Mud Terrain vs Road Tyres!

Hello there boys and girls, another question about tyres (No haters please!)

Long story short I went keen mode on turning my Freelander into a offroad beast. (Yes all I fitted was Tyres and Side rails..) But that is somewhere to start!

Or was as the case may be..

I have now decomissioned that idea through loss of interest, time and finance.

Question coming up soon..

I have a set of meaty Hankook Dynapro Mud Terrains (225/75R16)fitted at the moment, they have a lot of tread on them but they are very noisy on the road.

The noise I can deal with (If I must..) but I am interested to find out wether it is worth selling these and buying a set of road tyres to replace them long term or just run them till they are dead before changing them as they will have a good long life left on them just I will never likely use them off the road again!

Will the fact that they are Mud Terrains affect my mileage or is it literally just a difference of road noise and tyre size that affects the car?

Can this even be proven or is it largely down to opinion and driving style?

Many thanks and sorry for talking alot of crap to get to a very basic point.

Mud terrains tend to have more resistance than normal due to the large tread, therefore can impact on MPG. But it's not huge, I get approximately 375 to a tank, mate with chunky tyres [don't know brand] gets approximately 340, but he's got a lead foot, and mines an auto [ so a useless comparison]
Only thing I would say is don't drive fast [over 60mph] with them on as it could damaged them,.
Mike

Just a quick question mate, have you a lift kit fitted? Are the tyres fitted to alloys or Modulor wheels? And do you get any rubbing on the arches??? Thanks mate. Stu

Thanks for the essentially useless comparison
Why will driving quickly damage them? I dont intend in changing my driving style to maintain use of the tyres, is that a reason to change them?

Stu: No lift kit fitted, no spacers and no rubbing. On 16" Alloy wheeeels.

a slight increase in mpg, more road noise, can also be a bit tricky on greasy roads but better in all other respects than my old road tyres.

the noise I can live with I like the gentle hum

speed index is 99mph on your tyres, but they are mud tyres not tarmac. Long runs on say a motorway at high speeds makes the tyres really hot [you'll be able to smell them] in extreme circumstances this could deform them. Make your own conclusions.
Mike

Sorry to Hijack the thread but im trying to decide the opposite. If its worth me buying all terrain tyres.

Also whats the difference between All terrain and mud terrain if any?

Can anyone give me some light as to whether these would be suitable for say 70% road use 20% light of road use and 10% towing up and down slipway use,
do around 9,000 mile a year

4x 215 65 16 98H Event ML698 All Terrain 4x4 Tyres.215 65 16 New Tyres x4 A/T | eBay

mt stands for maximum traction

mine are ok for the 90% on road I do

you'll be fine with at's

rossymtb said:

Sorry to Hijack the thread but im trying to decide the opposite. If its worth me buying all terrain tyres.

Also whats the difference between All terrain and mud terrain if any?

Can anyone give me some light as to whether these would be suitable for say 70% road use 20% light of road use and 10% towing up and down slipway use,
do around 9,000 mile a year

4x 215 65 16 98H Event ML698 All Terrain 4x4 Tyres.215 65 16 New Tyres x4 A/T | eBay

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I have inf200 AT fitted and abit noiser than road tyres but find there better in gerenal

Havnt been off road but 1 track when testing vcu on my l series but I swapped them onto my td4 and once my inf200 wear out I will deffo be buying again and less than £60 a corner

Mud tyres are designed to provide lots of traction on mud. On road they are seriously compromised for grip, particularly in wet and greasy conditions. This means breaking, steering and grip while accelerating is reduced. A/T tyres are designed for these slippery surfaces and are generally better in snow too!!
If you drive more road miles than mud miles, you will be better off with quality A/T tyres

Going to look at getting rid of them in exchange of some road tyres after abit of thought. Amongst other things I wouldnt buy a Freelander with off road tyres on it wether I planned on taking it off road or not!

Before ditching these tyres and fitting some new ones to my current rims would anybody be interested in them? If not they are probably just going in the skip. Would be an exchange for alloys and tyres I am looking for?

me please

How much and where abouts are you?

Ah bollocks, spend too much time looking at tv. I fancy some a/ t really anyways

PM me! Also bear in mind I'm based in Cumbria..

eggybacon said:

Going to look at getting rid of them in exchange of some road tyres after abit of thought. Amongst other things I wouldnt buy a Freelander with off road tyres on it wether I planned on taking it off road or not!

Before ditching these tyres and fitting some new ones to my current rims would anybody be interested in them? If not they are probably just going in the skip. Would be an exchange for alloys and tyres I am looking for?

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Don't get car road tyres, they just don't work well or last long. Get an A/T type tyre. I've got Yokohama Geolandars on mine. They are mud and snow rated and work well on all surfaces I've tried them on. They should last 40K miles too.

Now got me some normal tyres so have these bad boys for sale.

Hankook Dynapro Mud Terrains 225/75 R16
Great mud/at tyres with 10-12mm left on them. Looking for £220ono.
No rubbing or any limitations with them on standard TD4 no lift or spacers.



(Yes I have all 4)

I took my GG AT2's oft as I hated the drone and the feeling. Noticed it from day 1 of fitting them and after doing a trip of 60 motorway miles then driving a Freelander 2 I realised the tyres had to go. Fekin orrible they were. Once removed the road tyres transformed the ride quality.

Hippo said:

I took my GG AT2's oft as I hated the drone and the feeling. Noticed it from day 1 of fitting them and after doing a trip of 60 motorway miles then driving a Freelander 2 I realised the tyres had to go. Fekin orrible they were. Once removed the road tyres transformed the ride quality.

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Which ones did you buy Hippo?

Brack said:

Which ones did you buy Hippo?

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General grabber AT2 removed. Replaced with Pirelli scorpion str.


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Pic's of the thickness of a general grabber AT2 compared with a road biased tyre mitchelin XPC. Tyre fitter man said todays 4x4 tyres int as strong or thick as the 4x4 tyres or the 1990's. He said they were much thicker like van tyres.



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