Tyre recommendations for a 4x4 trayback with heavy slideon camper

I can agree with you there Mick.

I've got a 79 series trayback with an alloy canopy, rooftop tent, camper, etc so it's on the heavy side - especially over the rear axle. Like you I've also got 285/75R16 Toyo Open Country MT's.

It's interesting to hear you're comments on the vehicle that had them in the Great Sandy. I was up for a new set of tyres, and couldn't get the BFG MT's I'd been using previously (it was in the time when BFG was going from the KM to the KM2 muddies, and supply was poor - plus I'd always been very wary of the thin sidewalls on the BFG's in dry/stake prone country).

After looking at the alternatives, I decided on the Toyo's as a replacement set after seeing how well they did on a 4WD Race Vehicle that I supported in the Australasian Safari out here in WA (7 days of Offroad Racing through some fairly tough country - tyre/stake wise). Price wise, they weren't much more expensive than the competition after doing some shopping around.

In comparison to the BFG MT's I had on previously, they are a much stronger tyre - especially the sidewalls, and seem to be holding up / chipping less also.

John

yeah cooper/mickey thompson/dick cepek got a habit of pulling lugs out and flow cracking
goodyear silent armour pick of tyres for me on the f-truck
tyre pressures need to be adjusted to suit road conditions

yeah cooper/mickey thompson/dick cepek got a habit of pulling lugs out and flow cracking
goodyear silent armour pick of tyres for me on the f-truck
tyre pressures need to be adjusted to suit road conditions

Kylef250

As far as I know, those tyres you talked about, all come out of the one factory, these days.


I suppose it don't really matter, as long as you get LT construction, that's the key, but I hear thoseTojo boys talking about the Open Country tyres too.

Me ?......I prefer my B F Goodrich, AT's in a LT construction.

I punished mine last yaer, big time, but the integrity of the tyre remains good. There are a lot of cuts and chips on them,, but just look at where we went, and the pressures we were running, and you will get them too.


Cheers
Bucky