new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

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new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby drtyas » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:29 pm

hey there live in wellington and new to the 4wd scene have a 91 pajero coil rear and after some decent mud tyres what would you guys recomend? Im after some serious tyres and drive on the road the odd time i cant be botherd changing them from time to time so yeah. atm am running 31x11.5xr15 was told i can run 33x12.5xr15 as am going to give her a body lift.
have read articles of people recomending the bfg mud terrains but to me dont look bigger enough gaps so think they will foul up in mud what do you guys think?

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby praduck » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:02 pm

I RUN 34/10.5/15 SUPER SWAMPERS AND LOVE THEM..BIG LUGES ARE GREAT.
keep it deep n go hard

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby mudlva » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:14 pm

black round rubbery ones would be a start :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

no sorry there :oops: couldnt resist

welcome aboard :P

you will need to give details on what you want to do
whether its a DD or not?
radials or cross ply?
loaded tourer or just a weekend toy?

the list goes on...

every body will say what they are running is the best

but just take it it all on board and remember that oppinions are just like rectums every has them and what comes out aint always that pretty :shock: :wink:

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby Jerry » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:20 pm

Have a chat to skid at upper hutt tyres or bolo mag and tyre in petone :wink:
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby Lynx » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:21 am

What sort of wheeling do you want to do?

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby drtyas » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:50 pm

90% off road and after some real good grip in bogs as 80% of the time im on pete which is like bog thats whats around here but after ones that will last since i have to drive her on road to get some weekend 4wd in on the coast aswell

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby 4WDbits » Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:25 am

drtyas wrote:90% off road and after some real good grip in bogs as 80% of the time im on pete which is like bog thats whats around here but after ones that will last since i have to drive her on road to get some weekend 4wd in on the coast aswell


Peat? So guessing you're in the Waikato area?
Peat is usually a firmer dry crust on top of deep super soft decaying stuff.

When farming outside Cambridge we always bolted as many wheels as possible onto the tractors so they stayed on top, ie 1 tractor would have up to 10 wheels, all driven.

On a 4WD I'd expect big wide tyres at low pressure would be best, the Waikato guys on here will have more experience in peat.

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Re: new to 4wd what off road tyres would you recomend?

Postby drtyas » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:49 pm

4WDbits wrote:
drtyas wrote:90% off road and after some real good grip in bogs as 80% of the time im on pete which is like bog thats whats around here but after ones that will last since i have to drive her on road to get some weekend 4wd in on the coast aswell


Peat? So guessing you're in the Waikato area?
Peat is usually a firmer dry crust on top of deep super soft decaying stuff.

When farming outside Cambridge we always bolted as many wheels as possible onto the tractors so they stayed on top, ie 1 tractor would have up to 10 wheels, all driven.

On a 4WD I'd expect big wide tyres at low pressure would be best, the Waikato guys on here will have more experience in peat.



no im in wellington out the back of upper hutt have roughly 2500 acres of peat and 1000 acres of clay hills the peat only has a crust on during summer winter shes a bog practically every where and yes the wider you go the better but i can only go as wide as pajero will let me

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