Best overall All terrain

G'Day Rosco,

Been trying to reply to your E-Mail but the optusnet address keeps bouncing.

You can E-mail the new one to

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Regards

Rolande

punchers??

Yeh punchers from rocks going in between the tread .The others I was traveling with had no probs all traveling together.At times we changed the order in which we lined up but it didn't seam to make a huge difference , I also tried different tyre pressures.????????

Ali and Fenech were punchers.
Holes in tyres are punctures.

I think Shaker was being picky, but I knew what you meant.

I was a puncher 2 may that's what's wong.

you've probably got a point there truckie.

You only have to look at the Scorpion's profile - and the test result swhich show that it did best on the blacktop (from memory)

It did well in other areas but you do wonder...............

FCII... I was surprised how poorly the rated, as I've heard good reports about them.

Pirelli won on-road, whilst Cooper won off-road...

I run FC2s - 305/70/16

I'm pretty hard on tyres as most of my driving is outback roads and harsh rocky country. The FC2s havent punctured (yet) and have stood up well to the abuse.
They are excellent on rock and rocky terrain, wear well and dont chip too badly. Downside is they skate a bit on loose corners (the width wouldnt help there) and they are probably too noisy to be a good AT.

they did well in the high country too eh ..

Hey... stop stealing my lines!

Errrr!!!! "OK" Sorry consider myself smacked. (Please)

oddly enough, as far as I remember from the mag, Pirelli were the only tyres that didn't have a full page ad.

Rasman,

The pattern is only one component. A couple of years back the BFG changed to a new model with KO tagged on the end. This was apparently a compound change, many argued that it was a backward step off road but it may have helped on road performance. The tread pattern stayed the same. I am pretty sure other types have had compund/construction changes too without any real difference in tread pattern. The pattern on racing slicks has not changed much in the last 30 years so obviously the advancements have been in compound and construction.

Even within an brand there are different manufacturing sources, some dud's only in particular sizes and so on so it's hard to generalise.

Seems like Coopers are flavour of the month at the moment and I'm often asked why I still run around on BFG's. My answer is this, from what I have heard Cooper are a good tyre, perhaps better than BFG, but I've been using BFG AT 265/75/16 made in USA for a long time now with ZERO problems. If and when I do I may consider a change, until then it's a problem I don't need to solve.

I 100% agree that BFG are relying on thier reputation to sell their tyres, at least to me!!

Have a good one..

Rasman,

Opps, just found you on another thread:

"Hi Rigor..... The Cooper's are made in the USA by one manufacturer Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. There are 5 plants across the USA which produce the tyres and are all operated by Cooper Tire and Rubber Co.
All the Cooper Tires undergo over 200 quality control checks to make sure that the tyres measure up to there high standards. Cooper Tires are also well known for being the tyre with two names, in the building process the builder puts his or her personal identification on the tyre as a hallmark of Cooper craftsmanship. If you have any questions about Cooper Tires please call 1300 COOPER (1300 266 737).

http://www.coopertires.com.au/tyres/index.htm "

Seems like you know quite a lot about tyres and may find my reply somewhat inane, sorry about that....

Thats great that the BFG has been a good choice for you as the old saying goes "if it aint broke don't fix it" many people have different choices in there tyres many stay with the brand they have been using for the last 5 -10 years others like to put there feelers and try something new maybe to get better miles maybe for beter traction etc. Each to their own I spose.