Let’s talk about all-terrain tyres…
We are using standard sized tyres 255/55 R19 - Good Year Wrangler Duratrac (A/T) and we can’t fault them. For us it is the best compromise between on road/off road tyre. We are using them over two years, and they’ve never lets us down. We carry two spare wheels as an insurance for some very remote areas but we are glad we never needed them. There was only single one puncture from screw and it happened in our village, not on trail.
Some people complained about weak sidewalls, wrong size for offroad, and noise. We are happy to say we didn’t experience any of those problems, yes you need to be more mindful on some very challenging rock sections, but you should be with any other tyres anyway.
Our car weights over 3,2 tons when fully loaded, but Duratracs managed to carry that load without any issues or overheating even when aired down for gravel&rock trails and even lower for Saharan sand. (Yep, down low to 15psi in standard size) Also when going to those amazing destinations we can’t avoid driving on motorways and tarmac roads, and we haven’t experienced any noise etc.
What is helping?
being sensible
adjusting driving style
adjusting tyre pressures when necessary, don’t wait…
we are not running wheel spacers - so on trails we are not rubbing tyre sidewalls on the sides of ruts [for example in Morocco most commonly used 4x4 is LC Prado which has already narrower wheel track than standard Discovery 3/4 (around 3.5cm ), but if you put 3cm spacers your track will be 9.5cm wider (than Prado) therefore you will be scraping sides of any tracks created by commonly used vehicles] and you can expect more sidewalls damages. Are we going to swap to 18” wheels? Probably not, at least not anytime soon.
What are your favourite tyres and why? Any questions or topics we should talk about next time? Comment bellow.
