coopers and stone?

sorry was meant to read 4000km of rock

They chip & wear very badly on gibber!

hi DINGO
All tyre brands chip and wear on surfaces like Sturat stoney desart some more so than others
snailbait

Surprisingly many of the road tyres are better than the AT and MT tyres. Never seen a GrandTRek suffer from chipping on those roads (but yeah its easy to destroy them).

Worse tyres I've seen on that sort of stuff are the Cooper S/T, and BFG ATKO.

Of the more aggressive tyres, Goodyear MTRs fare well, BFG MT are not too bad

Hi Dingo

I was speaking to staff at one of my Central Qld mining customers last month, who said that Coopers didn't perform well on site (obviously all dirt work). They got a better run out of Bridgestone MT's, the more common tyre on their site. I think most are 235.85x16's rather than wide.

I had my first Cooper fail at over 100,000km up that way, and the tyre shop also mentioned they weren't the as good as they should be for Central Qld heat etc. Naturally, I can't complain about my experience.

The second set of Coopers were chip resistant compound, and they wore a lot faster than the normal Coopers. i guess it all depends on the application.

Hey Crackles , I'll tell you what I make of the tyre bloke in Broken Hill said, he and the next tyre dealer will say the same thing.
I've been running Road Grippers for 22 yrs (450,000K ) and 1 puncture, 1 staked (off the road )
At home the 265 muddies go back on because they perform better and wear better but the Grippers for outback trips because they have proven themselves time and time again and they are easily bought and splits are easier to fix when out and about, that's what I make of that.
Regards
Biased Troopy Owner. :>)

G'daye Dingo,
I have never seen a 12ply, as far as I know they come in 8ply, that is the one's that come out of Japan. They have an F stamp and they're the only ones I will use.
The Adventures are OZ made and don't fair anywhere as well as the true GRIPPER.
If you say they don't handle as well , maybe your running your pressures too low. I have mine at 45 rear 38 front and that works well when towing as well. Put 42 in front when towing.
Have a good 1

Dingo,

I've just got back from Alice via Great Central road and Mereenie loop road. All up about 7000 k with approx 4000k dirt. I'm running 245/70/17 cooper ST. I had one do a side wall coming into Glen Helen. Only tyre on the trip for three vehicles. The others were running Cooper ATR and Trailcutters. Pressure was 38 psi on back due to load of trailer. Speed avaraged about 80 kph. Total ks on tyres is about 10k and they look worn but there is no chipping and no torn lugs. Jury is still out on whether they are going to be replaced. Great central road was ok with some bad patches but not a lot of stone. Mereeenie loop was rough and stony.