Friday, Apr 06, 2012 at 08:27
Gday Tim, sorry about the mistaken identity!
The MRF is not the tyre for you.
They are an extremely tough tyre that is made for off-track driving where sidewall stakes are common. The advice from Beadell Tours is only for this sort of use. Everything has a downside, and in this case, the downsides of the MRF are:
#1 they have no grip on wet bitumen - pretty dangerous in fact.
#2 Thick sidewalls build up heat and when tyres get hot they wear out a lot faster - you'd be lucky to get half the mileage you'd get out of tubeless radials.
#3 If you were to fit tubes to them on tubeless rims, you'd have to dismantle them every time you get a
puncture or more comonly when you get a split or fatigue in the tubes. As the others have stated, chnaging them out bush with tyre irons would be pretty hard.
#4 they are really noisy
So on your vehicle, I'd suggest you stop looking at 750R16 because all tyres in that size are tube type, and made for split rims.
If you want a tubeless tyre that has an extra strong sidewall that is suitable for off-track driving,and in the 235/85R16 size and 10ply rating then I'd suggest the following:
#1 Bridgestone 661 - these are used by Govt and Mining vehicles in outback SA
#2 Bridgestone D694LT - a quieter and better road/gravel tyre with good chip resistance
#3 Federal Couragia A/T - these have a genuine 3-ply sidewall and are the best value for money ($225 each last year)
#4 Goodyear MTR - more aggressive tread pattern and more offroad orientated and quite expensive
There are other good tyres of course, but the above is based on what I've seen and used in real life. Do not accept and of the advertising you see in magazines - many tyres do not live up to the advertising hype.
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