NSW Corner Country tyre suggestions.

Am on my second set of Bridgestone D697 265/75's. They have excellent puncture resistance (rubber thickness) in tread area but yes they hey do chip up way too easily The second set more rapidly than the first. Got 60,000kms out of the first set, with some still to go, but not enough for me to feel comfortable taking them where we were headed at the time. The current set don't look like they will get anywhere near to that figure. Their sidewalls also bulge out more than Toyos & BFG's at lower pressures making them more vulnerable than I'd like on tracks when lower pressures are called for. (Lost a 10 day old tyre because of this - 3" sidewall gash on a sandy track at 50ph from an unseen rock). I have often found myself needing to run at a higher pressure than I'd prefer as a result . Next ones will most likely be Toyo AT2's .

My AT2 Open Country at 60k, would more likely do very close, if not over 100k, but I never let my tyres drop below 50% tread.

So at my rate, I would have been through 2 sets of Bridgestones and a very dear exercise.

The last price I got for my tyres was $230 per tyre fitted and balances, better than when I was paying $350 per tyre from Bridgestone

Strangely when I bought my first D697's I bought them on price. Toyo AT2's were the choice of all the heavily laden mine support vehicles at Loy Yang near where we lived at the time, but were significantly more expensive than the Bridgestones then.

Having since spent a year in the Kimberley, which I expect many here will know is a tough environment for tyres, I observed that by the far the most commonly fitted tyre on local vehicles used off the bitumen were the BFG KO2's, with the Toyo AT2's the second most common. Both had stronger/tougher sidewalls than the Bridgestones. The mention in this thread re BFG's chipping & Toyos not is what will see Toyos fitted next time around.

Same here Cuppa, only mine will be the Toyo RT. I have had quite a few sets of LT tyres over the years including Mickey T’s, Coopers & BFG’s. I am absolutely over the Cooper side wall splitting problem. This was supposed to have been sorted out several years ago, but my last set, 4 out of the 6 have suffered side wall splits, and not from damage. Pressures checked regularly, and rotated every 10,000 kms.

Macca.

See the other tyre thread Macca. 5 Toyo RT's going on tomorrow morning! :)

Yes, I saw that Cuppa.

Hi Jim

I was that impressed with the Toyo’s, I ditched the BFG’s on our camper ( shocking tyre, very badly chipped on our first trip up the Birdsville Track ) and put Toyo’s on the camper.

They have since done many true outback trips and not one mark on them.

I am so impressed with them, when it is time to put more rubber on the Prado, I will not be looking at any other tyre, I think they are brilliant.

Hi Ozi M

That was my main concern going away from the Bridgestone tyres which were perfect of the bitumen and great for wet weather grip.

The first thing I noticed with the new Toyo AT2 Open Country was, they were just as quiet and wet weather grip was great, which was what I was after.

I can not comment on the very latest AT2’s, but my tyres are made in Japan, have a higher load rating over the Bridgestone.

Of all the people that have spoken to me, everyone is full of praise for the Toyo and will be my next tyre again.

Cheers

Stephen

Thanks for that, I will look at them when time to buy.

Not doing a lot of K's at the moment, a bit nervous about getting locked down somewhere

The other tyre to consider is Nitto that are made by Toyo, same style heady duty carcass
I have used both and on my second set of Nitto, both excellent tyres

If for Corner Country then perhaps they should be square. That seems appropriate!