Tyre selection

[bastard]

Went 4x4ing today borowed some 35x10.5 extreme trekers to see how they fitted under the car.Every were i went i struggled like all hell i still had heaps of throttel left so gearing wasnt a problem.Left in disgust drove home changed back to 33x13.5x16 maxxis mudzillas drove the same spots i couldnt get up after floging the piss out of my car only to find the mudzillas idled up with little to no wheel spin has any body else tried these tyres ,in all honesty they would not have out performed my bfg allterrains.

[MKPatrolGuy]

What sort of terrain are we talking about? The ETs are awesome in the mud but not so flash on rock.

[bastard]

In the real sloppy mud they were fantastic say mud 10 inches deep but in the rock and the mud that was just on the surface they were terrible.

[Zeyphly]

what pressure were you running in them?

[bastard]

16 pound because they were not mine.

[Bunyip]

your bfg allterains must be pretty impresive

[bastard]

your bfg allterains must be pretty impresive

They are if your on rock but thats about all there good for.The side walls tare clean out and the tread gets cut to shreads but at 12 pound they grip allright,twice as good as a centerpeide.

[Bunyip]

,in all honesty they would not have out performed my bfg allterrains. [/quote]
sorry I thought you were talking about overall performance!!

[dogbreath_48]

I had my fresh 34" JT's out for the first time on the weekend. Was pretty upset to see an un-locked, 33" claw'd bundy drive away from my double locked troopy That was up strickland spur - wet rock.

I got all the way up easy, but not as smoothly as the (unlocked) cars with the claws and pro-comps. Other simex drivers shared my sentiments.

-Stu

[Bunyip]

I run 34 JT'S aswell and often go wheeling with mate's that run claw's/mtr's and found the difference is what pressure to run.
radial claw's bag the sidwalls nicely at 18psi same goes with mtr's
I run 9psi in the simex JT'S and they still dont bag as much as a radial tyre but mould nicely
cut a long story short no radial is going to be as durable as a bias ply
its all about what you want
E.G. a good allrounder radial claw's/mtr's/bfg's
a good comp tyre bias claw's/simex/swamper!!!!
my suggestion to those people having traction problems with bias ply let more pressure out!!!!!!!
how many comp truck's are using radial tyre's

[cloughy]

I had my fresh 34" JT's out for the first time on the weekend. Was pretty upset to see an un-locked, 33" claw'd bundy drive away from my double locked troopy That was up strickland spur - wet rock.

I got all the way up easy, but not as smoothly as the (unlocked) cars with the claws and pro-comps. Other simex drivers shared my sentiments.

-Stu

Got to love leaf springs?

[redzook]

I run 34 JT'S aswell and often go wheeling with mate's that run claw's/mtr's and found the difference is what pressure to run.
radial claw's bag the sidwalls nicely at 18psi same goes with mtr's
I run 9psi in the simex JT'S and they still dont bag as much as a radial tyre but mould nicely
cut a long story short no radial is going to be as durable as a bias ply
its all about what you want
E.G. a good allrounder radial claw's/mtr's/bfg's
a good comp tyre bias claw's/simex/swamper!!!!
my suggestion to those people having traction problems with bias ply let more pressure out!!!!!!!
how many comp truck's are using radial tyre's

depends wat comps

rockcrawling mostly use radials

[dogbreath_48]

I had my fresh 34" JT's out for the first time on the weekend. Was pretty upset to see an un-locked, 33" claw'd bundy drive away from my double locked troopy That was up strickland spur - wet rock.

I got all the way up easy, but not as smoothly as the (unlocked) cars with the claws and pro-comps. Other simex drivers shared my sentiments.

-Stu

Got to love leaf springs?

Yeah coils woulda helped too. Though a patrol on JT's had the same problem.
I'll admit i was running 18psi, so not ideal for rock. Think there was more to it than the pressure though.

-Stu

[TRobbo]

you could always save yourself the embarresment and only go out driving with other simex clad vehicles when attempting rocks.

[vorno_18]

i have bias claws and i went out on the weekend going up very steep rock hills going through mud and everything and i ran 36psi all day unlocked and i was very impressed with them, slipped on rocks abit on steep hills but wasnt surprissed as the pressure was very high

next time ill air down to 15psi or so and see what they are like