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JB wrote.....
Are road tyres better than an AT for grip and stopping distance.
SNIP
Hey JB, you know what you are starting here ;o)
Or perhaps you wanted to keep a discussion going for us all over the
holidays.
Anyway, in my experience I have seen very little difference, except that
road tyres wear very quickly when used off-road. In the Balkans I always had
AT's which were very well behaved when crossing Europe on tarmac. In one
organisation I worked with we had 72 toys and all on AT's. One day our idiot
logistics manager put road tyres on a Prado for some reason. It did an
average amount of off-road work, though not extreme stuff, and the tyres
(Goodyear's) were shot in a couple of months. I don't think the drivers
appreciated any better roadholding on tarmac - if any.
In Liberia last year, the organisation I was with had 46 toys mostly 75
troopies, 80's, 105's & Hi-luxes, all running on Goodyear AT's which
surprised me considering the red mud we went through every day. The
logistics manager told me that with good driver training they (AT's) would
go anywhere yet gave good performance on tarmac especially in the tropical
downpours of the rainy season. This was extreme red mud off-road driving,
I will send you a picture off-list for your amusement.
I am back off to Africa next month and will make note of the tyres again,
its the same organisation as in Liberia, so they will have Toys but in
different terrain, some savannah as well as rain forest.
Seasons greetings all.
Jon
Linslade, Beds
70/80/90/105 driver
Are road tyres better than an AT for grip and stopping distance.
SNIP
Hey JB, you know what you are starting here ;o)
Or perhaps you wanted to keep a discussion going for us all over the
holidays.
Anyway, in my experience I have seen very little difference, except that
road tyres wear very quickly when used off-road. In the Balkans I always had
AT's which were very well behaved when crossing Europe on tarmac. In one
organisation I worked with we had 72 toys and all on AT's. One day our idiot
logistics manager put road tyres on a Prado for some reason. It did an
average amount of off-road work, though not extreme stuff, and the tyres
(Goodyear's) were shot in a couple of months. I don't think the drivers
appreciated any better roadholding on tarmac - if any.
In Liberia last year, the organisation I was with had 46 toys mostly 75
troopies, 80's, 105's & Hi-luxes, all running on Goodyear AT's which
surprised me considering the red mud we went through every day. The
logistics manager told me that with good driver training they (AT's) would
go anywhere yet gave good performance on tarmac especially in the tropical
downpours of the rainy season. This was extreme red mud off-road driving,
I will send you a picture off-list for your amusement.
I am back off to Africa next month and will make note of the tyres again,
its the same organisation as in Liberia, so they will have Toys but in
different terrain, some savannah as well as rain forest.
Seasons greetings all.
Jon
Linslade, Beds
70/80/90/105 driver