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We had BFG AT's on our Pajero fantastic tyre we did 60,000+ still plenty of tread left on them only downside £££££££££'s

We now have General Grabbers on our LC excellent and cheaper will they wear as well don't no.  I suspect that the side wall might be a bit less bullet proof than the BFG but they were about 40% cheaper.

The only problem we have is when towing off a muddy field is the amount off mud that unloads from the tread on to the front of the van.

PS we haven't noticed any extra noise or handling problem on road when compared to the original fit dunlops on the LC

Quote: Originally posted by boff on 07/2/2011

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We had BFG AT's on our Pajero fantastic tyre we did 60,000+ still plenty of tread left on them only downside £££££££££'s

We now have General Grabbers on our LC excellent and cheaper will they wear as well don't no.

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Quote: Originally posted by AndrewK on 13/2/2011

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Most 4x4s spend 95% (and usually much more) of their life on the road - so manufacturers fit tyres that are suitable for that purpose. If you use a 4x4 offroad or if you go greenlaning, mud terrain or all-terrain tyres are far more suited to the purpose.   

I see no point in buying a capable offroader and then crippling it by keeping road tyres on it. It's a bit like a walker going hiking or mountaineering wearing brogues.

Andrew

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Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 13/2/2011

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Why does nobody use the tyres originaly fitted to a 4x4 im not talking about school mobiles but proper off roaders.Companys spend a lot of money to find a tyre suitable for off road and on,unless your really going to go up a mountain road etc i would stick to what was on the vehicle when it was new.

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Some people do jeff. I've always kept whatever was on the car & on my old Defender TDI 90 the originals were BF Goodridge `normal' town & country all terrain tyres. I ran it on them till they wore out & they coped very well off road, on the road, & in very deep snow.

The only reason I've not stuck to the exact same type is the Wranglers are a lot less expensive (about £25 less for each tyre) but they're just ATs anyway. I did lots of off road driving but also needed to drive on the road too so stuck withj ATs - the noise of the mud tyres drives me nuts.

Lots of people seem convinced that they need to rush out & put great big knobbly tyres on their 4x4 but if you have a decent 4x4 (& know how to drive off-road) you can generally generally get by without them unless you do a lot of `proper' off road driving in very dep mud.  

Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 13/2/2011tyres fitted originaly to my mits has coped every year

Quote: Originally posted by Zorro on 13/2/2011

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or even deep mud - lol.

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Yep Andrew I totally agree, I'd change my ATs for proper mud tyres if I had to do a lot of driving in really deep mud.  Seen dozens of 4x4s having to get pulled out by tractors at game fairs  & such like when the ground was a quagmire, just no way ordinary road tyres will cope with it.

ps jeff - I was sober ! Just tired pal.

Post last edited on 14/02/2011 21:16:48

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there is some slithering around muddy campsites

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