All Terain Tyres for 100 series Landcruiser

I am based in Port Hedland and have been using the ST Coopers on both my 80 series and 100 series T/D 285/75/16.
Not bad all round tire, do wear quickly on the hot bitumen during summer up here. They do flick lots of stones around due to the tread pattern.

Regards JB

Steve
You need an all-Terrain type tyre, My opinion is BFG or Yokohama

Yokohama

BFG

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Both for the CSR & the GRR you won't require a really aggressive A/T type tyre. In fact something like a BFG A/T may even be detrimental, as far as the sandy CSR goes- and the GRR is almost a highway anyway. I would steer clear of the 'blocky' type rubber, and look at something with a substantial 'sawtooth'. like the Bridgestone 693 (if still available) or the 694. Even the Hercules A/T may be worth a look !!

Steve ,

There is a lot of people who want to tell you that the XXXX AT is the best - and it is usually only because it is the one they bought .

Coopers , Bridgestone Goodyear etc are all pretty good tyres , it is more the way you use them and vary the pressures in different situations, that determines the performance .

For my own "personal experience" , after loosing a lot of side lugs off my Cooper ATs on my '04 , '05 and '06 Kimberley / Pilbara trips, I decided to go to a new brand . "No" , the ARB guy said , "they have fixed the problem with their new model" . Not true - they are as bad as ever and I will not buy another set . I asked quite a few locals in Kununurra in 2007 , what they were using in our hot climate , rough dirt road situation and now I have decided to go to Bridgestone Dueler A/T after using Coopers for the past 5 years .

Do not get fooled by the Cooper Warranty , it's a joke - you have to have your tyres balanced and checked by a tyre dealer every 10,000 km - imagine the cost of that !

Cheers ,

Willie.

PS .

All brands of ATRs will suffer equally from staked sidewalls in off track situations . It is just a matter of driving carefully to avoid sharp rocks and wood stakes left from bushfires and keeping your your pressures low in low speed situations . I did three Cooper sidewalls in one expedition in the desert - cost me $1000 in tyres for one trip .The only way to avoid it , is to stay on track or get split rims and rag tyres - but this voids your insurance , as rags are not speed rated to your 100TD - what a bugger !

I'm happy to recommend the Goodyear Silent Armour for the trips you are planning.Mine have been hassle free for the past 2 years and 35,0000k of offroad and some offtrack trips. I get a good run out of most tyres - there's a lot of truth in Willie's statement about how you drive.

Steve,
I have put Cooper ST 265/70 R17 in my 4.2 2006 100 series. This has been the first time I have used Coopers normaly use (to lot of my mates disgust) BFG AT tyres. I went for the Coopers after a friend of mine who works for an insurance company said that I should check if the 17" BGF AT have the load carring specs for the 100 series with factory 17" rims. Which they didn't so it didn't leave me with many options and 1 of those options was Coopers so I went with them. I've done about 10000 klm now and they are doing fine. They have the normal AT tyre road noise. I've done about 50/50 dirt-bitumen drivng. No tread cuts. But I would take the advice from Cooper Tyres themselves keep them rotated and maintain the correct pressures. All in all so far I think that BFG and Coopers are great tyres. I have got freinds that have been using Cooper ST for along time now on both Toyotas and Nissan and they have had great suscess. All have done the Cape, Corner Country and the beach and they work well. For they sake I hope that I get the same run out of mine.HAHAHAHA. Cooper and BFG to us is like the ol' Toyota Nissan debat.

Hope this helps.
Derek L

Steve,
I have ben running Cooper ST 285x75x16 on my LC80 and now TD LC100 for last 2.5 years and am reasonably happy. Noise is pretty average for this tyre type, I have torn a couple of lugs but under pretty harsh conditions and there appears no more noise or any other drama associated with the missing lugs. Wear has been really good and I expect to get around 80k out of them. I have not had a puncture with them. I am not saying they are great but they have been value for money in my opinion.
I have heard good things about Micky Thompson AT's and will be looking at them as a possible alternative.
Conversely, I have to say that Bridgestone dueler AT's I used for a year in the Pilbara were disgracefull. Punctures, cut sidewalls, a blow out and tread deformation rendering them unserviceable after 10,000kms. An associate used BFG ATs on the same routes and conditions as me in the Pilbara and they did much much better.

Cheers

I would like to thank everyone that took the time to reply and help me with the knowledge building process. One of the replies mentions air pressure and I have since done a lot of research in this area and realise how lucky (and lazy) I have been until now. I have since bought a set of Staun Tire Deflators and have been using them. It seems to be personal choice and the relationship you can build with your local tyre dealer so I know tossing between BFJ and Coopers, heading towards BFJ.
Thats one problem done, now to work on a Suspension lift.

Thank you all who relied

Steve,

I asked the same question a week or so ago about tyres for my Cruiser trayback.

One response pointed out Hankook tyres. I see they have a 10ply sidewall rating. I'm going to look into them a bit more.

Hankook RF09

Second choice will be Maxxis. I've seen some good reports on them.

Silent Armors seem a mixed bag. Some owners are getting bubbles in the sidewall. Then again, I might just go with the flow and get BFG A/Ts like last time.

cheers