I do most of my wheelin around Gembrooke Vic and the South of the state and found that traction is most needed on the greasey wet red clay up hills as most tyres will do a reasonable job on rocks. Im currently lookin into 39" Krawlers as size does make i big difference and have the clearance, gears, power to spin them up hard. I will rate the tyres i have tried in my years of wheelin by giving them a star rating from *-*****.
Q78 Swampers *** ( too small nowadays )
36-12.5 Swampers ** ( case to wide for size Q78 is a better option )
38-12.5 Swampers **** ( very hard to balance, work well on all surfaces but dont shine anywhere either )
36-12.5 Simex Peedes **** ( great tyre, they need a new size of atleast 38' )
37-14 Boggers ** ( no side grip on hard clay and need to be under power all the time no good on slipperery down hills )
37-13 Claws ** ( no side grip and typical directional tyre on down hills and under brakes )
39-16 Claws ** ( too wide for wheelin ***** for looks thou )
37-13 X-Terrains **** ( great in the rocks and on the hard clay especially if doin some road KM's to get to your destination )
40-13 MTR's ????? ( would have loved to have tried them but couldn't get 17' steel rims at the time ).
That all the tyres ive owned in the last few years and i rated them from my experience with them. The only ones i have got a second set of were the Peedes and them fitting the CCDA tyre gauge had some influence on that choice.
39-13 Krawlers ?????? ( they have got the size so they should work )
I currenly have Peedes and X Terrians and fit up what i feel will better suit the area im goin to.
Wally
THERES ONLY ONE SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBES AND THATS MORE and if you want more inchs stroke it !!!!!!!!!!!