silentarmor tyre

Thanks phil : interesting RE side walls comment, to press on side walls are very thick & hard ....more so than most I would have said .
the set I had on L200 many years ago I treated very badly ( high speed on rough roads etc ) and only ever had one puncher but interesting that I changed them to bridgestone aswell but I changed to mud diggers for better traction not for better tyre construction ..
What is it that you prefer with the D694?

The silent armor 265's that I've plugged were not very thick in the sidewall. I'd suggest they are similar to BFG (3 thin plies), but better than most Cooper.

I've had a set of 285/75R16 D694LT that have done 90,000k and still have a few mm tread. With the silent armour I was looking at getting 50,000k out of 265/75.
The D694 are cheaper and more readily available.
They are equally chip resistant and quiet.
The sidewalls seem good - haven't staked or punctured any.
Both tyres have good rolling resistance so don't cost me extra in fuel.

I've run more aggressive tyres in the past - MTRs and BFG muddies but both cost me in fuel, noise and bogged down in sand - I prefer a good AT for what I do.