New MT/R tyres
Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 18:43
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Rick (S.A.)
Wrecked another tyre on the weekend. This time it was on the bitumen, coming back from
beach fishing on the foot of
Yorke Peninsula. It was a Toya Opat tyre, which had done 40,000 tough Km; about 30 to 40 % tread left. This tyre had had numerous punctures, so it was one of the 4 tyres on Shirl that was running a tube.
So I found that I have 4 different brands & patterns on the 5 tyres on the Patrol. But at least they are all same size, and approx same tread left.
This meant that I had to consider bringing the
Easter 2006 tyre budget forward to 13 days before Xmas 2005.
Had been considering my choices for some time - plenty of research done on the net, asking mates, etc. Settled on either Goodyear MT/R or the new Cooper STT.
Thus, I purchased 4 x MT/R's at a really good price yesterday. It paid me to borrow the $'s now, pay the interest & still be way in front (by about $27 per tyre).
The tyres are already stored at
home, under a tarp, while the last 5 of the old tyres are run out, or until I go bush again seriously, next
Easter.
Goodyear Hampstead Gardens - Andrew - was the supplier. Get onto him, he runs his own business & knows how to look after people.
Cheers
Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:18
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:18
Surprised you have got that far on the Toyos. i had to take
mine off they were so bad. Couldnt go anywhere without tread blocks tearing, sidewalls ripped out and punctures
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:40
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:40
Yeah Davoe, lotsa punctures & a few sidewalls with sticks through them. The tyre blocks are OK, but generally I am disappointed as they cost the same as these new MT/R's. Initially I thought they were fine, nice uporight sidewall, 10 ply. The Opats went OK on blacktop & sand, dirt was OK as
well. But they did not make it in the tough gibber country & northern
Flinders Ranges rocks.
On another matter, I went to
Berry Bay &
Gleesons Landing fishing on the weekend. You recall them, at the foot of
Yorke Peninsula, south of Corny Point? There was a recent thread about that region I think you responded to ?
Lovely weather, great location. Got a few mullett, salmon trout, stingrays & one
mulloway.
Sure beats staying at
home watching grass grow.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 16:15
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 16:15
My replacement Opat cost $220 and the quote i got for MTR were 330 i know I want em but that is big cash for 4 I am using rags at the moment but want some decent allrounders for my months holiday coming up.
Dont recall going to
berry bay but i have been to
gleesons landing.
Nice beach if you head south as far as you can. Also there was some good
rock fishing along the rocks between Gleesons and
Daly head. Most of my fishing was done at the southern wnd of the Dushole beach
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:26
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:26
Good on you Rick. Hope they give you a good run, otherwise I'll be in the poo :-)))
Cheers
Phil
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:46
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:46
Thanks Phil, for the recommendation.
I'd like to think that if you listen carefully to qualified advice, you can suss best value/performance.
That's not always the popular product or service, though.
C Ya
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Reply By: Leroy - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:31
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:31
why buy new tyres to store under a tarp? if you're not going to use them until
easter then.......maybe im missing something?
Leroy
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Follow Up By: Willem - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:35
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:35
It is best to let tyres cure....or so some luminary here on EO suggested....lol
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Follow Up By: Leroy - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:39
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:39
when I worked for South Pacific Tyres they cured your tyres for you. A number of years back they had so many tyres in the warehouse curing.........or maybe they were just over stocked!
Leroy
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:32
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:32
The point about buying tyres now is that when there is a good price/special ya gotta be prepared to move. No good complaining that tyre are expensive if ya not prepared to act when they are relatively cheap.
There was a bonus fuel card of $ 75 as
well. That was utilised within 1/2 an hour to fill Shirl. I effectively paid $ 255 for each tyre. I haven't heard or seen anything like that in years on these tyres or simialr brands/specs. Best other local prices were $ 289 & $ 330. So I thought I'd pass this info on so others may benefit.
The tyres will only be stored for 3 months. Running on blacktop &
Robe sandhills 'till then , so crappy oldies will do. Then whichever carcasses are OK will be the 2nd & 3rd spares etc.
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Reply By: navaraman - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:38
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 19:38
I might just sneak round to Rick's and borrow his tyres.
Pat
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:49
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:49
I'll get Willie in his red jocks to be sentry. That might stop you, you wealthy plumber person, you!
By the way, how did you know that I live in Tea Tree Gully ????
Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.......................................
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Reply By: Willem - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 20:12
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 20:12
I bet Sarni didn't know that she was buying you a set of tyres for Xmas....lol
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:22
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:22
Dead bloody right she didn't. Then she said something about birthday pressie as
well.
I dunno what's wrong with today's housewife.......................
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Reply By: BenSpoon - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 20:41
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 20:41
Thats odd- All the goodyear shops I went to here in WA were much more expensive and said their cost price was higher than retail prices I was quoted. Must just be a WA thing where you sell your own brand at higher prices than competitors sell them for.
With the opats- Take the opportunity to smoke up some tyres while you can!
I know it almost brings on tears now when I see smoke coming off my MT/Rs. $$$
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:39
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:39
I found the same with Goodyear being more than other outlets
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 14:03
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 14:03
Yeah I smoked an MTR up the other week up in the hills, went through a quite insain little gully trying out the new
suspension and almost got myself into the crapper as it was a bit more of a challange than I first thought, ended up giving here some major curry and we cralwed out smashing side steps and getting the back wheel off the ground (quite a feet with the new ranchos). When we got out, I smelled something funny and got out of the car and looked back. There was SMOKE EVERYWHERE! My heart started to flutter and the smell was not a normal tyre rubber smell. Upon a closer inspection there was a big flat tree root growing through the bottom of the obstical and the tyres had done a huge burn out along it! Everything is ok and the tyres looks good as new, but it was a bit of a laugh, couldn't see anything thorugh the smoke!
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Reply By: snailbait (Blue mntns) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:07
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:07
hi all
I believe you are all tryining for a softer ride by reducing your tyre pressure this pratice punctures or stackes the higher you have the presures of the tyress wil give you less punctures
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Follow Up By: Member - Jiarna (NT) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:34
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:34
That depends on the terrain and how much you deflate the tyres, snailbait. I have not had a tyre failure since I finally listened to reason and let my tyres down off the bitumen. This argument has been going on for ages, and it seems to me that commonsense and evidence mostly give way to a trance-like holding on to something Dad once said when he used rag ply skinny tyres on the Dodge.
Cheers
John
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:53
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 23:53
Nup.
It's highly probable that ALL of us aren't.
I certainly am not.
Jiarana makes a valid point.
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Follow Up By: Gerhardp1 - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 13:26
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 13:26
Snailbait, when you inflate your next party balloons, try inflating one very soft, another normal, and another very high.
Then take a pin and prod each balloon to see which one pops most easily.
The really high pressure one will burst first, the normal one second, and the low one third.
Then apply this logic to tyres.
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 21:44
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 21:44
Hi Snailbait,
The low pressure thing is pretty
well accepted now by most people for most conditions (except some tyre sellers who love to see busted tyres).
Every club trip I've done on the past 6 years have been done on low pressures, and punctures are almost non-existant.
Cheers
phil
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 00:03
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 00:03
You will love your MTR's. they are awesome everywhere IMO
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 00:18
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 00:18
Thanks Bruce. I think I will love'em also.
Cheers for chrissy.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 14:06
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 14:06
Yep, I'll second that too!!
You might find the price descrepancy between dealers and non dealers in the warranty. I'm not sure if the non goodyear dealers to the free blancing every 10k and free pucture and sidewall repairs? If not, that could explain the diff.
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 23:30
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 23:30
I've just ordered a set of 4.11 diff pinions for the Patrol from
Adelaide and once they're installed I'll be buying 4 new 285/75R16 MT/Rs. The 265/75s that I've been using for the last 17,000klm are great; the best tyres I've ever had I'd have to say.
Also waiting for the new 48% transfer case reduction gears from Marks Adaptors which will go in as well.
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Follow Up By: Rick (S.A.) - Thursday, Dec 15, 2005 at 14:24
Thursday, Dec 15, 2005 at 14:24
Roachie, does the bank know you must be stealing money from them to pay for all this gear?
HAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Cheers for a good festive season
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Follow Up By: Peter - Thursday, Dec 15, 2005 at 20:28
Thursday, Dec 15, 2005 at 20:28
I think the term is "Account skimming", heard of that Roachie. HaHaHa
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