tyre for fraser

[dibbz]

This thread is becoming entertaining. The question was in relation to a SWB GQ.

It's all been said before. The best tyre depends on;
a) your vechicle (size, suspension, power)
b) how much crap you packed
c) how you drive it (if you dont spin muddies you wont dig in, if you back off and reverse out (low range reverse always works) when you lose momentum you will never get bogged)

I can tell you that my 31x10.5 road trekkers do not perform as well as my 32x11.5 mt/r's on my diesel 60 series cruiser when loaded full traversing South Ngkala bypass, which I've done heaps, the roadies ploughed thru the sand and the mt/r's climb on top. I can get thru with either but it is less struggle with the mt/r's. I would suspect if I didnt pack anything it'd perfrorm better on road tyres.

My friend in his 40 series diesel shorty has done the same sand many times with skinny roadies and with 33x10.5 JT2's, both worked fine. But he prefers skinnys, they are easier to turn, and he never has as much crap as me.

South Ngkala bypass can be the most difficult sand on the east coast of Fraser, it depends more on how you drive it and tyre pressure rather than what tyres you have on. You can watch unladen tritons and navaras on road tyres with less profile scoot across the top of the powder sand without any right foot, where the cruisers need a lower gear and some sustained right foot.

Really any statement depends on so many factors you will never be correct for every situation/vechicle.

In the case of a swb petrol GQ I'd say it's 50/50, it's got lots of power to turn the muddies if the boot needs to be put in to maintain momentum, its got coils and is not as heavy as a wagon, so it'll keep rolling over lumps and across tyre tracks rather than pushing into them with roadies.

Cheers.

[qld zook]

I live on fraser (literally) and would chose my 30'' buckshots over my 235\75 road tyres, but in saying that i drive a swb lifted vit and its real lite so just glides over every thing, as stated it depends on what your set up is like, But i must say most of the cars ive seen stuck over here have been on road tyres (but these are usually weekend warrior types with little experence and standard rigs). Your partol is not white swb one staying at kingfisher is it.