Tyres

ooo u will start something noww :)))

Mate,

Your going to get the same sort of info from here wrt tyres. It is really personal choice. I haven't ever had Coopers so I can't comment on them but I have had 4 sets of BFG Muddies and have never ever had an issue or even a flat tyre. I have done heaps of various 4wd trips with obviously a little luck on my side but the tyres have never let me down and you will get 60 000km plus out of them. I figure if it ain't broke then don't F#*k with it.......

Similar to teabag I have never had coopers, have always gone with BFG AT's and couldnt be happier. Currently have a set on my 2003 Patrol that have just clocked up 90,000 and still have some life left. That includes about 15,000 off road in the centre, so I know what I will be doing when this set finally need replacing.

You will get many recommendations on here so just wade through the info and in the end you will still have to make your own mind up anyway :)

Richard

This will probably raise a storm of protests but I had a set of Australian Made Bridgestone Dueller ATs 265/75s LTs on my nissan, did 90,000 ks and at 70,000 did the Oodnadatta track, Gibb river Rd and any other dirt we coul;d find in between.

No puncures, no problems whatsoever. Must reiterate that they were the Aussie Made LTs

Goodyear MTR or Silent Armour.
If you read between the lines of the million other tyre threads, its pretty hard to find a bad word about these. I've used both.

Choising tyres is like scratching yourself.
Every one does it a different way for different personal reasons, and you wouldn't want any one else to do it for you. :o)
I agree with you though, every dealer have the brands they push becuase of tie ins with wholesalers.

Central Australia? ............... Forget Coopers!

What constitutes your OFFROAD? Do you mean gravel roads? Most tubeless tyres are worthless in the real world of Off Track or station track driving.(see my rig pic)

Goodyear MTR or BFG All Terrain are probably the most well know brands for soft off road driving.

Cheers

Scrawny.

Goodyear MTRs are my weapon of choice, I've used them on both Discos, covered thousands of outback ks as well as a fair amount of rock crawling, & had two punchers from nails in Westfield car park!

I can't knock Desert Duellers, had them on two different 4wds (not much good in the mud tho), also used Firestone RMTs, also good.

Never used BFGs, but on two trips, another vehicle had three sidewall failures.

Lotsa Luck in your search. : )>

Jeff.

" In the old days"
Just a set of Bridgestone L/T tyres and a set of chains would take us anywear.
Now it can be very confusing.
But how you treat them is the key with any tyre....CORRECT PRESSURE and a good
gauge is the go with any tyre.