Trac Edges - unidirectional?

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Nige

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Are they, I think they are?

Getting me new box this week for fitting this week, can't wait! No clunk on drive take up!

Still got a bloody oil leak on the oil cooler, the top union is sweet now, but the bottom is dripping
like a puffs arse.......


--
Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Turbo Diesel 110 (G)
KTM 520 SX (2001)


 
Nige wrote:

> Are they, I think they are?

> Ta!
>
> Nige

No! - they're not.
 
Dougal wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>
>> Are they, I think they are?
>
>> Ta!
>>
>> Nige
>
> No! - they're not.

There isn't any arrow indicating direction of travel etc? The tread also looks the same either way! But,
as usual, i'm probably wrong!

--
Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Turbo Diesel 110 (G)
KTM 520 SX (2001)


 
Nige wrote:

|| Dougal wrote:
||| Nige wrote:
|||
|||| Are they, I think they are?
|||
|||| Ta!
||||
|||| Nige
|||
||| No! - they're not.
||
|| There isn't any arrow indicating direction of travel etc? The tread
|| also looks the same either way! But, as usual, i'm probably wrong!
||
|| --
|| Ta!
||
|| Nige
||
|| Subaru WRX (54)
|| Land Rover Turbo Diesel 110 (G)
|| KTM 520 SX (2001)

Dougal's right - they can fit either way. But where TF did you get
Trac-Edges from? I though BFG stopped making them a couple of years ago.
Can't get 'em here for love nor money. I had them on the 90 - great tyres,
about half-way between AT and MT.

--
Rich
==============================

Take out the obvious to email me.


 
Richard Brookman wrote:

> Nige wrote:
>
> || Dougal wrote:
> ||| Nige wrote:
> |||
> |||| Are they, I think they are?
> |||
> |||| Ta!
> ||||
> |||| Nige
> |||
> ||| No! - they're not.
> ||
> || There isn't any arrow indicating direction of travel etc? The tread
> || also looks the same either way! But, as usual, i'm probably wrong!
> ||
> || --
> || Ta!
> ||
> || Nige
> ||
> || Subaru WRX (54)
> || Land Rover Turbo Diesel 110 (G)
> || KTM 520 SX (2001)
>
> Dougal's right - they can fit either way. But where TF did you get
> Trac-Edges from? I though BFG stopped making them a couple of years ago.
> Can't get 'em here for love nor money. I had them on the 90 - great tyres,
> about half-way between AT and MT.

It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far better
off-road than you would ever have thought.
 
On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
> them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far better
> off-road than you would ever have thought.

Based on such reports I bought some ages ago, and to be honest I found
them disappointing off-road, more than once I got stuck in inch-deep
mud on flat ground or drove across a gentle side-slope on grass,
slipping sideways. Mud-pattern tyres were a massive improvement.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Ian Rawlings wrote:

> On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
>>them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far better
>>off-road than you would ever have thought.
>
> Based on such reports I bought some ages ago, and to be honest I found
> them disappointing off-road, more than once I got stuck in inch-deep
> mud on flat ground or drove across a gentle side-slope on grass,
> slipping sideways. Mud-pattern tyres were a massive improvement.

Of course they've got their limitations but as I said for a compromise
tyre for mainly on-road use that had some off-road ability they did
far better than expected. To compare their performance to a mud tyre
is a bit unfair: they don't make any claim to such ability.
 
Dougal wrote:

|| Ian Rawlings wrote:
||
||| On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
|||
|||
|||| It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
|||| them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far
|||| better off-road than you would ever have thought.
|||
||| Based on such reports I bought some ages ago, and to be honest I
||| found them disappointing off-road, more than once I got stuck in
||| inch-deep mud on flat ground or drove across a gentle side-slope on
||| grass, slipping sideways. Mud-pattern tyres were a massive
||| improvement.
||
|| Of course they've got their limitations but as I said for a
|| compromise tyre for mainly on-road use that had some off-road
|| ability they did far better than expected. To compare their
|| performance to a mud tyre is a bit unfair: they don't make any claim
|| to such ability.

I dunno - I trialled the 90 on them (at 16 psi) when I first got into that
game and, while I didn't win anything, I certainly wasn't embarrassed by
them.

Wet grass will find the limits of ANY tyre.

--
Rich
==============================

Take out the obvious to email me.


 
On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Of course they've got their limitations but as I said for a compromise
> tyre for mainly on-road use that had some off-road ability they did
> far better than expected. To compare their performance to a mud tyre
> is a bit unfair: they don't make any claim to such ability.

I know but I found the difference between the track edge performance
off-road and the mud tyre off road to be so huge that I wondered where
the track edge's reputation for being good off-road came from. It
wasn't a case of the cheap remould mud pattern being a little bit
better, it kicked the living crap out of the track edge! It was like
night and day. The mud pattern was far closer to the track edge's
on-road performance than vice-versa. Personally I'll not bother with
AT tyres, even now my landy is relegated to almost 100% on-road driving.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:03:11 +0100, Dougal
<DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

>Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
>> On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
>>>them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far better
>>>off-road than you would ever have thought.
>>
>> Based on such reports I bought some ages ago, and to be honest I found
>> them disappointing off-road, more than once I got stuck in inch-deep
>> mud on flat ground or drove across a gentle side-slope on grass,
>> slipping sideways. Mud-pattern tyres were a massive improvement.
>
>Of course they've got their limitations but as I said for a compromise
>tyre for mainly on-road use that had some off-road ability they did
>far better than expected. To compare their performance to a mud tyre
>is a bit unfair: they don't make any claim to such ability.

Ive got a set on my 2A. I'm very impressed with them. They are lasting
well and i've never had any problems when i have strayed off road.
Infact ive only even got the landy stuck a few times and its never
been due to the tyres (either deep water, mechanical failure or
extreme geography).
 
Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> Ive got a set on my 2A. I'm very impressed with them. They are lasting
> well and i've never had any problems when i have strayed off road.
> Infact ive only even got the landy stuck a few times and its never
> been due to the tyres (either deep water, mechanical failure or
> extreme geography).

Or 101 swallowing ruts ;-)

Lee D


 
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:54:12 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
>about:
>> Ive got a set on my 2A. I'm very impressed with them. They are lasting
>> well and i've never had any problems when i have strayed off road.
>> Infact ive only even got the landy stuck a few times and its never
>> been due to the tyres (either deep water, mechanical failure or
>> extreme geography).
>
>Or 101 swallowing ruts ;-)

I wasnt counting that since it did eventually get out of the rut
unnassisted! - so it doesnt count as stuck to me ;)
>

 
On or around Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:33:15 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>I know but I found the difference between the track edge performance
>off-road and the mud tyre off road to be so huge that I wondered where
>the track edge's reputation for being good off-road came from. It
>wasn't a case of the cheap remould mud pattern being a little bit
>better, it kicked the living crap out of the track edge! It was like
>night and day. The mud pattern was far closer to the track edge's
>on-road performance than vice-versa. Personally I'll not bother with
>AT tyres, even now my landy is relegated to almost 100% on-road driving.

they're reckoned to be good on hard rocky stuff where soft mud tyres can
suffer.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2006-09-10, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > It's been more than two years, I think, since they stopped making
> > them. Great shame as they were an ideal compromise tyre - far better
> > off-road than you would ever have thought.

I agree entirely with that.

>
> Based on such reports I bought some ages ago, and to be honest I found
> them disappointing off-road, more than once I got stuck in inch-deep
> mud on flat ground or drove across a gentle side-slope on grass,
> slipping sideways. Mud-pattern tyres were a massive improvement.
>
>
Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))

Martin


 
On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
> muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))

The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
silly girly tyres ;-)

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
> > muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))
>
> The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
> were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
> there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
> tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
> afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
> silly girly tyres ;-)

I just love this group :) and I love XCLs, and I could use another two
7.50s if I could find them, went to Langley Farm but no luck ;-(

Martin


 
On or around Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:36:59 +0100, "Oily"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
>> > muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))
>>
>> The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
>> were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
>> there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
>> tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
>> afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
>> silly girly tyres ;-)
>
> I just love this group :) and I love XCLs, and I could use another two
>7.50s if I could find them, went to Langley Farm but no luck ;-(
>
>Martin
>

don't Michelin still make 'em?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)
 
Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:36:59 +0100, "Oily"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>>"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
>>>>muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))
>>>
>>>The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
>>>were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
>>>there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
>>>tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
>>>afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
>>>silly girly tyres ;-)
>>
>> I just love this group :) and I love XCLs, and I could use another two
>>7.50s if I could find them, went to Langley Farm but no luck ;-(
>>
>>Martin
>>
>
>
> don't Michelin still make 'em?

Yes.

There are usually some available from MOD sources e.g.:
http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=48&Overide=0

Not a good tyre for use on peat, however.
 

"Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Austin Shackles wrote:
> > On or around Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:36:59 +0100, "Oily"
> > <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
> >
> >
> >>"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >>>On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the
occasional
> >>>>muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))
> >>>
> >>>The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
> >>>were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
> >>>there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
> >>>tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
> >>>afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
> >>>silly girly tyres ;-)
> >>
> >> I just love this group :) and I love XCLs, and I could use another
two
> >>7.50s if I could find them, went to Langley Farm but no luck ;-(
> >>
> >>Martin
> >>
> >
> >
> > don't Michelin still make 'em?
>
> Yes.
>
> There are usually some available from MOD sources e.g.:
> http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=48&Overide=0
>
> Not a good tyre for use on peat, however.

Cheers for the link. I suspect they are new old stock because I'm pretty
sure that they don't make them any more. They will be OK though, I'll check
the dates on them. Thanks

Martin


 
Oily wrote:
> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 2006-09-11, Oily <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Can't see why you need mud pattern tyres to drive through the occasional
>>> muddy puddle or across gently rolling meadows. :))
>> The mud wasn't deep and yet the trac-edges just couldn't grip. There
>> were two trucks in front of me on the grassy slope, they were sat
>> there as I slid slowly down the slope towards a fence at the bottom,
>> tearing up the grass as I went. I dumped the trac-edges soon
>> afterwards and the difference was enormous, so you can all keep your
>> silly girly tyres ;-)
>
> I just love this group :) and I love XCLs, and I could use another two
> 7.50s if I could find them, went to Langley Farm but no luck ;-(
>
> Martin
>
>

Martin,

I've got five, on rims, that I took off my 90
a couple of years ago. Been stored in my
garden since then.

1 is a little low on tread other four have
loads. One of the four was run on flat
because of a puncture for about 10 feet so
not sure if it's ok to use.

Happy to part with them for a small amount to
charity.

Located in Norfolk.

Email is valid.

Regards

RichardB
 
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