 16 ft Coromal 505 Seka Pioneer XC dirt road caravan.
I am about to fit 5 AT tyres, King springs, Bilstein shocks and a Safari Snorkel.
I have a huge mortgage, no money in the bank and I'm not sure how long SWMBO will stay with me (it's been 36 years so far).
I'll be sweet though when she knows I'm buying the snorkel for her birthday next month!

G'day Wils,

Haven't placed the order yet but this is what I think I'll do:-
KCFR-34HD King Springs on the front and KCR-35 on the back. Bilstein Shocks all round.
$1,200.00 from Northshore 4WD Artarmon, Sydney. $250.00 for my own trusted mechanic to do the work and $100.00 for a specialist 4WD wheel alignment. The rear springs are progressive so that should help with the load and I get about 30 to 40 mm lift.
Only thing I'm concerned about is the harsher ride when I'm just running around town.
Re you tyres. The manufacturer's tyre placard is the governing factor, not the dealer's recommendation. If the tyres you have fitted are more than 15 mm larger in diameter than the tyres stated on the plackard, technically you are in breach of the ADR. You shouldn't have a problem unless you are in an accident and you get a nit-picking insurance assessor.