Strong Sidewalls

[Seagoon]

I've been helping out on some land where there are an enormous amount of exposed broken treeroots, and quite a few sidewall punctures have been suffered by all - expensive pastime, cos' each one writes off the tyre. I seem to remember quite a few years ago someone I knew back then running 7.5 x 16s that had 7 ply sidewalls - they were flippin awful on the road, no flex in them at all, but they might do the job here - but I cannot remember anything else about them....any ideas anyone, or other recommendations ?

[camel_landy]

Michelin XZLs?

M

[Bill]

camel_landy said:

Michelin XZLs?

M

This. IIRC BFGs are reputed to be good too, but I could well be wrong. Sarge4x4 on here should have some more ideas.

[HustleRussell]

Fitting the smallest wheels and highest profile tyres you can find might help too.
Is it legal to use light commercial tyres on a car? they're rated for high loads and are usually constructed using more plies of re-enforcement than car tyres.

[Arif110]

I'd proffer that van/commercial tyres are quite wrong - for the exact reason that they'd have thinner sidewalls than the norm (keeps weight down, etc).

I'd obviously go for anything designated for rock-crawling/climbing.

I've personally got a lot of respect for Cooper ST Maxx/STT - heavy, mutli-ply sidewalls, with abuse in mind. Whereas I've managed to tear BFG Mud Terrain K/Ms from the sheer stretch effort of getting out of a rut.

[Caulkhead]

The toughest tyres you can fit on a LR are Michelin XZY. They are basically a down-sized 14 ply truck tyre with a road biased tread but they are undamagable and pretty much puncture proof in 750x16 size. They are beloved by overlanders because you just can't hurt them and they last 100,000's of miles. Only problem is they can be tricky to get but you can often find some at military vehicle dealers.

[camel_landy]

I use XZLs for overlanding and here's an example of why...



The tyre was completely undamaged, didn't loose pressure and I didn't even notice it happening!!! (I was at the top of Cape York at the time, so the track was kinda rough.)

M

[Caulkhead]

camel_landy said:

I use XZLs for overlanding and here's an example of why...



The tyre was completely undamaged, didn't loose pressure and I didn't even notice it happening!!! (I was at the top of Cape York at the time, so the track was kinda rough.)

M

XZL's are good tyres but they're damp tissue paper compared to the XZY.

[Sarge 4x4]

Agree with the XZL but there are others.

What 4x4 are you using for a start ? And what size ?

Well worth a look for strong sidewalls would be the Insa Turbo Sahara or the Special Trac, very strong, these are remoulds but very strong.

Do love a bit of rubber.

[Seagoon]

Thankyou Gents, Aaaah Michelins, it all starts to come back to me now.

I will get what I can find out of the recommendations above, I'm sure any of those will be up to the job. Its not crucial to get the absolute best sidewalls in the world, I just want something that will fend off them gnarly roots a bit better -

This is only going to be a short term thing on my Motor, but there will be a Cherokee living and working (pretend working) on that bit of land afterwards, so the tyres can move onto that truck when the play is over.

[skyrover]

BF Goodrich A/T or M/T have very strong sidewalls.

[PhillipM]

Sahara's or Fedima Evoxtreme's both have strong sidewalls.

[uk_vette]

skyrover said:

BF Goodrich A/T or M/T have very strong sidewalls.

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Yes, the BF Goodrich.

All terrain or Mud terrain

Both have exceptionally stronger than the competition, side walls.

v.

[Sarge 4x4]

The NEW General Grabber MT is now available and is the same strength in the sidewall as the BFG's, nice tyres.

[C Lee Farquar]

Fedima Partners, in my experience