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I have been reading past posts about this, and the general advice is Mt's for off roading and little on roading and AT's vice versa. And this is generaly because of the noise of the MT's on road. Is it just the noise or does is affect MPG and how quickly the tyres wear? Any help appreciated! I am keen to get MT's to reduce the chance of me geting stuck how ever i do travle on the motorways- any suggestions apreciated!
They will reduce MPG
They will reduce MPG slightly. And MT's tend to be a softer compound rubber, which will ware down quicker on the road. I'd say that a BF Goodrich MT will ware at about 1/2 again as quick as a BF Goodrick AT, as a rough guide.
Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.
Tyres
I run 'Runway Enduro' A/T's (31x10.50, LT,M+S), a Chinese manufactured tyre. Mainly used on road with a lot of motorway mileage, road noise is very dependent on the type of tarmac, the new rubberized surfacing on motorways is just a hum, other than that, the normal road noise is not to noticeable. I cannot really say how they would perform in deep ,sticky clag, but as of now they have done the job on and off the road.
These tyres have now been on for 48000 miles and rotated front to rear, and seem to have many more miles in them. I am very pleased with them and hope that when the time comes for replacement that I can find another set.
Back in my Land rover days I kept a set of really aggressive offroad tyres/wheels just for trials and green laneing,as road work wore them down quickly,plus a pair of 7.50 x 16 dumper tyres (now illegal for road use) for the rear, ( sods for busting rear leaf springs,when they really got a bite and you hit the power).
I would suggest getting a set of rims from a scrappy and using two sets of tyres, road set (A/T) and a aggressive set(M/T) for offroad use.
Edward (ews) '92 Fourtrak 2.8 TDX
tyres
hi i run colway a/t tyres on mine they are a very good tyres for on and off road and they are a cheap tyre but you do get what ya pay for they arent as good as bfg but for the money i think theses are a top buy mine where 39.95 and corner fitted balanced and valved anybody else have any thoughts on theese
Yer i was thinking about
Yer i was thinking about geting to sets of wheels, i just need to find some fairly local. Cheers for all your help! One other quick question, if you do order the tyres your self, Roughly how much would a local garage charge to fit them? Thanks alot. Chris
depends on the garage. A
depends on the garage. A local one man band type will probanly do it for a tena. Quick fit etc are more likely to ask 50 quide, plus balancing!
Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.
O right! not what i wanted
O right! not what i wanted to hear, i need to find my self a local one man band! Cheers for the reply
AT V MT
I have tried many tyres on my Sportraks for over the 13 years, from Dunlop , Generals, which were too soft, Goodyear M&S (Mud and Snow) again not that good. I am now on HANKOOK A T from Eurotyres. They have been excellent with minimal noise and superb grip all round.
The problem with some off road tyres is the hardnesd of the tread, too soft and they wear too fast whilst too hard and they are great in the muck but slide on wet road. Finding the happy medium is difficult. The Hankooks were the cheapest option at the time and I have to admit I was dubious but they have lasted like none of the rest and grip like S*** to a blanket.
The Generals looked great with the white painted advert but were the worse for rapid ware. I live in France where the road surface is course and seems to scuff tread off rapidly but not on these.
As a matter of interest I have a mix on the other Sportrak of BFG and Dunlop. Both are wearing rapidly and I find both slip quite easily on Grass let alone Mud.
OLDMINIMAN
M J Young
Cheers- for the advice
Ok cheers for your advice i will look in to them, very valid point which makes me think that two sets of wheels may be beter!
Wet Grass
Never ,ever found or heard of tyres that grip on wet grass, to me wet grass, especially slopes is the most difficult to get traction on. Even when I used to drive a Unimog , to me the ultimate 4x4.
Edward (ews) '92 Fourtrak 2.8 TDX