Most puncture resistant tire?

[Eskaminzim]

this is another vote for the toyo m-55s. i run them in 255/85, and i live in hawaii. i payed a pretty penny for them, too. with hawaii shipping i might as well have bought ten instead of five. hahaha. ive driven them over coral, volcanic rock, and deep water crossings. for those who know, the beach rocks here are brittle but dont mind popping a tire. i also work on a the Marine Corps Base and consistently drive through ridiculous construction and poorly kept roads. they havent failed us yet, and ive had them for about 29000miles or so.

 

[Pin_Head]

Goodyear MTR kevlars are very popular in the desert. The chew up chollas and spit them out. Not so hot on ice.

 

[MJ80]

lol at all the cooper tyres suggestions, most frowned upon brand of 4wd tyre in Australia, no brand has as much complaints or sidewall shredding evidence as coopers.

MTRs imo, thick, heavy bloody tyres they are.

 

[kidglove13]

Not ideal for street use but, you can not beat a bias tire for durability

 

[hawker7]

Toyo MT's

this is another vote for the toyo m-55s. i run them in 255/85, and i live in hawaii. i payed a pretty penny for them, too. with hawaii shipping i might as well have bought ten instead of five. hahaha. ive driven them over coral, volcanic rock, and deep water crossings. for those who know, the beach rocks here are brittle but dont mind popping a tire. i also work on a the Marine Corps Base and consistently drive through ridiculous construction and poorly kept roads. they havent failed us yet, and ive had them for about 29000miles or so.

I also run the 255 85 Toyo MT's, I was talking to the Les Schwab guy the other day and he said the M55 and MT are made on the same mold. Same tire just different tread design.

They seem pretty tough. Not good in snow or ice.

Hawker

 

[outfitter taco]

I run the Toyo MTs on my 80. I use the 80 as my primary vehicle when I am guiding with clients. I go way off the beaten path, often on shale infused goat trails, and they have never let me down. I do not want to break down way up a mountain with paying clients. Other guide peers have used different tires, but most have switched to the Toyos, after blowing two or more tires on similar outings. I run the M55s on my 77, and this truck isn't as built up as the 80 yet, so it gets used for different purposes. Again, I have had wonderful results with these tires. They are not as aggressive as the MTs, but are equally as "strong" when I have run them in places where their sidewalls are abused. The M55s are better in snow than the MTs, but are still not winter tires (this doesn't seem like a factor for you). For what it is worth, I have had a much easier time balancing my Toyos compared to other brands of tires I have used in the past. I wonder if the quality control is better on the Toyos? I do not do any rock crawling, unless absolutely necessary, so I cannot comment on the tires I use with any authority for that purpose. Hope this helps. It'll take some doing to get me to change tires, I'd have to see some real life proof to get me to entertain a switch.

 

[Everett80]

...holy thread revival...

 

[duggy]

I have the Toyo Open Country MTs and they have a THICK tire. I love em.

 

[Tools R Us]

Pro comp Xterrain tri ply, or the tri ply muds in 35 x 12.5/18 or 37 x 12.5/17 have been the toughest tyres we can find over here that drive ok on the road, and work.

I have run them for tough offroad last 3 years for one puncture, driving where I shouldnt of been, in 70,000km, and on some of these long desert trips we have had up to 15 punctures in the convoy of up to 10 vehicles in a 24 hr period, and once we had 9 destroyed tyres out of 14 punctures as well.

For driving in mulga scrub, [thin bushes with branches like fencing wire, dry hard old desert scrub] some of the older generation have been running 14 ply MRF's truck tyres in 7.50 16, but they are shocking on road.

lol at all the cooper tyres suggestions, most frowned upon brand of 4wd tyre in Australia, no brand has as much complaints or sidewall shredding evidence as coopers.

MTRs imo, thick, heavy bloody tyres they are.

Good to see that even the Aussies can't agree on tire selection. One says they are the best, the other says they suck!

Most of us will never wheel down there, so don't care what works there. It's all about terrain, a tire that works great in one terrain, may suck in another. The terrain where I wheel is hard on tires, I have seen every brand of tires cut. Have abused Coopers with good result, a shot of mine from January, was right at 4yrs old and had seen "a few" trails.

 

[retrofive]

Im so on the fence between Cooper ST/Ts and KM2's. Choices, Choices.

 

[MJ80]

Good to see that even the Aussies can't agree on tire selection. One says they are the best, the other says they suck!

Most of us will never wheel down there, so don't care what works there. It's all about terrain, a tire that works great in one terrain, may suck in another. The terrain where I wheel is hard on tires, I have seen every brand of tires cut. Have abused Coopers with good result, a shot of mine from January, was right at 4yrs old and had seen "a few" trails.

Absoloutly tyres are a bit like that, but without question coopers have the worst rep here, and regarding terrain we have all sorts here too not just one tyre that works or doesn't work. Horses for courses but i wouldn't have coopers on any of them personally.

 

[Tools R Us]

Absoloutly tyres are a bit like that, but without question coopers have the worst rep here, and regarding terrain we have all sorts here too not just one tyre that works or doesn't work. Horses for courses but i wouldn't have coopers on any of them personally.

I got your testimony/opinion the first time. But, also read Darren's; "have been the toughest tyres we can find over here that drive ok on the road, and work." So, obviously you don't speak for all of Australia, or need to get with Darren and straighten him out?

For tire selection, the best is to largely ignore "internet knowledge". Hookup with with locals and see what works best on like rigs, in the terrain that you intend to wheel in. If you wheel hard and often, you will cut tires, regardless of brand, bias ply, etc, it is part of the game.

On the MTR's, in our local terrain, they work OK on dry rock, Terra Grapplers grip better on wet rock. Have seen a bunch of them cut, would class the NTG's as tougher, overall better tires in our terrain. Have less experience with the new "kevlar" type, only a few run them and have only seen one cut, so far.

 

[ForealBoreal]

Toyo m55s if you want a more street tire.
Toyo mts if you want a more offroad tire.

 

[bruff]

I destroyed a set of Cooper ST/T on shotrock here on the logging roads in British Columbia. Split a sidewall from almost wheel to tread. I changed to Toyo. The people I talked to said that all the companies try to attain the toughness of the Toyo M55

 

[Trapper50cal]

I've been pointed to a couple of sites that sell the Toyo MT's for "reasonable" prices, but does anybody know where to get the M-55's online?

TOYO M55 LT RAD

 

[TexasD90]

The BFG KM2 in a 255/85 is an E rated tire. I live in Texas, and ranch for a living. I spend a lot of time driving through pastures covered in mesquite trees. It is my opinion that this is by far the best tire for my application. I have run coopers, maxis, goodyears, and nittos and have been very disappointed with all of them. I am on my 4th set of km2s on a 1 ton truck that I pull 32 foot trailers with, and have gotten 45-50k miles out of each set.

On another note, the worst tire I have ever owned is the Goodyear mtr with Kevlar. I got 17k miles out of them, and they were bald.

Just my $.02!

 

[TexasJack]

If the weight of the tire truly represents the hardiness then Toyo should be the choice. These are very heavy tires. From what I have heard they are the toughest as well.

I don't drive them because they can be a bit hard to come by at times.

 

[Eskaminzim]

...holy thread revival...

haha i had been looking at tire threads all day, it got late.
its like being in a time machine.
haha
sorry for bringing this one back to life.

 

[Ozdunc]

I got your testimony/opinion the first time. But, also read Darren's; "have been the toughest tyres we can find over here that drive ok on the road, and work." So, obviously you don't speak for all of Australia, or need to get with Darren and straighten him out?

Wasn't Darren talking about the ProComps, not Coopers?

I've run MTRs for the last 60,000 and apart from one 4" nail through the tread after about 500km, they've been great, need to be run at lower pressures cause of the thicker sidewall than say a BFG.

Hard to get MTRs down here at the mo and I need a new pair of boots so I'll probably go for the Procomps next set.

 

[Tools R Us]

Wasn't Darren talking about the ProComps, not Coopers? ...

Yep, Pro Comp, Mountain Cat, Dick Cepek, Mickey Thomson, etc, are all Cooper brands or private label tires, all made by Cooper. The "tri ply" thing is a Cooper thing, the tires made using that process, are basically made on the same type of carcass. The tread/sidewall molds, etc, differ, but as far as strength, durability in rock, cuts, etc, go they will perform close to the same.

The Pro Comp has a directional tread, has a softer tread compound, than say the STT. They will have differing wear rates, grip, etc. This thread is about tire strength, the Cooper brands that use the same type of construction, will perform very close to the same in that category.