Dont be talked into Cheaper Tyres!!!

Stakes have a habit of going through sidewalls without checking what brand of tyre it is. :-)

Fair enough Glenno, but a thought or two:
1. Might the bloke at Innamincka have trouble selling BFG's at around $275 to $300, so he chooses not to stock them ?
2. I've yet to have a flat in a BFG (but I am an urban based, outback tripper I confess).
3. Is your suggestion that a BFG might be something "cheap" that someone could get talked into ?
The "bloke" has a right to be disappointed with his tyre lottery, but I'm not sure the advice he got is worth any more than we get here in the suburbs.
What do these Serengetti things cost ?

We did the Cape last year and in our group - i was the only one that got any (two) punctures - both in river crossings - giving it a gut full as i was towing a camper trailer. I was impressed with the Coopers - although i was the only one in the group using them - i put the punctures to "S" happens. On both occasions it was a plug, reflate and lets go.

Tyres are one of those items every body has heard a different story on. It could be Serengettis are prone to side wall stackes like my coopers are prone to puncture - maybe - maybe not - the imprortant thing is when you choose a tyre for for your 4WD and or Family sedan, you take into account what you have read / heard about and check out he walls, reviews, local (reliable non salesman) tyre man. and feel comfortable with what your puttiing on. You do get the choose. I also always look at what tyres people are running on there cars - everytime i see a 4wd - i look check out as much as i can in regard to gear, setup, tyres, condition of Vehicle etc - a picture tells a 1000 words and if the car looks setup and for the rough Stuff and the tyres are gleaming from the show room - chances are they hace stacked up to some serious abuse.

Geoff
www.outdoorstuff.com.au

I used to think the same did 4 BFG s on one trip.

All the best
Eric

I did 2 brand new saveros on the grr was it because they were cheap or coz I had 55 psi in them (I am wiser now) - If you want tough tyres that are truly puncture resistant and have tough sidewalls there is only 1 choice that is rags tyres are just a compramise. The maker that makes muddies that are quite, last 150k and are puncture proof as well as handling well and being appropriatly speed and load rated will finish the great debates on this forum and cut threads by 1/2 but till then....................

After my experiences with Cooper STs, I will never pay that sort of money again for tyres. Got Firestone RMTs at the moment, $175.00 each ........ love em!

I had a set of BFGs (265/75/16) that had done 70k. They had been to the cape, out to Uluru, back via the Strzlecki, Fraser four times, various other beaches and 4wd parks and I never had a puncture. However they started to get hard and I was no longer happy to trust my family to their wet weather handling. They were on the car for four years so cost me about $250 per year which I think is a pretty good investment. I have just replaced them with some of the new Dick Cepeck FCIIs in the same size and am looking forwards to those giving me just as good a run as we are planning a trip up to the gulf soon. They seem to ride a little softer than the BFGs but handle just as well but they are a little more expensive. The BFGs have gone onto the camper trailer so I now have the same size wheels on everything.

All in all I don't think that tyres are very expensive when you work it out over their life. You will spend a lot more on fuel and other maintenance so why not get the ones you think will be the best rather than the best deal at the time?

Tim.

After reading yet another thread on this subject I'm going to attempt to find a solution to this debate, I'm going to zip tie some solid, mud terrain treaded bobcat tyres to the GU!!
I'll let you know how they go.

Avagoodn
Pezza

hi ET AALL
The problems you re talking about could be put down to Tyre pressure
The tyre pressure that is recomended for your vehicle is the way to go dont lower the pressure when on out back country roads to get a softer ride and be carful when going across the simpson with lower pressure the Len Beadell method was to mend 10 tyres every night when he was out on the deseret But you can stop this by not traviling at speed when you have lowered the tyre presure this would be talked about at clubs driver training days join a club
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