Toyo Tyres

Interesting...

I was lookin at a set the other week, and the are really only a road tire, not anything like an AT.. I would have expected 70,000-80,000klms at least!

G'day Macca

I have been running Toyo Mud Terrains for 25,000 kms now, and I am quite happy with the way they are wearing. I rotate them every 5000 kms and they are wearing evenly. I would say they are nearly half worn, so I am expecting to get at least 50,000. Not too bad considering they do a fair few miles around town during the week, and then get a hard life on the weekend.

For $180 (31" x 10.5") they are not an expensive tyre and I think I will buy another set when the time comes.

75_Cruiser

My Opats have done 30 K and done it tough. My 3.2 tonne GU patrol loves touring.
50:50 bitumen:dirt

Not just dirt dirt, but tough tracks, gibbers a-plenty, rocks. e.g. Fliders Ranges 4wd tracks (not just the dirt roads); station country west of Lake Eyre(no roads or tracks); Sandover highway; Camooweal to Marree; Oodna track heaps of times, etc; etc. If there is a dirt alternative route I use it in preference to the black top - it's the sights unseen that appeals.

Near vertical walls on the Opats, ala Cooper tyres. However, one staked & subsequently dead. It was the fault of terrain, not tyre. I thought I was lucky to only have that one flaty in that terrain.
Other 3 have about 50% to 60 % tread left. Wear is even - I'm constantly rotating them.

They appear to be at least as good as any other A/T tyre. maybe 8 plies helps.

IMHO getting pressures sorted is the key to tyre life, but I believe that most tyre joints have no bloody idea about the conditions I drive in & insisit that I run them far higher than I do. Even on the black top they say minimum 38psi. Thats the MAX i run. On sand I go as low as 14 psi often; "they " say 20 is the ABSOLUTE mininum for a very short distance. No fractures etc are evident, but I go slower as soon as the pressures are dropped.

regards

Mine wre the passenger construction but I would envisage that the main difference would be the wall construction rather than the tread wearing ability.

It's funny how there can be such a differnce in mileage, from mine at 30000kms to some at 60000kms. the fact that mine have worn fairly evenly would indicate the tyre pressures would have to have been fairly close to optimum.

Als some had the tyre cost as low as $180.00 whereas mine cost $240.00 and one company wanted $260.00.

I can't fault the tyre, they are great on road, very quiet and good off road but I'll have to re-consider based on the mileage I got out of them and the cost>

Cheers

Macca