![]() So, I am getting a new set of the same tyres. ![]() Plus, with the mileage it does, I would be more concerned about the age of the tyre than the grip. I would probably get an extra 20k miles out of those but they cost a third more. I considered paying more and going with BFG KM3s. We use the defender as an emergency support vehicle during snow taking staff to the hospital and carrying things back and forth to those snowed in. They sing quite loudly in the wet but no more than other mud tyres. I have experienced that with other tyres where a mm or two of wear and the road grip improves. Come Autumn with a few thousand more miles on them, the wet grip was much improved. However, it was early spring the weather soon improved and I decided to wait. Indeed, initially, I thought of changing them early. Fine in the mud and on dry road in the wet, for the first 3000 odd miles they lack grip but that does come good later. Other characteristics are the tyre is not that good when new. piston moves up and down in the cylinder some of the combustion gets past the sides of the pistons into the crankcase Wrangler Mens Long Sleeve Aug 13. I could probably get another 10k road miles on them but the mud grip is now on par with an AT rather than an MT tyre. These got to about 70% wear before I felt I was not getting the same grip. Most mud tyres start to give up their mud grip after around 50% wear. Grip returned without it but had to winch the trailer instead. I have had to disconnect the trailer on two occasions. I mention this as the trailer is a serious drag to pull through the slop yet these tyres didn't let me down. I have seen other vehicles struggle and get stuck. For almost 5 years, I have not had any trouble getting in or out of the muck field with the trailer. By winter, the field is trashed and with the muck pile being pushed around by a tractor, there are a few inches of water and horse wee on top of a few inches of sloppy mud and a lot of rutting from tractors and other vehicles dropping their muck off. For 6 months of the year, the field is very wet. It also goes down wet clay farm tracks which only the tractors go on. It's a farm vehicle that pulls a 3t horse muck tipper trailer into fields every week. Goodyear Wrangler MT/R With Kevlar Goodyear Logo. They are still road legal but the depth is no longer good enough for heavy mud. Tire Corral in Clementon, NJ carries the best Goodyear tires for you and your vehicle. Got them in 2015 and now 2021 they are needing a change.
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