Another dumb tyre question

Steve,

If I could obtain Desert Duellers for the Jackaroo, I would be using them instead of the 693's I currently have.

Nothing against the 693's, or 694's for that matter, except the price.

The last time I bought desert duellers for the camper trailer they were $168 each, as opposed to the $245 (on special) I paid for the 693's. The camper trailer has split rims and uses a 205R16C tyre size on 6.5" width rims.

An excellent tyre in my opinion and I wouldn't consider anything different given the choice. I reckon for price vs performance, nothing else even comes close.

Steve

I have split rims on my car with the original factory fitted 694s that are nearing the end of their life. I have a second set of mud tyres for occassional use and intend replacing the 694s with highway pattern tyres. The ones I have ordered are MRF Steel Muscle L after talking to Mick Hutten from Beadell Tours and looking through theirs and the MRF web site. He has been using these these tyres for four years on all of their on track tours in the western deserts. They use a highway MRF bias ply for off track work.

They are just ordinary light truck radials with all steel construction i.e steel in the sidewalls as well as under the thread. They are harder to puncture than a steel belted tyre and less likely to be unrepairable. Some of the other companies make them but Mick reckons the MRF is the toughest of the lot and they are far cheaper than any of the popular steel belted 4wd tyres.

I will use the 7.00 x 16. They come in 10 and 12 ply and the load rating for the 12 works out at 115, the same as many of the popular tyres so the ride should still be ok. The 7.50 x 16 is 14 ply and will carry 1495 kgs. I intend using them everywhere from Sydney freeways to the middle of the Outback so it will be interesting to see how they go.

Brian

pretty sure its technically illegal to go 235x85 on a 5.5 inch split but they will fit and give you a massive tyre choice.
personally though if your not running crossplys though like the answer above you would be better of with sunrasia or such like 1 peice rims and tubeless. A 7 inch rim will carry both the 265x75 and 235x85 both of which are very popular and easy to get sizwe with the maximum range of tyres available to choose from