rustyrhinos
Well-Known Member
I know this has probably been gone over a thousand times on this forum and the regulars are probably bored of it, but I can't find anything quite relating to what I want tyres to be.
My series 2A SWB is going to be used for....general messing about in mud and pay and play things if I get round to that...some day to day use...but the other is my trip next year. There will be a lot of road miles and a lot of sand and rocky miles.
When I went to the desert before (Kazak and Mongolia) I used Colway MT... I was told that this was a bad choice but a whole new set came up cheap. They were brilliant...road noise wasn't that bad, only got stuck once in the mud and that was only because I was being an idiot....and in the desert they were superb...enough grip but not too much to dig in too much...superb at drifting too! in 8500 tough miles only had one puncture and that was because we hit a hidden 12" concrete kurb.
But that was in a Suzuki SJ - a lot lighter than the Landie (and it will be carrying a fair amount of weight). And the Sahara has thicker sand. So I am thinking...is it wise to go for a wider tyre to spread weight...and if so what tyres wil fit on a Series Landie without cutting arches etc...or standard width ones to cut through it? MT type tyre or less aggressive AT? Or is there a desert tyre - but if so would they be completely naff in anything other than sand? In the SJ we also went for a high profile tyre - 100 wall I think...which deffo gave us a height advantage over rocks, craters etc.
Sorry for the long post but thought there might be a few people with suggestions.
My series 2A SWB is going to be used for....general messing about in mud and pay and play things if I get round to that...some day to day use...but the other is my trip next year. There will be a lot of road miles and a lot of sand and rocky miles.
When I went to the desert before (Kazak and Mongolia) I used Colway MT... I was told that this was a bad choice but a whole new set came up cheap. They were brilliant...road noise wasn't that bad, only got stuck once in the mud and that was only because I was being an idiot....and in the desert they were superb...enough grip but not too much to dig in too much...superb at drifting too! in 8500 tough miles only had one puncture and that was because we hit a hidden 12" concrete kurb.
But that was in a Suzuki SJ - a lot lighter than the Landie (and it will be carrying a fair amount of weight). And the Sahara has thicker sand. So I am thinking...is it wise to go for a wider tyre to spread weight...and if so what tyres wil fit on a Series Landie without cutting arches etc...or standard width ones to cut through it? MT type tyre or less aggressive AT? Or is there a desert tyre - but if so would they be completely naff in anything other than sand? In the SJ we also went for a high profile tyre - 100 wall I think...which deffo gave us a height advantage over rocks, craters etc.
Sorry for the long post but thought there might be a few people with suggestions.