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    I had maxxis buckshots on my last hilux and was getting 40000km plus out of a set with a lot of road use. Got bridgestone a/t on my current hilux and will not be buying them again . paid 600 for a set but cant imagine getting 40000km from them. More like a road tyre.

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    Hankook RF10 in the 10 ply tahr....depending on your size.
    its what im running with , fantastic tyre.
    flick me a p.m with your size and I can work you a deal.
    tyreshoponline lost Hercules as the company didn't like them selling direct , I can sort them though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by berg243 View Post
    used to get 80k out of gt radial mts not as quiet as the hifly mts running at the moment but didn't mind them on long trips either.
    i dont know about GT radials on offroaders etc but i had their road tyres on a sports car, after 2 weeks i replaced them. they had the grip of a teflon coated ball bearing on a sheet of glass. the arse end of the car would go loose every time the turbo kicked in.

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    @berg243. mine were horrific, owned the car 2 weeks before getting some goodyear F1 tyres on it.
    i put the gt's on trademe with the listing that they were unsuitable for serious horsepower and they tended to break loose. guy buys them and tells me "yeah thats what i want them for", he loaded them in his car and then left 2 long trails of rubber down the road when he left.
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    Thanks for the suggestions and advice everyone.

    I decided to go for the Hercules Terra Trac deep tread.

    I received some very good advice from a forum member about going up a size to re-calibrate my speedo to keep my Road Charges down.
    Also got a good deal from the same forum member so its well worth hanging around here.

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    Anyone tried the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac?
    Supposedly an AT, but looks like it has some bite!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmwsm View Post
    Watch for speed cameras with your re-calibrated speedo. Could be cheaper to pay the diesel miles.
    If I'm correct it will bring it up from under speed to near dead on. I will check it with my GPS. But I agree that even if its exact I will need to be careful because these modern Utes sure can sneak the speed up without you noticing.
    Last edited by Tahr; 13-11-2017 at 09:56 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerbs View Post
    Anyone tried the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac?
    Supposedly an AT, but looks like it has some bite!
    Good bit of rubber @Gerbs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    Thanks for the suggestions and advice everyone.

    I decided to go for the Hercules Terra Trac deep tread.

    I received some very good advice from a forum member about going up a size to re-calibrate my speedo to keep my Road Charges down.
    Also got a good deal from the same forum member so its well worth hanging around here.
    But your economy will drop cause you won't get the same mileage per litre
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    Quote Originally Posted by Echo View Post
    But your economy will drop cause you won't get the same mileage per litre
    It’s all in the mind

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    Quote Originally Posted by Echo View Post
    But your economy will drop cause you won't get the same mileage per litre
    so by lowering your revs your fuel economy will go up??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerbs View Post
    Anyone tried the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac?
    Supposedly an AT, but looks like it has some bite!
    Coming up to 20k on a set. Wearing very well, little road noise for the open pattern and seem fine on wet highways though I dont push things. Best off road A/T Iv used.
    FWIW I stepped to 265/65/17s on the Triton and the speedo now reads within 1kph comparing it to 3 diferent GPS units.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sneeze View Post
    Coming up to 20k on a set. Wearing very well, little road noise for the open pattern and seem fine on wet highways though I dont push things. Best off road A/T Iv used.
    FWIW I stepped to 265/65/17s on the Triton and the speedo now reads within 1kph comparing it to 3 diferent GPS units.
    Thats what I was kinda hoping to hear - they're not a cheap tyre and if I'm gonna pay out $1750-ish on 4 tyres, I want to know they're good!
    Currently got Goodride MTs on it and they're rather noisy and seems a waste of nearly new MT's to be on Auckland roads.

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    I paid $350 per fitted and balanced. I probably should have asked here first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gqhoon View Post
    I’ve had a good run out of Maxxis Bravo 980’s. I do 30,000km or more a year and was pleased enough with their performance (wear, noise, traction etc). Enough void ratio for basic farm track / paddock use etc, but not a mud tyre by any stretch of the imagination. Were about $1100 for a set of 4, factory 265/70/16 size.
    I've got these tyres, only done 8000km on em so far but their a nice mix and they hold up well on gravel(touch wood).

 

 

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