By shane on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 10:37 am: Edit

Anybody running these tires. I am thinking about getting them for my stock disco1. Are they any good offroad? Thanks.

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 11:02 am: Edit

Great on road performance and good off-road performace. Quite possibly the best AT there is for off-road. However, a great AT will never beat a good MT. What terrain do you plan to hit? If it will be muddy, you will get by but may find yourself wishing for a true MT or something which is a mix. The "mix" between AT and MT is BFG Trac-Edges or Dunlop Radial Rover RT's. A lot of guys run these and love time. I have witnessed the RT's and was impressed with thier performance in the mud. PLUS, they are cheaper than the BFG AT's and have a stronger sidewall than the Trac-Edges.

Tom

By nadim on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 11:11 am: Edit

I have run the Trac Edges for 2 years straight, and they are really great!...They are great for all sort of terrain...they are specially good for snow...
As for the ATs, I will be running them for road use only!..my buddies run them for offroad, however, they are useless in the mud, great for snow, sand, and rocks though...but then again the TSLs are much much better everywhere...except tarmac!

By Murray (Cdnrvr) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 11:33 am: Edit

I have had mine for about 8,000 miles and can't say enough good things about them. They are actually quieter and handle better on the tarmac than the stock Michelin's, great in snow, sand and rocks ... only problem I ran into was clay ... tread didn't clean out that well but I was considering going with a second set of rubber strictly for off-roading purposes ... Nadim has me sold on the TSL's.

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 11:34 am: Edit

Nadim has sold you? Has nothing I have said counted. You hurt me Murray, you hurt me bad....

Tom

By Murray (Cdnrvr) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 11:47 am: Edit

Another opinion goes a long way ... haven't you done enough introducing me to life with a Land Rover? Can't believe I once thought they were just a boxy lego mobile - thanks for the education

By Scott Tschantz (Scott) on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 08:56 pm: Edit

Shane what Tom said about the Rover RT is right on They are very good both on and off road they are an extreamly tough tire , not to loud on road but prefom head and shoulders above a AT tire off road

By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 01:35 am: Edit

I like them. Tried them out in rocky steep climbs and sand - soft stuff - no problems. In soft slushy mud I found them reaaly good as it throws out of the tread OK - even hard braking in that stuff didn't cause much sliding etc. Clay is not so good - but then (apart from a dedicated MT) what is?? Off road I back off the pressure to low 20's front & high 20's rear and find them very grippy and comfortable. On road they are better than my old stock Michelin XPC's. I'd get them again.

By Roverine on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 03:24 pm: Edit

What type of terrain do you typically find yourself in? I would concur with all the above ... However, for our uses, and the typical areas we tend to find ourselves in, the BFG AT KO's seem to be pretty popular around here. Thats what we now run ... A lot of $$$ though, but so is a lot of blown tires - Lots of hard rocks, granite, rocks, more rocks, and sand - Even in much of the mountain regions (and freeways too, LOL). We tend to experience more sidewall problems than anything else, and that is where the AT KO's have seemed to work best for us. A lot of people we have wheeled with lately have them. We have a friend that runs them on his defender, and has been very pleased. In fact on a fairly hard run a few months back, he was the only one (out of 3 other vehicles that had other tires) that didn't blow a tire ... But again, that was out in Death Valley, Calif. My Disco is also a daily driver - these tires just do well for all around use in this area (So. CAL.). I don't think I would have a good comfort level with them in a lot of heavy mud though. Had my Disco in the shop yesterday, and got a lot of compliments on these tires ... for whatever it's worth. My .000725 cents worth.