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well as the title says, myself and a couple of mates are heading over to moerton island for the weekend, ive currently got my mtz on but have my daily driving set of at's in the shed

i know that ats are better in the sand- but is really that big of a difference???

if its easy enough to change them then you might as well

mtz's are fine and i actually think they work better on sand than AT'S

I would love to know the true answer to this question.

Averyone I knows says that an AT tyre is better on sand then a MT.

There however are a lot of people on this forum that will say a MT is better.

Has anyone actually done a side by side comparison?.
Same brands, one in AT and one in MT, both at same pressue and in the really powdery sand. Would love to try that myself.

Surley it must be a clear cut answer. One must be better and sand and the other not.

( I have a sneaking suspicion that people with MT tyres run them on the very low side of low pressure to compensate for there reduced performence in the sand
and then say to people, "sure there good, I think there better than AT")
....this is only my theory...

pressuming the mtz is a wider muddy, they will be better providing they are dropped enough, eg 18-20 lb

if both the same size then the AT if both dropped to 18-20lb will be marginally better. But no enough to make me change tyres for a moreton trip!

If you select the wrong tyre pressure you'll have less trouble with an A/T - because the MTZ will be more likely to dig.

If you select the correct tyre pressure, MTZ will have better traction - no contest.

well i just got back from the trip

i left the mtz's on for the trip- casue i found a thread on the 4wdm forum which was 'mud tyres on sand' and the general concenus was that if aired fown muddies are a bit better

i dropped my mtz's to 15psi-didnt have anyproblems what so ever, still had heaps of fun


ill put some piccies up(got some great shots)

how was the middle road from tangalooma to eastern beach? heading over in a few weeks and when i was last there it was farked.

daveo wrote:how was the middle road from tangalooma to eastern beach? heading over in a few weeks and when i was last there it was farked.

we went on the middle road a heap of times- no problems at all
hope your trip goes well