When size does matter

Of course size matters Mrs Al.

The bigger and thicker it is . . . the better it is. In the absence of size though . . . a good man on small rubber will be better then a hopeless person on big rubber.

A number of people have multiple sets of rubber . . . Big thick ones for play , and smaller ones for pleasure.

It also helps to have big thick knobbly bits . . . . always good to have.

So in conclusion . . . yes I am talking about tyres. How you interpret the above is up to you.

Gday mrs Al
you already had the answer in your post,if its round & full of air its agood tyre, from
there it all comes down to the politics (hehehehehehehe You thought you could escape it ) of personal chioce
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Regards Bruce

G"day Lyn, I run two sets of tyres, Yokohama AT's for on road and BFG MT for the 4WD trips, on a 4.2 GU. The time it takes to swap over,about 1/2 an hour, which also gives me a chance to inspect brake pads and all those things that are covered up by wheels and tyres. These are in 265.75.16 so the ratio is unaffected between the two.

By having both it gives me a better mileage on the MT's and so far they are 5 years old, and this includes a trip to the Cape and another to NT amd a couple to the HIgh Country.

To buy the second set just get one every month, unless you can get a deal, all at once.

Hello Mrs Al
Hope this doesn't turn into a "pussy" episode. Talk about rubber with knobbly bits will soon degenerate into mindless dribble knowing what some people on this forum are like!
On a serious note I suspect Diamond may be one of the few who could claim unbiased and expert status here but I'll add my few unexpert cents worth.
First though I doubt that there's too much rubber in tyres these days - I suspect they are synthetic.
The number of steel belts (assuming you're talking radials) is meaningless - it's the thickness that counts. So a 3 thin ply tyre can have no better puncture reistance than a 2 thicker ply tyre. Without mentioning names my tyre retailer told me that a well known tyre manufacturer that makes a big deal of their 3 ply construction actually use the thinner plies so their claim to greater puncture resistance is hogwash.
Generally speaking the thicker the tread (the knobbly bits) the better the puncture resistance. But the gap between those knobbly bits also comes into play. The bigger the gap the greater the chance that a sharp object can get to the thinner bit of the trye carcass and cause a puncture. Then again the bigger those knobbly bits the better the traction offroad, but they are not much use in softy sand where floatation rather than bite is more important. Oh bugger it - it's all too complicated. So it really depends on many factors and there is no such thing as a perfect compromise tyre. 2 sets would be great but I can't afford it nor do I have the room to store them.