Tyre advice please

TDI 300 Disco.
The second set of Pirelli Scorpio STs are past due for a change and am
considering the same again. Is there anything else that I should consider?
Mostly long distance motorway driving but occasionally dry stony tracks or
beach sand and some towing (road).

On or around Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:24:19 +0100, "Steve L"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>TDI 300 Disco.
>The second set of Pirelli Scorpio STs are past due for a change and am
>considering the same again. Is there anything else that I should consider?
>Mostly long distance motorway driving but occasionally dry stony tracks or
>beach sand and some towing (road).
>
>

Found the Pirellis good for grip but poor for wear, meself. I've also had
Avon Ranger AT (gripped OK but can't comment on wear), Goodrich AT (I found
'em slippy on wet tarmac), Michelin Synchrone (fab grip on tarmac, not much
cop off road and wore out too quick for the price).

The TDi disco is currently on Goodyear GT+4s, which seem to grip nicely but
can't comment on longevity yet.

oh and FWIW, I reckon that for light running, you want 36psi front and rear;
for carrying a lot of weight any distance, up the rears to about 40.

I know the book says 28 in the front, and it's wrong - running front tyres
at 28 produces classic "under-inflated" wear pattern on all the discos and
tyres I've had. The set of Pirellis that I wore down were not rotated
front-rear and the front ones wore down as even as you like right to the
legal limit.
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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:24:19 +0100, "Steve L"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>TDI 300 Disco.
>>The second set of Pirelli Scorpio STs are past due for a change and am
>>considering the same again. Is there anything else that I should consider?
>>Mostly long distance motorway driving but occasionally dry stony tracks or
>>beach sand and some towing (road).
>>
>>
>
> Found the Pirellis good for grip but poor for wear, meself. I've also had
> Avon Ranger AT (gripped OK but can't comment on wear), Goodrich AT (I
> found
> 'em slippy on wet tarmac), Michelin Synchrone (fab grip on tarmac, not
> much
> cop off road and wore out too quick for the price).
>
> The TDi disco is currently on Goodyear GT+4s, which seem to grip nicely
> but
> can't comment on longevity yet.
>
> oh and FWIW, I reckon that for light running, you want 36psi front and
> rear;
> for carrying a lot of weight any distance, up the rears to about 40.
>
> I know the book says 28 in the front, and it's wrong - running front tyres
> at 28 produces classic "under-inflated" wear pattern on all the discos and
> tyres I've had. The set of Pirellis that I wore down were not rotated
> front-rear and the front ones wore down as even as you like right to the
> legal limit.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so."
> John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)

Brilliant!
I think I'll stay with Pirelli, better the devil you know!. I got around 75K
miles on my last set, at least 20K of that was towing a heavy boat or
caravan.
Your comment is really useful, as you say, tyres are worn at the edges,
perhaps slightly more on the inside edge at 28psi. I think they may have
been rotated once side to side but certainly not front-rear. I will up the
pressure as you suggest.
Thanks for your reply

Steve

On or around Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:53:47 +0100, "Steve L"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>Brilliant!
>I think I'll stay with Pirelli, better the devil you know!. I got around 75K
>miles on my last set, at least 20K of that was towing a heavy boat or
>caravan.

75K miles? from scorp STs? dunno how. The ones I had did about 20K.
Perhaps I'm just hard on tyres...

>Your comment is really useful, as you say, tyres are worn at the edges,
>perhaps slightly more on the inside edge at 28psi. I think they may have
>been rotated once side to side but certainly not front-rear. I will up the
>pressure as you suggest.
>Thanks for your reply

The only downside I found in upping the pressure was that the ride is a
touch harsher on rough surfaces.
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:15:38 +0100, Austin Shackles wrote:

> 75K miles? from scorp STs? dunno how. The ones I had did about 20K.
> Perhaps I'm just hard on tyres..

Even 46,000 miles seems a bit good. Though having said that the STs on my
DII have now done 10,000 miles (totated once at about 6k) and possibly
only about 1/4 worn but that would be too bald not the wear indicators...

> The only downside I found in upping the pressure was that the ride is a
> touch harsher on rough surfaces.

I ran the previous tyres at 28 on the front, definately to low. Not sure
what they are at now but the wear is very even. Can't say I've noticed
any particular hashness on the cobbled Front Street.

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Steve L wrote:
>
> I think I'll stay with Pirelli, better the devil you know!. I got around 75K
Crikey, thats more than i got from a car once!!! It was a Sierra Sapphire & it got worn smooth after
70k!!!

Nige

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Steve L wrote:
> TDI 300 Disco.
> The second set of Pirelli Scorpio STs are past due for a change and am
> considering the same again. Is there anything else that I should consider?
> Mostly long distance motorway driving but occasionally dry stony tracksor
> beach sand and some towing (road).
>
>
>

I would suggest an All-Terran or, at the very least, a Mud & Snow. My
brand preference is Goodyear. I'm running MT/Rs on both Landies, mine
and the missus. My son just bought the MOAT (Mother-Of-All-Trucks). A
Ford F-250 4x4 Extended Cab, 8 ft (2.4M) bed and powered with the 7.3L
TurboDiesel Engine. He wanted only Goodyear MT/Rs and that's what he got
from the dealer. They are the same tyres that are on the HUMVEE.

Just my 2 pence worth of knowledge.

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CHESAPEAKE VA

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