More Tyre Advice Needed Please.

What are you asking ?? What tyres are you using ? What wheels have you got ? We are not all mind readers and need the info to help you !! Give us the detailed info to help you if its not too difficult !!

Shawn

i drive an rv 100 and it has orig dunlop jap. tyres ,I dont think it handles like a pig.Perhaps you should check tyre pressures or alighnment or perhaps i am easily pleased.I will be first in the que for the tyres..

We travelled the Birdsville and Oodnadatta tracks,ernest giles road,rainbow valley etc all with the original grand treks only had one puncture that was due to excessive speed. Otherwise the tyres performed well. We were towing a coramal off road camper.

Thanks for all your replies, Maybe I've been vague (again). My caravan is a 26ft road yacht. Loaded it weighs near enough on 3.2tonnes. I want to drive the 'Cruiser like a car not like a truck. To stop the tyres rolling under through corners I am running 53psi cold all round (not so much a problem with the van behind) but the ride is understandably rough. A friend of mine mentioned today that 20in. rims and low profile tyres are available in Japan that are about the same height as the standard tyres. Anyone heard of them here in Australia? Thanks again for your help.

Jeremy, Maybe it's slipped under your guard, but you ARE now driving a truck. It will handle a lot worse than your BMW, so get used to it! Try road tyres instead L/Ts, and LOWER your pressures. Happy trails, Mike.

Why not get a set of rims & tyres similar to the GXL ie 16x8 rims & get a high quality & spec tyre such as a BF Goodrich All Terrain (my preference for dirt roads & round town) or a Cooper or Bridgestone tyre.

This is a 4WD and needs 4x4 tyres as the 20" tyres you specify will be rough as being a low profile, are highly likely to puncture & probably would be ILLEGAL as their load rating would not be that required for the vehicle & DANGEROUS due to that 3.2 ton hanging off the back.

The 100 Series GXL etc is standard with 5 Stud 16x8 rims & you can get either Alloys or Steel rims and then put the standard size tyre (I think Cruisers have 275/70R16) or similar onto it.

These sizes are subject to state laws about tyre sizes suitable for your rig. Which state is it registered in?

Ian

Iwould suggest that a 100 series cruiser is too light regardless of tyres fitted to tow a 3200kg van.Vehicle aggregate weight would have to be less than 3000kg.Suggest you trade it in on a Ford F250 or F350 which would have to be the best towing vehicles available in this country.Check them out. They are better spectd, and better priced than anything Jap,trust me I just bought one and it is brilliant

Sell the Caravan and the Landcruisier and buy a Holden Commodore - you will then be to afford to stay in Motels every night - much more comfortable and heaps cheaper in the long run if you add up all the costs (and why get a 4x4 if you have no intention of locking the center diff or using L4). You could put some big tyres on the Holden to give that "dominant" driving position if your ego flags. Cheers BC

Commodore's are for when you have given up on life!