Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011 at 17:02
Bob,
I will put the record straight. I never intended to bag the tyres. I was more giving a real life account of them, 65000k road test if you like.
They were well mannered in both dry and wet conditions, great on sand, not so hot in clay, in their later life not good on gibber and good value when I purchased them at about $280 a tyre.
You will notice I did not bag the tyre's when I shredded one, because I don't know what caused it and if I had my tyre monitor turned on I may have saved it.
Size wise I am restricted to a few brands as the 285/75/16's aren't available in many of them. The reason I use this size is it suits my gearing.
Now to the nitty gritty. The tyres still had 8mm of tread left, this is only about half worn, but they tore lugs off and chipped badly. Also the spare that had never been used was fine and I still have the case if ever I need it. Something is amiss as it should have chipped and destroyed lugs as well. It say's to me there is a problem with them when they have been used over many K's or due to age.
To the part about changing to another brand. The BFG muds ended up costing me $365 a tyre they quoted me $375 but only charged me this). On the other hand the price quoted for Cooper ST's or whatever they are called now was $416 and the disposal price was $2.50 more per tyre. I was quoted $350 for BFG AT's which makes the Coopers $66 dearer. No thanks.
Also horses for courses, Mick O uses Toyos for what he does and I believe they are great for his application. Bridgestone 694's I understand a great but they don't suit my application either and I don't think you can get them in 285/75/16.
RA.
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