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25000k. ! Stop doing dounuts. :)
Hello Steven.
Dave.

Broodie
Can't see why you would only get 25k out of Duellers. It is a Nissan and it may have poor alignment, what sort of rear end has it got? If independant all round then that is the reason.

I have some Duellers 697 on a Dmax and they are around half worn and 40k so far.
For the price of $200 each they were reasonable value even if they don't get to 80k or so.

Don't get Khumo if it is the AT51s you're looking at.
They stake very easily.
Had a brand new set of 4 for Geos trip (NT Simpson) and lost 2 of them to sidewall stakes, all be it small holes, but makes it sort of more frustrating as they couldn't be fixed obviously being sidewalls :(

I have the other 2 delegated now to spares.

After reading many good reports on them, I bought a new set of Toyo Open Country AT2, they have done about 20k now, including a 12.6k 5 state inland tour, some quite remote and rough going, no problems at all and wearing very well.

Hi Broodie

I had been a big fan of Bridgestone on the past, but not any longer.

I have always had the 694’s and then went to the 697’s.

As we travel into some great locations, I would never let my tyres get down less than 50% of tread wear, which was around the 20-25,000 km mark and something I would have hoped would have been better.

When Toyo introduced their new Open Country AT2 I thought that I would give them a try, and at over $100 cheaper per tyre compared to the 697’s, I had nothiing to lose if they worm similar to the Bridgestones.

Well with just over 35,000kms travel on the Toyo’s they still have well over 50% tread wear left and compared to the tread depth of when I would replace my Brisgestones, I still have more than 10,000kms before they get down to the 50% mark.

Another thing I like with the Toyo’s, they have a higher load rating.

So at the end of the day, I saved $440 on a set of Toyo’s compared to if I stuck with the 697’s, are just as quiet on the bitumen, great on dirt and sand and nearly double the life life before I replace them, they are made in Japan and a great tyre.

Just my thoughts.



Cheers


Stephen

Hi Broody H3,
We went down or should I say up the Canning 3 years ago and did not have a problem with the BFG ko2. No chipping and ran perfectly with the lower tyre pressure.
I have always ran BFG but have never had a problem.
My 2 bobs worth.
William

Have a good look at Kelly Safari TSR before you decide.

Consider Falken WILDPEAK AT3 .
Good price too
Have a set on my Ranger.

I cant comment on any other AT as i have only ever had one set. Coming up to 100k with roughly 5k towing on average to poor tracks and still have reasonable rubber left, hoping to get one more trip through SA out of them. Small cuts on the tread but no chunks out of them. Not a cheap tyre but i wouldnt consider anything else, totally happy with them.

KO2s get my vote out of the two you are asking about, but as i say, have had no experience with the other.

Br00die : my two bob's worth ..... any of the big brands will serve yourwell , it will be up to you to look after then ...especially out in the sticks .
but if your only getting 25k out of duellers you may need to look into that , they wud normally get twice that easy .
The big dollar tyres are very hard ! , as in give you a very sharp ride unlike duellers . Also our local ARB agent was telling me when he did the canning few years ago he still was running the stand type tyres that the triton came with .
when it come to choosing what tyre to buy it will depend on who's spin you like .
IMO tyres these day are all pretty good .

Hi, for what it’s worth I have used Cooper STMax with never a problem towing across Australia. They lasted more than 50,000 kiln and have the strongest sidewall of any 4x4 tyre on the market. They have an extra ply in the sidewall, they call it Armor-tek3 construction claiming 2.5 times stronger than the other tyres. They are a little noisy but not like mud tyres, they start to loose their on road grip after 75% worn. I have used 2 sets but have changed to the Cooper AT3 now as I do less off road and more towing. The AT3 is very quiet, heaps of on road and off road grip, did the Creb Track alone in the rain and had no traction problems. They have done 40,000 and only half worn. I tow a 3 ton caravan so all good. Price is the only downfall. Just bought a new Landcruiser and can’t wait to get some Coopers on it. I have never used Bridgestone so cant compare, but don’t want take the risk of making a possible mistake by doing so.

Certainly cost / affordability is a big factor in choosing anything, but for a trip in such a remote and harsh environment I would want the assurance I had the best I could afford, for me S/T MAX will be under me even though I prefer the AT3, on my van I have Mickey MTZ P3 a cheaper option you my want to consider? In any case enjoy the adventure!

I am one eyed Bf Goodrich i admit, have had a few sets now on all landcruiser 76 series and 200 series both times I've averaged 90k out of 2 sets i have run them at 12psi in sand and 18 to 26psi gravel 35psi bitumen loaded a little heavy no towing no problems at all they both could have done more ks say 10000k but good value for money just on ks alone. My experience and my opinion

Thank you to every one that has contributed to this query of mine the final result came down to price, and tyre quality, so I have gone for the BFGoodrich KO 2 265/70/ R17, with the white lettering on the outside, just so people know what we are riding on.
the cooper tyres although seemed the better tyre I could not justify the extra sixty dollars in cost. per tyre.
Thank you all for your input it is greatly appreciated