Saturday, Jan 07, 2012 at 11:53
Hi Andy
Buying tyres is like Nissan v Toyota, Engel v Waeco etc.
When receiving advice keep in mind
Was the vehicle towing?
How much weight was being carried?
How much off road v on road?
How long was the trip/s?
Were tyre pressures reduced and monitored?
You’ll get people say I reckon X are great I got 80,000 kms out of them; when you question them it’s a daily driver mostly on bitumen with two trips a year down the coast.
If you’re a series off roader and do extended desert/high-country trips that require real off road tyres make sure that’s the advice you take on board.
I fit into that category. I’ve been doing extreme off roading for 15 plus years now and do about 80-100 days a year 4Wdriving mostly in the Western Deserts of WA. Mush of the travel is off road, with washed out,
rock areas, jump ups, cross country, dunes etc.
I have used BFGs and gotten around 60,000-70,000 out of them but most of the time I’ve damaged them beyond repair before then. Yes they have chipped a bit but not blocks like the Coopers.
I have been very disappointed in Coopers because of chipping, loss of blocks of rubber and delaminating etc. I’ve lost confidence in Coopers.
On my currently vehicle a 100 series I have two sets of off road rubber, BFG and Wrangler Kevlar MTRs.
I am finding I am getting better mileage out of the BFGs (as I have experienced previously) than I am out of the Wrangler Kevlar MTRS.
Although a much softer compound and I will be lucky to get 40,000 kms out of a set of Wrangler MTRs; I have found however that the MTRs are almost
puncture proof and give great floatation when tyre pressures are reduced.
I therefore only run my MTRs when doing a really serious off-road trip with lots of cross country stake infested country and use my BFGs for less arduous desert trips. I don’t tow and I’m usually heavily laden, I also run a tyre pressure monitoring system.
Presumably you’re only after one set of tyres and from the country you’ve described the BFGs are what I would buy if I was driving that country.
I hope this helps, PM me if you wish to ask more in depth.
Cheers
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