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Tyre dicisions???
Jim-Willy:
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--- Quote from: "Jim-Willy" ---That is a age old argument............ I like narrow as i think wide tyres skate on mud but loads of people don't agree........ :lol:
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so what size is where a tyre switches from skating to sinking?? on say a defender 90.
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Was lanin' on 265's a while back and was getting major understeer in mud, never happened before on my 235's i couldn't believe the difference and its only 3cm per tyre............
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---
--- Quote from: "Jim-Willy" ---That is a age old argument............ I like narrow as i think wide tyres skate on mud but loads of people don't agree........ :lol:
--- End quote ---
so what size is where a tyre switches from skating to sinking?? on say a defender 90.
:?:
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That varries greatly with the precise ground conditions. In the wrong conditions (right foot dependant) i have had 7.50 SATs slide sideways. Though I was getting on better than the 110 running 33/12.5r15, however not being the same tread pattern this is not exactly a fair test.
The fact that a lot of challenge trucks run 35" in either 10.5" or 11.5" wide tyres gives a good indictation of an optimum tyre size for a 90, but there are a lot of variables to balance.
Range Rover Blues:
I'd stick with what you have, depending on where you drive big wide tyres are a help or a hindrance.
Also if you go much taller you will need to gear the thing down, have you noticed already how uselss 5th gear is? try towing with it :?
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