Which mud tyres...?

If you need to use the vehicle every day then the answer is simple - the BFG's are good off-road, reasonably grippy on road (for a mud tyre!) and last for a long time - I got 40,000 miles out of a set on a hard-used 90 V8. The MTR's are good but don't wear as well. 265's are too wide for the weight of a 90 - good for pose,but not for mud. You can't beat 235x85x16 on a 90 IMHO.

I really like Pirelli Scorpion MTs. Just had a new set yesterday on the 110. The price has gone up a fair bit since I bought the first set (4 years ago) but they're still considerably cheaper than the BFGs. Craddocks have 235/85s on white 8-spokes for £450 for four.

Just replaced a set of MT/R's after 50,000+ miles, rears were fine, and fronts only had to be replaced due to my tracking being out for a while....

Are the MTRs All Terrain or Mud Terrain, strictly speaking? As an A/T user I was going to go for BF Goodrich All Terrains, as I got great service out of my last set, but now I'm tempted by the Goodyear MTRs, as I saw a good write-up on them. I've also heard people say the MTRs are actually quite long-lasting. I'm thinking of giving them a try.

David

Thats good, I only got 24k out of mine before tread wear was reducing mud performance with the MTR's.

Hmmmm....

Mine did 3 years, the mileage stated and quite a lot of that was on motorways at motorway speeds (235/85 variant - running 34-36 front and 38-40 rear). As I said, rears were still fine and even with the front inside worn to the bars, still performed very well in the sticky stuff....but that might have been down to the Tru-tracs

When being replaced the nice tyre man commented on how impressed he was with the fact that the shoulders were still the right shape on mine.....he said all the others he'd seen had worn away.....so I must be doing something right ;-)

Yeah - not doing most of your mileage on b-roads and round town like I did! :)

Hehehe...not quite...although rurual Northamptonshire aint that good....and a lot of that was towing. I despise main roads...as does my GPS Mabel

On or around Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:16:16 +0100, "David French" enlightened us thusly:

There's also a Goodyear ATR, IIRC. so I suspect the MTR is more mud-oriented.

thanks all. Order to the Craddocks coming up...

M.

Craddocks? That should mean you receive 4 different types and size of tyre. If you're lucky one might be a mud tyre! :)

On or around Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:23:36 GMT, "Exit" enlightened us thusly:

mind, they managed to send me 4 the same, with wheels.

I hope they manage the same for me! I'll let you know. As long as they get here by 4th July all will be ok.

Cheers,