Cooper AT3's

G'day ChrisK not sure what you drive but I had Mickey Thomson AT 5 rib on a GQ petrol wagon and they where pretty good all round but picked up heaps of rocks that stayed in the tread after one trip off road then a 100km drive home on tar I pulled out 53 rocks never had that before in 24yrs off roading. I put them on my other GQ a converted turbo diesel twin cab ute and they where dangerous on the rear especially in the wet it would break traction if you put your foot down in a straight line in 3rd gear I put them back on the wagon & put Kumho AT KL78 on and it wouldn't spin any more and was a lot safer to drive I don't hoon around or drive like an idiot the Mickey's where just dangerous on a ute just letting you know my experience with them.

You have to be careful with some tyres that last a long time. They are made of really hard rubber that is shocking in the wet. It's hard to get the right balance of safety and durability.

That is the AU distributors bog standard response. Heard it all before.

You are exactly right there mike.
I was talking to a guy on the Strezelecki track that had destroyed several brand new Cooper ATR's on his Hilux and had to have them replaced. He was carrying on that he would never buy Coopers again.

When I went and had a look, the Hilux was carrying a lot of gear but the tyres were only a passenger version of the ATR's which are a 70 series tyre.

When I pointed this out to him, saying he should of fitted the LT 75 series, he said he liked the lower profile better. So here he is knocking a tyre because he had selected the wrong one for the purpose.

And yes the AT3's come in passenger and light truck versions.
Chris

Yes I understand the difference between LT and no LT, I am a former truck driver.

These are not LT, however the warranty on these is still 50,000 k's AND they are still 70/30!!!!!!

They are bleep tyres and I will never ever recomend to anyone and I deliver 4X4 training from time to time for a regional TAFE

It does seem that the Coopers warranty is legendary for all the wrong reasons. You hear a lot of mixed reviews for the tyres but the opinions on the warranty are pretty much consistently poor. Has anyone had a good warranty result from Coopers to report?

No, The Cooper warranty is all smoke & mirrors!
Furthermore, their management staff are cheats & liars!

I had a set of Cooper ATR, 265/75/16" LT on my 2004 4.2 TD and we took them off after 96,000 kms, I think I could have got another 10 or 15 thousand out of them except we were going on a trip to WA to do the Kimberely with our off road van.
These tyres had done the Birdsville track, Flinders rangers and Cape York.
the tyres performed without any problems.
I took the spare tyre off the patrol ( never used ) and the spare off the van ( same tyres but 3 years newer off the van ) and put on the rear of the patrol and purchased 2 new AT3's and put on the front.
The new front tyres have performed well so far ( about 15,000 kms ) but the oldest tyre on the rear has chipped quite a bit, no doubt the rubber has hardened up.
We did the oodnatta track, to Mt Dare, Dalhousie, Ghaun then the GRR.
So far I can't complain, but hopefully I get about 90,000 km's +, same as first set.
One thing is that I drive carefully and when owing only sit on about 90 km / hr and when off the black top drop the pressure to about 30 PSI.
Still undecided on what to buy next.

ATR's are very tyres to AT3's

Sorry that should have read

ATR's are very *different* tyres to AT3's

Yes I swapped from Geolanders to Maxxis AT700 not long ago. I was happy with the Geolanders but the Maxxis were $50 a tyre cheaper and I needed 5 tyres because I went up in size. So far very happy with them too.

Sorry meant to say; MT Baja MTZ
JS.

JS,
guess who owns Mickey Thompson.

RA.

Rockape. for the life of me I dont know hwo owns Mickey thompsoms.

Let me guess, Cooper Tyres, and the MT are even made in the same factory.

You read the blurb on both tyres and it reads basically the same re construction etc just MT push more handling and Cooper more Offroad

Yep. Coopers.

I have been using MTs for quite a while now, I got 85K out of my Cooper STs but liked the MT MTZs so changed over, had 65K on them and they are now on the C/T. Have a set of MT ATZ 4 Rib on the MU now and would like to put the same on the new D.Max but they do not make any that will fit legally. So I was thinking of Cooper AT3 also, but may have to get the dealer to sign a doc saying if they are stuffed after the trip to the Kimberley he will have to give me my money back LOL.

Logical logic to me

split rims with a set of Dunlop Road Grippers - LOL