Crossply tyres

Hi - my 109 series 3 currently has Avon Ranger Mk 11 750/16 C tyres all round, including brand new spare. There is enough tread to get through MOT coming up but will need 2 new rears (or 1 + spare) before next MOT or for serious mud plugging. Trouble is I can't find a direct replacement on the web, apart from some old ones on ebay that I don't fancy, and any threads on landyzone are old - anyone know where I can get Avon Rangers or, if no longer available, what is the best replacement crossply?
Cheers

All I know about Avon's is that they made tyres called 'speedmasters' for motorbikes, and were then named 'deathmasters' because they were forward treads like a push bike, lethal in the wet :doh:

I think these are going to be the closest you can get to your tyre now. AVON TYRES / 4X4 / AVON RANGEMASTER AVON RANGE MASTER - 750 R16 C 112N TL Land Rover 110 £100.20 4x4 Tyres - SUV Tyres - All Terrain Tyres - Off Road Tyres - 16" R16" - 750/16, 750 R 16. There are very few, if any mainstream tyre suppliers that still stock cross ply tyres. These are the only one I have found.

martin1512 said:

I think these are going to be the closest you can get to your tyre now. AVON TYRES / 4X4 / AVON RANGEMASTER AVON RANGE MASTER - 750 R16 C 112N TL Land Rover 110 £100.20 4x4 Tyres - SUV Tyres - All Terrain Tyres - Off Road Tyres - 16" R16" - 750/16, 750 R 16. There are very few, if any mainstream tyre suppliers that still stock cross ply tyres. These are the only one I have found.

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no stock, they stopped making those a while ago

Dave90 said:

All I know about Avon's is that they made tyres called 'speedmasters' for motorbikes, and were then named 'deathmasters' because they were forward treads like a push bike, lethal in the wet :doh:

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And square, fine for a sidecar outfit :doh:

waldershelf said:

And square, fine for a sidecar outfit :doh:

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I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

Current ones are made by security, well my 6.00 crossplies were last year.
Wear really really fast 3k and half the tread had gone.



Lynall

Dave90 said:

I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

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Do they still make the bloody things do you suppose?

waldershelf said:

Do they still make the bloody things do you suppose?

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I wouldn't have thought so, my brothers James Captain has one on front and that's from the 1960's all you have to do is look at them and realise, Oh ****, I'm probably going to die

James Captain, wow that takes me back, the very first bike I owned was a Captain that had been cnverted to what we used to call a scrambler.

waldershelf said:

James Captain, wow that takes me back, the very first bike I owned was a Captain that had been cnverted to what we used to call a scrambler.

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Haha what a coincidence, my dads first bike was a captain too, only problem with it is by todays standards, its horrifically slow, even slower than my defender but I dont suppose they were that bad in the day

Dave90 said:

Haha what a coincidence, my dads first bike was a captain too, only problem with it is by todays standards, its horrifically slow, even slower than my defender but I dont suppose they were that bad in the day

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No, they were crap even then but I guess most small bikes were.

waldershelf said:

No, they were crap even then but I guess most small bikes were.

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Not keen on old bike, yes they have character, but the un-usability of them would drive me up the wall

Dave90 said:

Not keen on old bike, yes they have character, but the un-usability of them would drive me up the wall

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I love old british bikes but you really can't ride them every day. Once you have ridden a modern jap bike the old stuff is for polishing and looking at rather than riding.

waldershelf said:

I love old british bikes but you really can't ride them every day. Once you have ridden a modern jap bike the old stuff is for polishing and looking at rather than riding.

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Very true, I have a Yamaha TY175 for the field but I dont think I'm going to get a road bike, too many nutters about Im after a TY250 though, bit bigger