I'm about to undertake a 3 week expedition-style trek through the Australian desert and will be purchasing 4 new tyres for the trip and using two of my old stock Michelin tyres as the spares.
As the vehicle really does most of its daily driving around the city and I need a tyre that is good on-road as well as off, I am looking at either the Cooper ATR or the BF Goodrich AT tyres.
I currently have 235/70's on 16 inch rims, and the new tyres will have to be a similar size as I will have to mix them up when I get a puncture. I'm happy to go to 245/70's as the overall height difference will only be 14mm.
My dilemma is that I would like the Cooper ATR 245/70, but they only come in passenger construction and the load rating is 975kg (107). They would be good in the desert and on the bitumen, but the passenger construction could be a problem. If I want to go to LT construction then I have to go up to 245/75 tyres, but they are close to 40mm taller than the stock 235/70's, and have a load rating of 1000kg (108). The BF Goodrich AT's are LT construction, come in 245/70 with a load rating of 1150kg (113), but are a more aggressive all-terrain pattern that won't handle as well in on-road situations.
Remember this is not a modified rock-crawling beast, just my daily driver that does a reasonable amount of long distance off-road touring.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
As the vehicle really does most of its daily driving around the city and I need a tyre that is good on-road as well as off, I am looking at either the Cooper ATR or the BF Goodrich AT tyres.
I currently have 235/70's on 16 inch rims, and the new tyres will have to be a similar size as I will have to mix them up when I get a puncture. I'm happy to go to 245/70's as the overall height difference will only be 14mm.
My dilemma is that I would like the Cooper ATR 245/70, but they only come in passenger construction and the load rating is 975kg (107). They would be good in the desert and on the bitumen, but the passenger construction could be a problem. If I want to go to LT construction then I have to go up to 245/75 tyres, but they are close to 40mm taller than the stock 235/70's, and have a load rating of 1000kg (108). The BF Goodrich AT's are LT construction, come in 245/70 with a load rating of 1150kg (113), but are a more aggressive all-terrain pattern that won't handle as well in on-road situations.
Remember this is not a modified rock-crawling beast, just my daily driver that does a reasonable amount of long distance off-road touring.
Any suggestions or recommendations?