Monday, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:56
Yeah I just got back from a small trip down south in WA exploring for a large
campsite for our 4wd club to do a large group overnighter.
Now normally down south doesn't offer much trouble in tyres, however I was going along some old logging tracks and ended up actually getting quite lost, even with Ozi on the laptop!! (I know it's embarassing! who get's lost in the South West!). Trouble was, none of these old logging tracks were on the maps and they are scattered all over the place in some quite steep country, they started getting worse and worse and even though I could have followed the GPS to where I started I was running out of daylight and didn't really have time to back track the whole way and then get to my
campsite before dark so I pressed on as according to the GPS I was only about 1km away and 70m above the main forrestry track that I needed to be on to get to my
campsite!
I really gave the MTR sidewall protection a real workout IMHO, some of those tracks where very overgrown in
places with branches and sticks all over the place. I bent two antenna brackets and put lots more scratches on the surf. :-)Lot's of turning around on dead end tracks in the scrub and driving over fallen down trees and old piles of wood. MTR's are no worse for wear after some real punishment.
I still love'em and the grip on that marble gravel here in WA still just amazes me everytime I drive on it, I've never experienced a tyre so good on it. The only downside that I can see is that on nice graded roads driving with 29psi in them I still make massive grooves in the roads, probally doesn't impress CALM or local shires much, but they are brilliant for traction. The advantage though is you can always tell if you've gone around in a circle cos you can see you're own tyres tracks! ;-)
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