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That's interesting what you say there Steve, your tyre of choice is also the tyre that is principally used by the locals in the Pilbara. I was advised by Newman Tyres that the Bridgestone D693 is the only tyre that really handles the "iron country" as they describe it.

I take it you are not airing down on the non bitumen roads up there?

If this is the case, this is what the locals in the Pilbara do they run the D693s at 40psi, only air down on sand and have no problems. I've had Coopers on 2 vehicles followed the air down principle and copped punctures on the sidewall at the roll near the tread edge.

Followed the Pilbara locals philosophy and haven't had a problem since.

I have a bit of tread left on my current Coopers and I've been considering what brand I will replace them with I've been favouring the Bridgestone and you've convinced me, thanks.

I just bought my 14th and 15th set of 693s, I have used them for 750000 km with 2 punctures and 2 blow outs, one blow out was driver error the other was on a tyre with 55000 km on it.

Cheers Steve

Gday Steve,

How many of your punctures/blowouts happened on your recent trip through SA?

What I'm getting at is that SA gravel roads are not as good as WA/NT gravel roads, which is why South Aussies are keen on lower pressures.

sounds like not much has changed then since I left Phill, the gravel roads around the Eyre peninsula were 4wd tracks compared to the sheeted built up highways in the WA weatbelt

The tyre I blew that had 55000km was 2 km out of Lyndhurst on the black stuff.

So it had done the Strzelecki, and I put 2 new ones on at Marree, he had the same tyres, I pumped them up to 40 and did the Oodnadatta track and they still look good as new.

I am about to change the other 2 now at 62000 km.

I must say I did use a different driving technique.

Cheers Steve.

I am not sure what Phill's talking about when he say's south aussies like lower preasures on gravel roads, I run up & down the Strzelecki & Birdsville tracks often on 235\85\16 Lt around 42-44psi and know lots of others that do the same with very few tyre problems, The surface of these tracks change a lot over there 450\500 km lenghts. My thought is that people with lower preasures damage there tyres in the stone country, then increase speed on the better road surface in the sand country and the damage then shows up.

Gday Jeff,
Believe it or not, but I'd do the same as you if I were running Splits. I think most people here are talking 265/75 tubeless, which we'd run 5-10psi lower.