Dunlop Road Grippers- wear rate on Bitumen
Submitted: Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 19:49
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Hi All, I am considering running two sets of tyres and realise that there are pluses and minuses for this. The road/sand type of tyre that I am looking at are Road Grippers (I have some split rims that I can use -chrome with the split ring on the back) and would use MTRS on the 15 " alloys that I have for the mud and rocky stuff in winter. MTRS are getting some good reports around the place.
At the moment I have BFG A/T's on the alloys and these look like getting 90K plus which is good but I must add that you would not use them for mud as the tread is a tad low. Anyway in regard to the Road Grippers, does anyone have an idea, preferably by experience as to what type of milage you get from these based on 80/20 with the 20 being sand.
Any info much appreciated.
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Mark
Reply By: Peter 2 - Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:22
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:22
Willem you must be thinking of Supergrippers or the Steeltreks (army use them on landies) I've used Roadgripper F's on troopies for 20 years, very tough tyre, get 40k min out of them usually. We only used the troopy for travelling/weekends etc no town use so it was always
well loaded and mostly 90 -100 k on the tar.
The last two sets were the Roadgripper S in 235 x16 size from the standard 100 series wagon, fantastic sand and road tyre, tended to clog in mud but much quieter and better wearing on the tar. Not as tough as a Roadgripper F (normal troopy/ute tyre) as they lean towards a 6 ply rather than an 8 ply but better mileage and as long as pressures were dropped on gibber roads (less
puncture resistance) wore better than the F's, 50k approx.
The roadgripper S is also available in a 7.50 x 16 in a heavier case but same tread pattern but they don't float as
well as 235's in sand.
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Follow Up By: Peter 2 - Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:23
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:23
I forgot to add that the tyre dealers were selling them from new vehicles for $140 each, bargain.
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Follow Up By: Boeing - Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:38
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:38
Should have mentioned that these are the F series not the the S series.
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Follow Up By: Peter 2 - Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:45
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 at 20:45
The F's will still give you at least 40k, more if used in a lighter vehicle than a laden troopy.
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