Thinking of BFG TA Tyres over coopers

I'm a big fan of BFG AT's.

Been using them for many years on all my 4wds.

IMO , they are a very good allround tyre.

To get good wear , I would recommend making sure you rotate the tyres regularily.

I have had BFG AT's on the Triton for over 50 000km and they are wearing well. I do occasional offroad and mostly on road city driving ATM and I love them.

The new cruiser has Cooper ST's on it so I will see how they go, if they are crap I'll put BFG AT's on it.

Cheers Kev

We have put our faith in the BFG AT's and never been let down - yet to have a flat. We are conservatice drivers, and take it quite easy on the stony surfaces outback - adjusting pressures as indicated - you should get 80,000km at least from a set you look after. One thing - because of the robust wall construction, they give a very firm ride on the blacktop, but its a mistake to reduce pressures - shortens their life.

Justin

I am new on this site and I have been spending a lot of time in the last couple of weeks reading through the archives. I have noticed when it comes to tyres there are plenty of comments both for and against every brand on the market.

In my younger days I have worked in the motor industry in both the Riverina area of NSW and the Snowy Mountains. I am now back near Sydney. I do not believe there are any bad tyres but there are a hell of a lot that are used for the wrong purpose or are driven in a manner that takes them outside their design limits. In over forty years of driving I have used all of the popular brands on both sealed and unsealed roads and I have had a good run out of all of them. While in WA in the early 1970s I even bought four 6.40x13 no frills el cheapo cross plies for my EH Holden then got 32,000 miles, not ks, out of them and that included two trips over the Nullarbor when 500 ks of it was still unsealed.

I would suggest you do a couple of things. The first is to select tyres with the highest load ratings possible then keep the car well within those limits. These load rates can vary a fair bit between tyres of the same size but different brands. Don't overload the car, pay close attention to pressures and don't drive like a bat out of hell over unsealed roads. I have seen plenty of damage caused to tyres, wheels, shocks, shock mounts, spring hangers etc by people doing that in an attempt to get a smooth ride by "floating" over the surface. You might feel comfortable inside but you are giving the car and tyres hell underneath.

Another thing is remember the old saying about what to do when in Rome. If you want to drive on mountain tracks then ring a couple of tyre dealers up in the Snowy and find out what tyres the local people use. Do the same in the Outback and ring dealers out there. When you go into those places you want something that works and is readily available if you need a replacement and speaking to the people who live, work and drive in the area is the best way to find out.

Brian

I fitted BFG ATs to my Patrol new in 2000. Got about 95000 out of the set of 5, but admittedly, that did include a few kms of a 6th one after wrecking one of the originals. At 95000, bought a set of 4 and am about to replace them after 80,000 for the four. Will certainly go for them again. I also had them on my earlier Maverick on split rims and was very happy with them.
I find that they balance well,wear evenly and have had no probs with the so-called Patrol front-end wobble syndrome I hear so much about.
Gerry

Justin,

We used BFG AT's on an 80 series for about 9 years, doing about 200K clicks in that time.

Had a few flats, mainly due to nails, welding rods etc, and never had a blow-out. They are as good as mentioned above in other replies, though we never got the high mileage others have claimed. Mainly due to wear on stony roads, and high-ish speeds during hot weather.

They don't like stony roads, and chip badly on these roads. Otherwise very good tyre.

Ran them (265.75R16) @ 32psi almost all the time, and the wear was very even. Definitely worth a try,

Hooroo...

I have used BFG tyres on most of my 4wd vehicles and have found them to be reliable.
On my present vehicle the BFG's have currently done a total of 60k and are just about shot but will still use them for a few more k.
I the AT KO series from US not the Jap or Korean ones.

Thanks a lot for all the input guys.

I wanted to ask a question regarding the ply of the tyre, the Atkos are 6 ply according to tyrepower and the Cooper ATs are 10 ply.
What does this difference atually mean in the real world? The BFGs look tough as steel so it surprised me they werent 10 ply like the coopers.

thanks

Justin

Hi All,i have also run BFG A/Ts and Muddyies on 60s,80s,100s and hiluxes and had excellent results on all vehicles with either style,the only gripe is the muddies are very noisy,so when due for a set of muddies for the 100 series a friend of mine said try a set of Procomp mud terrains in which i did(i know iknow they are made in the cooper factory but on different line and spec)and have had an excellent run sofar with them(45k on them and expecting another 30 odd k)some fair chipping and small chunks out of rears only after last simpson expedition.fronts still perfect.as for noise they are less than half the racket of the BFGs,so next muddies i think will be the procomps again as no punctures nor other problems.thats my 20c worth anyway cheers Paul