10,000klm update on Goodyear MT/Rs

Michael,
Removed about 100kgs on the weekend.....one spare tyre plus it's swing arm plus all recovery gear (hi lift jack, shackles, snatch block, straps x 3 and 5mtr drag chain)............so now it's back down to around 3 tonne.
Roachie

3ton? is that just the cargo area measured?

Nah he takes them off when they are half worn, anyway they dont wear as much when being towed by the 60 a lot of the time ahahahahah
good one mate, Im heading for about 80,000 out of my savero AT's

Cheers, cya friday night!

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"when being towed by the 60 a lot of the time ahahahahah"

Pesty: just got 2 words to say to you..............

Inya dreams!!!!!!!!! hahahaha (;-))

Where are we gunna meet? Port Pire Subway around 1900?

Cheers

Roachie

port pirie.....now thats a long way to go for a business dinner...
and at a SUBWAYS too?

Actually Nudie, we are going to Pt A Gutta for the w/end, wona come and have a plagon with us?

Cheers

sorry guys....got a bbq and fishing week end (includes a few reds and als no doubt) on just the other side of clare...but only if i earn heaps of brownie points between now and friday morning...hahaha

I'll be happy to get 12 months (40,000klm) out of them.....any extra is a bonus.

When new, great. Very quiet compared to other MT's.

When worn, 30-40k klms they get noisey.

Thanks Bruce

Jeff,
Chances are you have a 2nd vehicle? Mine is the one and only (Annette doesn't drive at all.....she prefers to ride the deadly treadley), so the trol gets used as the taxi, home to work and anything else you can think of.
I did however, have to do about 3,000klm within a week of getting the tyres fitted as I had to drive to Narrandera that first night after learning that my mother was terminally ill. So 1,000klm to N'dera; about 5 trips to/from Wagga @ 100klm each way over the next 5 days; then another 1,000klm back to Kadina after the funeral. Then we did the Simpson trip a couple of weeks later.
Cheers
Roachie

Sorry to here about the circumstances for the miles...

Yeah, my missus has a work car that we use where we can, the surf only does the school and shopping runs during the week (now that I am a house husband) and any trips that we do. Unfortunatally with our crappy weather combined with our sick little girl the last few months havn't equated to many trips. :-(

though of going with the part time 4wd conversion?

Haven't had the truck that long mate, hence the question on tyre wear. Have seen adds for part time kits and they sound ok but I haven't really checked em out and they're pretty low on the list of mods I want done. I guess when I start chewin up rubber it might creep up the list a bit eh? ;-)

Scoey

I didn't think the full time system used by 80s and 100s etc caused much more (if any) extra tyre wear.

Yeah I couldn't say. I've been told both horror stories and claims that it has no difference. I guess I'll find out in due course and I guess it comes down to driving style, terrain type commonly used on, road temp and pressures? Cheer sfor the input but, Roachie!
Scoey!

I am told full time 80s scrub the shoulders a little more than part timers, but apart from that there is bugger all difference.
I chased the price of full blown part time kit and thru marks it was $2500 or so all up. 4WD systems do a cheaper one for $600, but have not heard anything on the reliability or operation of that- I think 4wd systems only replace hubs, whereas marks do a t-case mod as well.

I have my MT/Rs on (clockwise from drivers) 12.2, 13.2, 13, 11.3, and that is after 7000km, but i drive a bit harder than most so I'd expect my wear to be higher than another full timer. My last set only served me a year but that was with alot of rock climbing and a few 3200km round trips from Karratha to Perth.

70K would be the absolute minimum I would expect. Mine are 3+ years old now and 50 000 km's on them and still going strong. Around the 10mm depth mark now but I haven't got an exact measurement. Ben seems to have this sorted so I might catch up with him and measure them for curiosity's sake.
I reckon I'm about halfway through tyre life and couldn't be happier with performance or wear. I've veen stopped carrying the second spare.