Land Rover needs some new wellies

[scraggs]

I run 265/75 16 bfg all terrains on one landy, and did run 265/75 16 bfg mud terains on the other but have just fitted a set of 33/12.5 15 bfg mud terrains to it.

Out of the lot I prefer the all terains in 265 they grip well across the fields even with the trailer behind and fully loaded, and drives well on the road, the mud terains in 265 are good, but can be a bit noisy, although they are the old pattern. and finally the 33/12.5 look good but are not that great on long runs. I will probably take them off and put the 265 back on.

One of my 33/12.5 is a cooper and it's always the first to spin.

Edited May 17, 2015 by scraggs

[william127]

235/85 bf MUDs for me, writing definatley on the outside!

[THE88MAN]

I have doen 50k on my Kumho kl71's they are good tyres too...

 

I second this choice if you can get em in your size,had 3 sets on a fourtrak over 7 years,mustard tyres without bfg price

[Paul Jenks]

How do you find the MPG efficiency for the different tyres?

[Billy]

My Landy does about 17MPG it's usually fully loaded (tipper) and towing a 1.5t chipper. I've never had radials on it though so don't know what the improvement would be, if any as the BFGs roll very smoothly.

[codlasher]

Mmmm,

My dilemma would be the width of 265's against 235's. I have never been a fan of spaced out rims as the steering became more vague. I never went over 235's as I found that the tyres rubbed on the chassis and this meant you lost part of your turning circle and sometimes this was important! Yes it is easy to stop the rubbing buy adjusting out the swivel stops but is that a step forward? Plus there is the extra power needed to slap that extra inch on the road.....

Cooper are not to be overlooked although I'm a big fan of BFG's.

 

I would also recommend a quick shufti round each corner after all the mud has spun off before going on a M-way. This has paid off on a couple of occasions as I have found a flint embedded and a big cut from the same on another. OK you can't see the inside but you can see 2/3rds of the tyre just by looking!

codlasher

[tommer9]

BFG all the way. Nothing comes close for wear and grip. They are the most expensive for a reason! The last set i just changed were still legal but useless off road and were on there for nigh on five years!!

[tommer9]

Mmmm,

My dilemma would be the width of 265's against 235's. I have never been a fan of spaced out rims as the steering became more vague. I never went over 235's as I found that the tyres rubbed on the chassis and this meant you lost part of your turning circle and sometimes this was important! Yes it is easy to stop the rubbing buy adjusting out the swivel stops but is that a step forward? Plus there is the extra power needed to slap that extra inch on the road.....

Cooper are not to be overlooked although I'm a big fan of BFG's.

 

I would also recommend a quick shufti round each corner after all the mud has spun off before going on a M-way. This has paid off on a couple of occasions as I have found a flint embedded and a big cut from the same on another. OK you can't see the inside but you can see 2/3rds of the tyre just by looking!

codlasher

 

I run 285.75.16 bfgs on those weller steel rims......no adjustment and no rubbing anywhere:confused1:

They sap the power a tiny bit but I just gave the pump half a turn......besides dragging a 935 vermeer and carrying best part of 3 cube of chip saps the power more hahaha

[Aaron]

I have Bfg MUDs on my pick up. Found them to be a great tyre in all conditions, Iv not long changed them with the last ones covering 33k of heavy use.

[Alycidon]

Got BFG ATs on my Defender, they were on it when we bought it at about 40,000. Its now done 160,000 (miles) and they are still on it. Got about another 10,000 left I recon.

 

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