Mud Terrains on the tarmac?

Most owners who have them,only have them once unless they really need them.
They tend to be noiser and the big chunks wear away quicker as there is usually less surface area touching the road.
The less it is like a car tyre the less it will perform in wet or any other situation on the road.
Of course it depends on the aggressiveness of the the mud terrain,some of them are really a more chunkier type of All Terrain.

They are great for the terrain they are designed for but I would have to be going there regularly before I fitted.

The best mud terrains are those that self clean when deflated.

get a set of A/T'S YOU WON'T REGRET IT, HAD THEM ON ALL MY 4X4'S AND I BEEN EVERYWHERE MAN. the brand is up to you,but my pick is BFG. I know this will start another round of debate as it always does.

I run Mickey Thompson MTZ 40% Road & Sand, 60% Dirt & Mud I got 75000 kms out of my last set. I don't go offroad as much as I would like, they are great in the wet as well.

Yes it can be a 'look at moi' thing! Or, it can be an dedicated off-road rig, second vehicle, just being driven to the shops. Muddies are usually not much fun on tarmac - noisy, poor handling, cost fuel a

nd power, lacklustre grip and with click-fingers breakaway. For dual purpose highway/off-road use an all-terrain (A/T) makes more sense, more often

Thanks, that pretty much clears it up! I have a set of Maxxis 751 Bravo Radials which came with the car. They're brand new and from all reports they're a pretty good budget A/T tyre. They're pretty quiet and seem to handle well on the tarmac, I have only had the vehicle a couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to get an idea of what they're like on any really rought stuff. Will see how they go but likely to take 'em off and get something akin to what Troll has suggested and keep the Maxxis as spares.

Thanks again, as a new member I am grateful for so many people jumping on to help me out!

Cheers

I personally leave my muddies on all the time these days, BFG KM2 were very good on wet bitumen, now running Toyo MT and also seem good in the wet. Previously have ran Bridgestone MT and also good.
PITA changing tyres all the time, been there, done that.

it does bring a smile to my face to see MT's on a car, wearing bald and there is no chipping or scratches etc on them. Never seen a rough track. CUBS.

Yes, to me like a Ducati with 20MM wide "chicken strips."
Regards Philip A

Been running BFG MT KM2's on my 40 series - don't find them noisy at all and get great wear out of them. Wouldn't run anything else.

Hi

If you are mainly black top driving get a set of LT construction AT'S

They will also be fine for your annual pilgrimages.

I use Kumo Venture AT'S on my Jeep doing beach and city driving

On the tourer I keep mudterrains , currently badly chipped and chunked Mickey Thompsons. These will be replaced with KM'2s which are in the shed.. Not because I think their better just they were cheaper.
I don't work on k's per tyre. I use to be happy to get thirty or forty thousand k's
but now I work on one set per year.
Because we do a fair amount of off track work most are repaired to some degree during the year

Lets face it are you going to leave home on a remote trip with half worn tyres ?


Cheers Teza

Craig,

I'm on my 3rd set of BFG muds and looking at getting 75,000KM from them the same as the previous two sets, apart from two smashed sidewalls.
They are a bit noisier than the original A/T's but the 100 series has good sound proofing.
They have done plenty of outback touring and I've had a few punctures and as said smashed two sidewalls.
Overall I'm pretty happy but may look for something cheaper when I need to replace them.
I previous had the A/T's on a second set of steel rims but never used them so sold them on EBay.
No problems with braking or in the wet.

Judging by the look of your vehicle Craig I'd say fitting muddies would be more of a cosmetic thing to make the car look a bit more macho ;-) (Pot calling kettle black :-))
The perception that all mud tyres have poor handling, wear quickly & are dangerous in the wet is a thing of the past. Some current Muddies are good allrounders so do make an excellent choice for those with just one set of rubber. The best at the moment would arguably be the Goodyear MTR.
Cheers Craig..............

Better be carefull !
They can get greasy on bitumen.

Cheers
Bucky