beach tyres?

Hi Warbo

Any A/T tyre will do the job you mention - probably most H/T tyres would also. The beach environment is pretty easy on tyres.

The key issue with beach driving is tyre pressure. I start off at about 25 psi, and am prepared to drop the pressure further if the sand is soft and hot.

The Bridgestone 694 is probably as good as any for road/beach use, although asking for advice on brand of tyres on this forum can lead to a mud fight...

Other brands are BFG, Cooper (gasp!), Goodyear and ProComp.

Good luck!!

George_M

You start at 25 ???

I start at 18 - and usually end up at about 15 PSI ( stockton beach )


Boc

hey Warbo, after several different tyres, 25000km ago I purchased a set of Cooper ATR's. Very quiet on the road, solid in the wet. then when you get in the beach sand, straight to 18lb and they are unstoppable. They dont dig in like other more aggressive tyres, but they will walk out of soft sand. Yes they do cost more, but when i compare them to the bridgees purchased around the same time, mine are hardly worn where the bridgees look like they are ready to change. spend the dollars, you will not regret it.

thanks all for the infoseems like value for money (cooper) but let your tires down 12-15 psi and you can get away with most tires
Regars Warbo

Honestly, if 90% of your off-road driving is beach, then less aggressive tread is better.

I would suggest going on the slightly cheaper side, knowing the best you will get is about 60 to 70 thousand k's out of them.

That is still six or so years, on road manners are not compromised and noise is not a factor.

Ask a few tyre dealers what they would suggest, don't forget to tell them you don't want noisy tyres.

My brother recently put new tyres on his 2005 Pajero and took them back first thing the next morning. They were too noisy.