Off road tyres

Stefdogs · Member

Off road tyres

moamajohn · Guru

Hi Pete.What type of tug have you got ?

Stefdogs · Member

We have the new Holden Colorado John, which has 17 inch rims. Does this make a difference, if so I will go and have a look what it has on it now. Some people sing the praises of Coopers but not sure if this is just marketing hype.

Stefdogs · Member

By the way we intend to tow a rather heavy caravan at least 2.7 tonnes loaded.

moamajohn · Guru

OK Pete,First up no doubt you will get a drayload of comments .First your size means bugger all.Secondly... if the tug is new and you will only wander off road a bit here and there ,why do anything.Its all about tyre pressure and speed speed and speed ! Some years ago I did an intensive FWD course in my 5yr old Prado with the original Grandtreks with 50k on them.We had 9 different tugs on the 2 day course . We went mud ,hills, rivers [600ml] bloody rocks ...the lot.Only myself and a new Pajero got thru the lot without mishaps.[I now have a Pajero too ].So unless you want to do the B/dsville trak on the bloody giberstones just take it easy and use up your tyres and don,t rush OK. As an aside the guy at the tyre joint in B/Ville only sez that Bridgies are the go ![not ! coops cause the sides give out .His words not mine cause I have not done it ] Just remember ...when it gets rough drop the pressures on van and tug at the same time ! All the best from someone that does it on the tyres that come with the tug and have had no trouble after 1000ks of corner country .John

Baz421 · Guru

moamajohn wrote:
OK Pete,First up no doubt you will get a drayload of comments .First your size means bugger all.Secondly... if the tug is new and you will only wander off road a bit here and there ,why do anything.Its all about tyre pressure and speed speed and speed ! Some years ago I did an intensive FWD course in my 5yr old Prado with the original Grandtreks with 50k on them.We had 9 different tugs on the 2 day course . We went mud ,hills, rivers [600ml] bloody rocks ...the lot.Only myself and a new Pajero got thru the lot without mishaps.[I now have a Pajero too ].So unless you want to do the B/dsville trak on the bloody giberstones just take it easy and use up your tyres and don,t rush OK. As an aside the guy at the tyre joint in B/Ville only sez that Bridgies are the go ![not ! coops cause the sides give out .His words not mine cause I have not done it ] Just remember ...when it gets rough drop the pressures on van and tug at the same time ! All the best from someone that does it on the tyres that come with the tug and have had no trouble after 1000ks of corner country .John

I back this advice also Pete

PJK · Senior Member

Are you buying a new or second hand caravan??

If new, I would request the van be fitted with hubs that allow the same stud pattern as your tug. Then you can match the wheels and tyres on tug and van.
It gives you the versatility of rotating the tug tyres onto the van etc, and allows your spares to be used on either vehicle.

Can be very useful if going into the true outback.

PJK

-- Edited by PJK on Saturday 3rd of May 2014 08:53:57 PM

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

PJK wrote:
Are you buying a new or second hand caravan??

If new, I would request the van be fitted with hubs that allow the same stud pattern as your tug. Then you can match the wheels and tyres on tug and van.
It gives you the versatility of rotating the tug tyres onto the van etc, and allows your spares to be used on either vehicle.

Can be very useful if going into the true outback.

PJK

-- Edited by PJK on Saturday 3rd of May 2014 08:53:57 PM

Stud pattern is only one part of having the same wheels on the tug and van.

The rim offset must be the same too and that can affect the axle length. Then the studs should be the correct diameter and thread and the nuts should be the same type.

Much easier to get it right first than fix it afterwards,

Cheers,

Peter