Hi All,
Before heading off on our 12 month trip, I fitted new rubber to our Patrol, expecting them to last the full 12 months, I went into my local Beaurepairs dealer in Narre Warren (vic) and enquired about some Wrangler a/t's, Silent Armour,
I specificaly remember asking about the different quality of the tyres, and that I had herd that there were some cheaper Indonesian tyers available, or some more expensive US made tyers available, as I was only interested in getting the "better" tyer.
He assured me that they were all made in Indonesia these days, but not to worry as they were all good quality!
So, to cut a long story short, 6 months later (20,000km approx) I'm now in
Broome, I have been a bit anal with tyre pressures and rotations etc (including spares) and they have warn terribly, there is no way I will get another 20,000km out of them. I am towing and yes reasonably heavy
Speaking to a fella in the site next to ours, who has some obviously new looking Wrangler all terrains, I was having a whinge about
mine, and he says, did you get the "Pro Grade ones, made in the USA ?" because the Indonesian ones are ordinary!!! Apon closer inspection his are stamped "Pro Grade" and distinctly have Made in USA on them, he says he has allways used them and expects 90,000 to 100,000 km out of them
So I guess my question is, do any of you have knowledge of the different types of Wranglers available, and do you think I should be able to get some sort of compensation or maybe a reduction in the price of some new Pro Grade ones?
From here our trip will only get tougher on the tyres as we are about to do the Kimberly (
Gibb River rd etc) accross the top and
Cape York, before heading South again, not to be attempted on dodgy tyres I'm thinking???
Cheers.....Browny