Outer Limits 4x4 Board

My current set of tyres (hankook RH03) have about 60k on them and I'm finding that they are stating to develop strange wear patterns. My last set of tyres (kelly safari) did something similar, although not as bad, at about 70k. Both sets of tyres have tread still on them, although I'm not sure whether there is a wear indicator that I should be looking at. As both sets are exibiting similar issues, am I expecting to much from my tyres with respect to service life ? should I have replaced them earlier ?.

Sorry if this sounds like a lame query, but I'm a tight arse and don't want to buy new tyres unless I have to.

I have no personal experience with these tyres, are they HT AT MT??

for most ATs this should be decent mileage, slightly more for harder compounds and slightly less for softer.

Also depends on your driving and what the wear pattern is, could be carcass flex, separation, shocks, bushes, alignment adjustment,pressure or even the way you drive and the weights carried.

There are wear indicators, but I dont even let my road car go that far, let alone an offroad tyre, they're getting very useless by that point (minimum tread depth.... not recommended wear indicator

Rob

Thanks Rob. Sounds like I've got my monies worth from them. The next question is what ti replace them with. The muddies always look the part, but I'm not sure I'd get the wear from them.

Hello. I've just ordered a set of Pro Comp MTRS to try. They have a 50,000 km tread wear warranty. My current set of Sumitomo Serengetti's only lasted 12,000km but were very good off and onroad. There's a good read in the latest 4WD Monthly about MTR's. BFG's got the No 1 position with the Coopers second. Later!!

GREGGO wrote:Hello. I've just ordered a set of Pro Comp MTRS to try. They have a 50,000 km tread wear warranty. My current set of Sumitomo Serengetti's only lasted 12,000km but were very good off and onroad. There's a good read in the latest 4WD Monthly about MTR's. BFG's got the No 1 position with the Coopers second. Later!!

Take out the "sex appeal" scores and they tied!

Don't tell the handbrake about the sex appeal bit, she thinks I bought my BFG's for the traction .

John

Evening. My old man did a trip from Tassie to the big Isle, up the center, off to Broome, turn left and down the side etc. Five vehciles, four with BFG's, one with brand "X". They did approx 20,000km in three months and had two failures on brand "X" and none on the BFG,s. Two sets of the BFG,s were the new supposedly poorer quality version and the other two were half worn old version. They must be a good thing.

I went from the BFG mud to the dunlop MTR.

MTRs seem better in the wet, but more tread squirm around corners.
I feel they're a bit better off road too

I have done about 20,000k with them and they seem to be wearing quicker then the Bfs (prolly due to the softer tread, but the advantages are worth it IMHO)
BUT I will still consider going to BFs next time......

Rob

GREGGO wrote:Evening. My old man did a trip from Tassie to the big Isle, up the center, off to Broome, turn left and down the side etc. Five vehciles, four with BFG's, one with brand "X". They did approx 20,000km in three months and had two failures on brand "X" and none on the BFG,s. Two sets of the BFG,s were the new supposedly poorer quality version and the other two were half worn old version. They must be a good thing.

C'mon Greggo - you can't leave us hanging like this!

What was "Brand X"?

And to ensure all is above board, were "Brand X" new tyres, or 90% worn?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Scott

Well Scott, the answer is...
a new(2000km) set of Cooper Discover STT,s. Two punctures, one sidewall and one through the tread. All drivers were fairly clued up folks running similar pressures etc, so it was either bad luck or...

One of my mates ran BFG,s on his jacked up hilux and even though it didn't articulate well(too stiff to keep it from falling over), it got most places. Has now swapped to an all coil patrol and fitted a set of Goodyear MTR,s, which he promptly swapped for BFG,s after the first difficult trip out. Now he's as happy as a Paj in mud.

P.S. Anyone with 33's and a 2 two inch body lift, any clearance problems front or rear? Got a snow trip coming up weekend after I fit them and would like to fix any issues before they cause me bother on the day. Thanks for any info!!

Hello,
Over the weekend i fitted up my new boots and they look great. 15x8 black rock crawler rims fitted with 33x12.5x15 Pro Comp Mud Terrains. So far good on the road. Up to the Tassie snow country on the weekend for a good play to test out their mud and snow performance. Looks tougher now anyway!

Back from the trip and just given the truck a quicky wash. Had a great time but not much snow settling. New wheel package got lots of comments, -eg- 'would they fit my truck??' and 'look up in the sky, a dead bird'. Lucky I can trust the blokes in the club as my new lock nuts haven't turned up yet. The important part is; the tyres are easily twice as quiet on road as the Sumitomo's they replaced, heaps better in the mud and on the gravel. Overall I'm very impressed. So were some BFG owners in toyotas!!