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Which way should these tyres go? goodyear hi miler xtra grip

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Saffy:
These are a cross-ply Non directional tyre supposedly. But I guess it wise the should all go in the same direction.  So which way would they be best for majority road on a series landy and why?  I am thinking putting in the direction the tread pattern arrow shape points as being forward.

The pattern is



Same Pattern Found on:

Goodyear Hi Miler Xtra Grip 7.50
Deestone Extra Grip
Security ML814
Flamingo TM718
Kenda X-Grip

Horrendous in rain supposedly.

lambert:
Normally the imprint of a directional tyre points to where you have come from so that water and mud is forced out of the side thus reducing aqua plaining. With those I would have the long grooves as the leading-edge.

lambert:
Or put another way with the tyre shown the front would be the foreground I.e. it would roll toward you as that picture is taken.

Saffy:
oh okay, that is not the way I was going to fit them but you have reasoning for the other way.  I just based the direction on the only couple of photographs that I found with them fitted to a vehicle. Maybe if they are not fitted the way you say then that why there are so many tails of them freely losing traction  in rain.

So just to confirm... tread arrows in the photo below point to rear of truck when viewed from above/top of tyre?   edit - now confused as that woudl mean the imprint on ground does not point where they came from like your said errm

Devon-Rover:
This question was once poised around a few beers at LRW show a few years ago and Mark Rumsey (RIP) had Definitively said that the tyre as fitted by the military would be that as pictured the tread ^ ^ would be facing forwards. I.e. in that picture that tyre would be on the nearside.

There we go i was told now i can pass it on. 

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