Coopers Tyres & Lokka Diff Lock - feedback on Tyre Damage & Lokka Performance

I have Just completed a weekend of rough work for the car and can give some helpful feedback on how I damaged my Cooper St's and how the Lokka Front diff lock performed.

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Above is Typical of what you can expect to negotiate over a 7hr period of Low ratio 4 x 4 driving from Jowabinna to Maytown.

Lokkas. Performed exceptionally well and we were able to negotiate obstacle after obstacle with ease. As for steering I found I was able to turn sharp hairpins with ease as well. The only thing you have to get use too is the steering always wants to return to the straight line. With power steering this is barely noticeable.

Coopers. I have had these for 22k and done central Australian conditions and had no problems. The first part of our trek I was able to tackle the rock bars with little wheel spin. At the end of the first day a bit of chipping on outside lugs but no lugs lost. During the second day rock bar climbs we hit a couple of areas that we could not jump over first shot. As we had to hit them with a few more revs, the wheels shot into the air and the tires came into rock contact at high rpms. This is when lug damage occured. No full lugs lost as yet but there are cracks at the base of some outside tread lugs. No centre lugs or inside tread lugs damaged. So from my point of view this is when you are likely to get Cooper Tyre damage. The less you can spin the wheels in rocky country I guess the less likely you will be to get tyre damage.

Next step is to try a different brand and do the Maytown trip again after i have done 22k on them. :-).

Hope this helps someone & I will post a treck for this trip. only if no one else has. Cheers Tony