BFG Long Trail T/A Wear?

Two questions;
1. Was the wear even across the tyre?, and
2. Was it on tarred roads or dirt, gravel etc?

Phil

I have a set on my Triton. Have been on for 27 months, and getting close to 45,000klm now, Completed 8,000 k's on the blacktop, at the end of June, towing 1,600kg van, with 80ltrs water, generator, 30ltrs fuel, tools and other stuff in the back of the triton.
Before we left for this trip, had done several shorter trips with the van, total of about 8,000ks, as well as the normal highway use.
Before we left, the wear front and back was pretty much the same, maybe a little bit less on the rear, after 33,000 ks.
I run 42psi rear and 40psi front towing the van, and back to 36psi all round now around town.
Now we are back, the rear set is showing marginally more wear than the front. Still have about 5mm tread rear and 7mm front.
I also had the same tyres previously, and current wear and mileage is comparable with those, so will be happy to keep using them again.
The wear rate on your front set is comparable with mine.
Maybe the rears need a bit more air. The max pressure as indicated on the tyres is 50 psi, so I'd be inclined to increase the pressure a bit. 38 may be a bit soft towing that weight, especially if you're on the blacktop mostly.
I'm happy with mine, and happy to get them again.

Cheers from Fred.

Just checking, are the long trail's the highway tread or all-terrain? I'm commenting on the BFG A/T, if they're the same tyre you're talking about.

Pressure when hot 38psi, so cold would be 32-34 psi? We towed a camper trailer for 6 months last year doing 25000km and I'd set them at 38-40psi rear and a bit less on the front when cold. I had fridge, recovery gear etc in _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx in the rear too and a couple of kids... In total we got 75000km out of them and they were on the Prado when we bought it. Hence we have gone for the same tyre again.

I agree with above, I think you have them a bit down for the van you're towing.

Cheers,

Mark.

We had a 60 series Landcruiser with A/T s towing a 16 ft van with 3 kids and all the gear that goes for a 6 month on the road ,we did 22000 km and had plenty left when we got home ,I ran the rears on 40 or 45 psi fronts on 38 or 42 ,and rotated the tyres every 5000 kms. very happy and would use them again.
Vic

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Further to the tyre pressure I run. The cold pressure is 34 PSI and 38 PSI hot. One of the other vehicles I mentioned (my brother) is running 38 PSI cold on the rears. Tyre wear on his tryes is reasonable even across the tread also. From this I assume that trye pressure is not the cause of poor tyre life. Incidentally my rear tyres have been replaced with Michelin Latitude Cross so it will be interesting to see how the wear goes with these. Currently there is only 1500 km on these and I have around another 8000km to tow before we arrive home.

My Rugby
IMHO, this may not be a tyre pressure problem.
Was the van loaded differently this trip, it sounds like a considerable difference in loading to me, do you have a WDH, was there any difference in tyre wear front to back on the van, it is a tandem axle van?

Bob.