More on tyres

Crazie,
Another tyre debate, my 2 cents worth, I'm a great believer in BFG's, we had a presentation from someone recently selling the Maxxis brand, the guys couldn't say a good word about BFG's. Just had a group back from an extended trip they wouldn't touch Coopers ever again, others on this forum love them, good on them they've had good experiences.
I've done extended trips on my BFG's A/T's without a problem, I stick with the ones out of the US they seem to be better, I try to run the right pressures and try as best as I can to look after them, I've not had a bad experience to date, my BFG muddies on my Rangie give me thebleeps, always letting mud between the rim and the tyre then they go down slowly a week or so later, I don't think this is a tyre problem, I'm not really blaming them anyway.
We'll never resolve this but I would treat the Cooper warranty with care, reading the fine print is very important. I hope you have long and reliable service from whatever you decide to buy.

Hey Martyn
Thanks for the feedback, how can you tell if the BFG's are from the US. I have heard good and bad for coopers and BFG's, but its hard to know what to go with, flip a coin. cheers Ad

Crazie,
It's moulded into the sidewall, you have to look fairly hard but it's there.

"duellers are not fun in the wet "

What/how were you driving?

Without comparing +'s and -'s between tyre brands, the Bridgestone Duellers on my Jack (694's) are very stable in the wet.

Maybe your tyre pressures were incorrect?

For the price, they appear to do everything I need out of a tyre.
I cannot comment on wear though, only done 15k on them so far.

Hi Sand Man

Sorry, i was running desert duellers (31 x 10.5) on my nissan patrol, tyre pressure was all good, personal opinion, i didn't like them in the wet. Totally agree that the new dueller 694 is a great tyre and with the donut technology, I am sure they are fantastic in the wet , unfortunately I am after something my agressive this time, but did look at the 694's.cheers mate. Ad

I've got a set of Maxxis Buckshot Muddies and they went everywhere BFG's have gone without a problem. This was on a FJ55 completely open diffs etc, so I would compare them to BFG's and others. JMHO.

As stated by others to each his own and it all depends on what people want out of a tyre.

Tony N

I've got a set of Maxxis Buckshot Muddies and they went everywhere BFG's have gone

Chapel st ? Lygon st ? were these some of the places ? Been evrywere . were is everywere ? when we compare something lets compare apples with apples . We will give worst case senario . Otherwise any product you get is good enough . A piece of PVC also make a awsom bullbar and goes anywere my arb bar goes. Well till I really need it anyway.

One day we will find out won't we.(tic)

I agree skinny , The best tyre seams to be the one they get the best profit margin from

Hi, Just a coment and matbe you can help or readers. I have just worn out a set of BFG 265/75 R16 on aq 94 cruiser wagon with lots of long runs around Qld, I have done aprox 120,000klms and air press and rotation has been neglected at times, like one rotation in last two years. The last 6 months the balance and steering have been a little off, but I guess they where worn out, now one has gone dumpling.

Yesterday I noticed a poswt with someone looking to sell some 275/70 R16 from the Gold Coast, I would like to get in touch with this person, I need to replace mine now, and BFG are hard to find, Maybe I will have to look at another brand.