Larger tyre less torque?

Submitted: Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 16:55
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I need to replace my original Wrangler tyres (only 40,000km) on my Auto diesel Pathfinder and am thinking of an LT A/T tyre for towing a van and also our proposed trip up north & west next year (if I can afford fuel). So far I have only found a 265/70/R17 A/T tyre in LT construction and was told I could expect some loss in performance (ie torque) and fuel economy because of the larger diam tyre (approx 40mm extra). Does anyone have comments/experience with this and would it be noticable, especially if towing or in hilly country. I think there may be a 245/70/R17 in some brands but do not know if this is LT. Is an LT construction recommended or is standard A/T OK if not planning serious offroad work. I tow a 16ft poptop with extras (about 1600kg total). Apart from our planned trip, most of the driving is on bitumen or good gravel roads. Next question is of course what brand of tyre. There are many adverse comments on Cooper tyres in forums and most seem to prefer BFG's. Are Toyo any good as I have heard they are underrated? I need something that would be OK for my frequent trips over the Black Spur to Melbourne and would not be too noisy on bitumen as well as suitable for an outback trip with not much rough-road planned.


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