Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:27
Great topic, will we ever find an answer we can all agree on!!
Re Chris’ comment “I don't lke the idea of muddies for sand, with what I have read and been told about 'perfect' sand tyres, which ain't muddies!!”, I chnaged to muddies about 18 months ago after several years on AT light truck tyres. Ive now done a good amount of travel on sand with the muddies now (i.e. not hearsay). From that I am starting to firm up on my
views (which previously were just theories).
So far I cannot tell the different between MT’s and AT’s on sand (with pressures low of course). That is MT's seem fine on sand.
Through mud I feel as though the MT’s are working much better than AT’s, but then again 1) there’s mud and there’s mud, 2) in SA we see a lot more sand than mud, and 3) in recent times I haven’t travelled with others with AT’s in serious mud conditions.
So at this stage, I feel that on sand its even but MT’s are better in mud etc. Therefore, given you can’t predict what conditions you will come across in the bush, I feel MT’s are a better all round proposition, even in SA.
Real detraction of MT’s is that they are a pretty poor road tyre and noisy around town. Technically they should wear much quicker on roads than AT's. So I think it’s better not to use the 4b around town with them on, or have a complete second set for around town.
In addition to varying track conditions, there are varying tyres within a category. I had Toyo OPAT’s and 694’s, both LT all terrains, and felt 694’s much better in the mud. OPAT’s were fine in sand after a while but initially (as a very straight walled tyre which didn’t change shape much with reduced pressures) they used to just dig trenches. But, I never liked the way the 694’s bagged out, exposing the side walls, when at low pressure – never let me down though.
Cheers
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