Farrar
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I'm running wide mud tyres but do find that the ruts already made are narrow so I lose traction when wet.what tyres are you using and how does it help you when the going gets tough.:drum:
What size tyres for off road?.
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Hi there, my choice is 235x85x16 BFG mud terrains. The taller the tyre the higher the diffs will be. A narrow tyre will cut through the sloppy stuff to the harder rock, a wide tyre will float on the top.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
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ffs were not gonna start this debate again,its the biggest load of bollix that someone ever thought of:boink:
you could have the thinnest tyres or the widest tyres in the world if the rut is deeper than your diff allows then your fooked.
wide vs narrow will always be the most boreing debate ever.i have 36/12.50/16 and i dont have any problems..
and how do ya know theres harder rock below the mud that the "narrow" tyres will magicly find?
i think youve been reading too many landy comics
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Maybe,but today when the rains came I was sliding all over the place.I didn't ask whether narrow tyre were the best,just what other people think.I know this is an old subject on here but no one ever agrees with what's best!I'm just after peoples opinion and then I can make my own mind up.
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and you think a narrower tyre would have stopped that?could it be driver error?
depends what you want out of your tyre,for me i use them at pay n play..winch and punch challenges and the occassional lane..for me i prefer the tallest and widest tyre i could afford to give me the most diff clearance possible..next on my list is to get 37" super swampers
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Just watch who is getting through the stuff and then look at there tires and you got your answer
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or could it be sometimes all the gear no ideaJust watch who is getting through the stuff and then look at there tires and you got your answer
ive seen some of the "older" guys at comps getting thru and over stuff that others with lockers and all the kit couldnt
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Just watch who is getting through the stuff and then look at there tires and you got your answer
I was watching in my rear view mirror!!!! The series 3 just kept going!!was that tyres or the vehicle and i'm in a ninety.maybe driver error.who knows but i'm here for the duration
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some people will keep an old series and keep it totally standard and learn how to drive it properly over years,some guys go out and buy summit and then spend 3k kitting it out and never learn how to drive it properly 1st
tyre choice is a personal thing i went thru 4 different types before i settled on the simex they work for me but maybe not for others
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Oh FFS Use a mega wide tyre and carry a shovel in case you need to dig a wider trench!
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personaly i like either my 33"/9.5" dumper tyres for wet clay like ground, and my 36"/11" maxicross tyres for dryer stonier sites...
oh did you mean tyres that will go on the road aswell? well simex's look like theyre a good medium, but your never going to get the best mud tyre that can be used on the road aswell, atleast not in my opinion, however i know people on mud30%/road70% tyres and they swear by them...
oh did you mean tyres that will go on the road aswell? well simex's look like theyre a good medium, but your never going to get the best mud tyre that can be used on the road aswell, atleast not in my opinion, however i know people on mud30%/road70% tyres and they swear by them...
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yeh cos there ****,
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I've got 235/70/16 road tyres on my disco. Was in the lakes on Saturday, and got up everything, that all the kitted up defenders and discos got up. Including Parkamor Lane. only place I needed winching up was a large rock step on stile-end. But then so did most of the peeps there.
It's not what you've got. It's how you use it, that counts.
It's not what you've got. It's how you use it, that counts.
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I've got 235/70/16 road tyres on my disco. Was in the lakes on Saturday, and got up everything, that all the kitted up defenders and discos got up. Including Parkamor Lane. only place I needed winching up was a large rock step on stile-end. But then so did most of the peeps there.
It's not what you've got. It's how you use it, that counts.
THIS IS THE BEST ANSWER YET what don't the others understand
Tyre width does make a difference depending on what your driving on. Look at a WRC vehicle or similar on ICE, Narrow tyres to give the best weight per SQ inch to help grip then look at an Icelandic overlander or a vehicle in the north of Scotland working in Peat Upper wide tyres to do the oposite to stop them sinking in and getting stuck. 235 and 265 seem the popular choice also MTs and ATs vary slightly some are designed better for Clay others for thick mud and some for the wet stuff. Also tyre pressure makes a difference .
For the sort of off-road driving I do, it's normally deep ruts that halt progress, not loss of traction. I went for tall, narrow tyres. I've seen lots of wide tyres being forced off of their rims in ruts, something I've never had happen to me.
Maximum clearance under the diffs is what I want.
Maximum clearance under the diffs is what I want.
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Can't beat maxicross on mud and wet grass In fact theyre banned because theyre so Good at comps
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I can see that problem as when I'm going through other peoples ruts I'm rubbing my sidewalls all the time and in the wet it's just trying to widen the rut so causing more drag. I'm relatively new to all this and learning as I go.all your experience is very useful.
