The Best Allround A/T 4WD Tyre is ???

TerraFirma
I'm using Yokohama's on the Troopy, so far I'm very pleased with them .

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I think so, check it out....cheers...oldbaz.

TerraFirma, tyre tested is a Geolander GO 11. Testers were unimpressed with gravel & sand traction.......oldbaz.

My thoughts exactly, daza, although I do have a soft spot for the
Firestone Firehawks 31 by 15 on the sprayrig. Strangely they
werent in the test. But ,as we have agreed,its only rubber...;))
.....oldbaz.

sorry to differ guy's,
i was just looking back through the older forums,& noticed a cpl of comments "it's only rubber" % of rubber in a tyre is almost nil now-a-days,what makes a tyre give milage is a number of things,but it's the amount of "carbon-black" & were it comes from,dare i say MOST ozzie tyres use a cheaper carbon,most usa,& european tyres use a far better quility carbon, hense better milage,also steel is very important in it's consruction,cheap steel , good steel.
my own personal choice of tyre for general 4wd use are micheline or BFG {owned by micheline} AAT king use nothing but Micheline XS for all their desert buses that must say something !!as for micky something's or coopers, just a "yuppie" tyre

Yeah all that field testing is good. BUT a Mag did this so it must be right :)

Hi Steve,
I assume this is the Bridgestone of which you speak, "Bridgestone D693 (265/75R16 LT)"

Geoff

That's them.

Cheers Steve.

Yep, I've been running Bridgestones on 3 4wds (2 atm) from 693s, 694s and 673s for 12 years now and have had one puncture (piece of fencing wire on high speed dirt - oh well) and no lugs removed or damage to tyres.


I'll stand by my Bridgestones, even though they obviously don't have the ad budget of some others...

(and I dare say that mine would see more than their share of off-roads)

Well, you two are a couple of heretics!

Imagine recommending something you paid for and it worked!

About time you two got onto the magazine pay for comment band wagon!

All jokes aside, thanks for the honest appraisal from the pointy end of the 4wd world.

Geoff

Top End Explorer Tours Steve.

Do they have to be Australian made, on there web site 750R 16 are none specific of where they are made.

Looking at replacing all 6 on the troopy, have been running Dunlops 2 x type 'F' and one Type 'S'


Cheers

Richard

Richard the answer is yes, The D 694 265/75/16s are made in Japan, these tyres are a softer tyre, the D693 275/75/16s are Australian made and are a much stronger tyre, this info is from my Bridgestone dealer, he won't sell me anything else with the same guarantee.

Cheers Steve.

Thank you

I was just going by there web site click size for this patten


Maybe




Cheers

Richard

If the test mentioned is the one from issue 85 of the mag its two years and 4 months old aand the Pirelli Scorpions that were rated best are no longer imported. I had two ordered in Nov 2006 and had to wait a month for them and was told that these will probably be the last of them

I tried to buy some last year and was told that and the new ones are called ATR's and have a different tread etc.

There was a later test done but not as extensive and with different tyres.

Axel - So is this a Cooper Tyre? I found this about them!!!

Hercules tyres are manufactured by Cooper

COOPERATIVE APPROVED TIRE LIST (Extract from http://www.doi.gov/greening/procure/final0...922Highway.pdf)
(CATL)
CATL-1922, June 2003
FOR US GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF: Non-Military: New & Retread Passenger Car Tires, Pursuit and Emergency High Speed Tires, Light Truck Tires, Truck/Bus Tires, & Off Road Severe Application Tires (ORSA) Military: Retread Light, Medium and Heavy Tactical Truck and Trailer Tires

GROUP 2, LIGHT TRUCK: NEW TIRES (continued)
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
? QUALIFIED PRODUCTION POINTS: ALL COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY TIRE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
? TEST QUALIFICATION REFERENCE: ACTS-CATL-T1-1/98-057
? QUALIFICATION EXPIRATION DATE: 30 JUNE, 2008
GOVERNMENT MODEL/BRAND
ITEM NO. DESIGNATION CLASS CODES

COOPER BRANDS:
X2.3.1RA “DISCOVERER RADIAL LT” a/s, at AP, PS
X2.3.2RA “SRM II” r/t AP, PS
X2.3.3RA “DISCOVERER RADIAL STT” a/t AP, PS, STC
X2.3.4RA “DISCOVERER S/T” a/s,a/t AP, PS
X2.3.5RA “DISCOVERER M+S” s/t AP, PS, STC
X2.3.19RA “DISCOVERER A/T” a/s, a/t AP, PS
X2.3.20RA “DISCOVERER H/T” a/s AP, PS
NOTE: MORE COOPER BRANDS, STEEL/STEEL CONSTRUCTION ARE ALSO LISTED BELOW.

HERCULES TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY BRANDS (MANUFACTURED BY COOPER):
X2.3.48RA “TERRA TRAC TOURING LTD” a/s AP, PS
X2.3.49RA “TERRA TRAC” a/s, a/t AP, PS
X2.3.50RA “ALL TRAC RADIAL A/S” a/s AP, PS
X2.3.53RA “TERRA TRAC RADIAL RIB” a/s AP, PS
X2.3.54RA “MERIT ALL COUNTRY RADIAL A/S” a/s AP, PS

Cheers Tony

Made in Taiwan , round $160 / $170 per ,, had them on the 80 series for our last 6 mth trip , 23,000 klm including 10,000 klm dirt , [ strez ,oodnadatta ,tanami ,meneenee ,gibb , ect , ect cape york ect.] Not 1 bit of chipping or wear ,