serious Advice needed

[(RIP) PLANK]

well for my momey the french and americans come first!

also 2 first hand acounts, one loosing tread block on generals and the recomedation of many who have personal experience of BFG's


would have to win over a written review!

but having said that I, personaly am off buying exspensive tyres for any kind of off road use, I once scrapped 3 in a day on a submerged splintered sapling trunk.

I beleive that a mid range all terrain or a spare set of wheels with remould muds (insa turbo for example) would be a better option, and save money on fuel.

it is a bit of a confidence knocker to drive into an unknown swampy area with several hundred pounds worth of new boots on wondering if they will come out the other side in one piece!

buy something you can easily afford to replace!

expecialy considering the notoriously difficult tracking setup of a t2 / mav and the possibility of uneven wear etc.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

well for my momey the french and americans come first!

also 2 first hand acounts, one loosing tread block on generals and the recomedation of many who have personal experience of BFG's


would have to win over a written review!

but having said that I, personaly am off buying exspensive tyres for any kind of off road use, I once scrapped 3 in a day on a submerged splintered sapling trunk.

I beleive that a mid range all terrain or a spare set of wheels with remould muds (insa turbo for example) would be a better option, and save money on fuel.

it is a bit of a confidence knocker to drive into an unknown swampy area with several hundred pounds worth of new boots on wondering if they will come out the other side in one piece!

buy something you can easily afford to replace!

expecialy considering the notoriously difficult tracking setup of a t2 / mav and the possibility of uneven wear etc.

 

[andrewk]

I beleive that a mid range all terrain

If you can find some that are 265/70 R17 then let me know ........

Cheers
Andrew

 

[NNMan]

I have had both BFG and Grabber AT's and I was far happier with BFG, they are both good on road, BFG are better off road and the grabbers couldent posibly match on wear, the side walls bore a lot on mine and went a bit crumbely and they seamed softer.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

I beleive that a mid range all terrain

If you can find some that are 265/70 R17 then let me know ........

Cheers
Andrew

snap if you can find me some 235/60/16! I colway did them in BFG pattern but I have allready fallen into that trap once trying to get tyres for another vehicle. remember folks they have gone bankrupt!

NNman that was by big concern with them, the side wall, i have had two set where the side walls have et them down one set of AT's and one XP2000, general tyres allways seemed to work for Mr T so i dont understand it :lol: maybe he burnt the tread off long before the side walls caused and grief :lol:

 

[JonathanM]

Andrew K has a point about speed rating, you need to fit a speed rating or higher as fitted by the manufacturer (H for a Mav, possibly different for a Patrol), so you can't fit some low rated tyre with the belief that you will never exceed that speed. As for load rating, my understanding is that the tyre needs to have at least a load rating for the half of the axle maximum, ie two tyres load rating combined needs to exceed the max axle weight.

Some of the aggressive off road remoulds don't have a suitable speed rating even for a Mavrano.

 

[andrewk]

I have had both BFG and Grabber AT's

Were those Grabber AT (which were universally regarded as garbage) or Grabber AT2, which have been raved over in reviews and by folks that I know who have them?

Cheers
Andrew

 

[jace]

i had the at2s tore tread blocks out so tyres were scrap after that still loads of life left in remaining tread!

 

[andrewk]

i had the at2s tore tread blocks out so tyres were scrap after that still loads of life left in remaining tread!

Anyone can have a "one off" problem. I had a radial split in a sidewall in a BFG All Terrain with more than 10mm tread left a few years back, that wasn't due to a cut - cost me a new tyre. It's only worrying if it happens to lots of folks - and I haven't seen any evidence of that in BFGs or AT2s.

Grabber AT2s have a 60,000 mile warranty, haven't they? Did you take them back to the supplier? BFGs don't have any warranty in the UK, AFAIK.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[jace]

gutted i didnt know about warranty i quite liked them aswell handled pretty good on road for knobly tyre they wouldve been covered aswell truck only done 53 k when i bought it,trouble was i bought truck in clackton on see essex would i have to returned to suplier down there or could i visited local one knowing that id have them on again and if they broke take em back

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

My wife had AT2's on a SWB shogun, to replace te AT's that were previously fitted, just pointing it out realy as she sold it before it covered enough miles to find out any issues. AT2's have been around afew years now though so should have any problems ironed out i would have thought.

I thnk a waranty is agood thing but doesnt count for much as (warranties ofted dont) if the tyre isnt up to the mark off road or the side wall damages easily i would say that would be difficult to get covered? I think at the end of the day you pay your mney and take your chice, and if i had a big budget i would still use BFG's based on previous experience of both tyres, but in real terms I would choose something cheaper to ensure I can use them without holding my breath over every bump :!:

 

[NNMan]

I have had both BFG and Grabber AT's

Were those Grabber AT (which were universally regarded as garbage) or Grabber AT2, which have been raved over in reviews and by folks that I know who have them?

Cheers
Andrew

AT2s
I had them on my navara and vitara.