Thanks for your honest comments mate. I am an old bloke with a 2018 Hilux, still on road tyres. Your tyres get a true workout, everyday, not on weekends. And you are not sponsored. But if you were I reckon you would still give an honest opinion. Love watching your videos, will go a long way to helping me decide on new tyres. One of the best sites on TH-cam I reckon, keep up the good work. All the best mate from Melbourne.
Good old hilux mate that's the go! Thankyou, that's high praise and I really appreciate you watching and getting something worthwhile from the vids. I will always be as honest as I can, it's just the way it goes I reckon. Thanks again mate. 👍
Great work - Tyres on your application are literally a huge consideration to make - great channel - I’m about to buy a number of these new model 70 series for an extremely demanding application in Liberia West Africa so I have been watching your show from the get go with great interest - keep em coming .👍
Wow mate that is bloody awesome, thanks for watching I'm glad your getting something out of the channel. Tyres are definitely a huge consideration. I'd be interested to know more about that project, the vehicles will be working hard I imagine?
Me again mate, fitted a heavy duty rear diff actuator plate guard, same brand as you fitted when you had the Hilux.Wanted to say thanks for showing that, very helpful. Thanks again.
Great picture quality. Thanks for the vid. I've had BFG KM's for over 10 years and think that they are a great all-rounder even though they are for mud. People that say they are dangerous in the wet probably drive their 4WD like it's a car around roundabouts.
Yeah look some people love them, and you could get them and be absolutely fine, who knows. I just ended up with a less then ideal experience I think yokohamas are great mate.
So unlucky to have two flats w/in a short amount of time, and on practically new tyres too. That's gotta hurt the wallet. But tyres are critically important. Specially for you, with the type of work you do, having the correct quality tyres is as important as having a very reliable and capable vehicle. I like your pragmatic approach to these things - utterly level headed. Onya mate. 👍
Yeah mate pretty unlucky, I did two with the Mickey's and one sidewall with the Toyo's already which I mentioned in my latest vid. It never ends mate! All I really need and care about is reliability and I don't like to muck around with shitty equipment. And yes lots of money on tyres lately, ridiculous. I'll sell the Mickey's I had on the front.
I have had 3 vehicles with full sets of Toyo all terrains and now I have them on my 79 series, so I reckon they are a good thing. Not one puncture but Im only in rough country now and then. I run 33s and empty get around 13.89 and loaded mid 14s .
That's the go mate, I'm actually getting the right rear Toyo replaced today, two sidewall punctures on the same tyre... not bad economy. I'm getting around 600km from 100ltr.
Nitto is owned by Toyo. Not sure if their tyres come from the same factory or share construction methods. I ran 2 sets of Ko2’s on my previous vehicle (Hilux) and had no issues with them, albeit my vehicle use is nowhere as harsh as your environment. Yes, they were ‘skatee in the wet when worn, but they were reliable. Enjoy your channel. Cheers
Yeah mate that's it, that's interesting good to know I've heard good things about BFG and they are are a global giant involved in racing and all sorts. I'll try them one day. Thankyou 👌
I found the side biters on the MT Baja AT’s have torn away from the sidewalls when in heavy rocks. They are good for other terrain but not rocks/boulders. I’m going back to tyres with a little less aggressive side biters.
Tyres are one of those things. I had BFG's ko2 on my hundred series no flats or anything but in mud they stink! -My upinion! Had a delamination problem with BFG'S well. Anyway for my bike i ones bought an Avon rear tyre, the thing was NOT round, so another one under warranty, well to make a long annoying, to me, story short, i went through 8 yes 8 tyres all with the same problem, it ended up being a "batch" problem the last one was of a different batch and was good. Just saying maybe you had a similar problem? I now run "Comforcers" MT 285 75sx16, 10PR, cheap but have run them before in the outback quite a bit, with no problems.
Haha what a bloody muck around mate! Yeah part of the issue for me was running the stock GXL rims which are a little to narrow for my size tyres. They are 7 inch wide, I've since gone to 8.
I’ve chipped and damaged my at baha boss just testing suspension on ruff corrugated roads for like 10 mins . 20-30 thousand klm towing the caravan and doing exploring will sort them out I guess 😂
Was there any warranty with the Mickey Ts? Also the Maxxis Razr MT might be another good option with the mining spec variant having further reinforced sidewalls.
That's a negative mate unfortunately, yeah for sure I have looked at them and may try them one day. Interestingly, the fella at my local Tyreright reckons Yokohama have warranted punctures for their g003 MT... Thanks 🍻
Thankyou mate, I have not run the Maxxis MT, so I have no first hand experience. However I hear really good things about them, and ronny dahl swears by them, he is sponsored by them now, but he was running them and liked them before the sponsorship. Maxxis in general are supposed to be solid tyres. Cheers
@@OutbackOffroadNT yeah I know RD was running them. All good. I’ve had some ATs before and they were good. Just thinking bout going to the MTs on my 200. Keep posting mate, good channel.
HAHA....... just joking mate, nothing wrong with that at all! I like the Kenda Kleva, I've had a fella tell me they are good in the bush... I would definitely try them. Cheers 🍻
Hey mate how's it going. I've run the toyo open country for about 4 sets now and average around 70 to 80k out of them. Rotate every 10k great tyre good for putting a load on. Bit of a shortage of them at the moment I've paid anything from $270 to $350 a tyre , that's in Townsville and Cairns. I've used bfg muddy and had a fail with them. Stay with toyo mate they are great. I'll check the price here for you next time out of here. Get them a lot cheaper. Rito keep going 👍.
I'm good thanks mate, hope your well. That's good feedback and I really do like these Toyo's, my old man likes the Toyo all terrains. He used to run them on his hilux. Appreciate that mate the bloody prices here are insane haha.
That's great, i run a 2018 79 single cab and do a lot of station work out to Mt Isa and up through the gulf. And the muddy comes into their own, especially when it's pissing down . And compared to others, they aren't that noisy. Unfortunately, they do burn more fuel . I have run the mickey thomson as well, and don't rate them . Get more, k out of the toyo.
That's very interesting, lots of people telling me about tyres drive around in town and don't understand what it's like out in the scrub. Great to have another perspective from someone using there gear out bush. How do you like your LandCruiser?
. it great . I've put 200k on the clock gets serviced every 5k from new. Just tuned it and amazing the difference. if I got 250km to quarter a tank was pretty good , but first drive out of town I looked down at the same stage and had 320km . I only wanted bit better fuel economy and when I over take bet more power, no need to drop Back to fourth, leave it in 5th, and just pulls. The bloke who tuned it does work for a company that has probably 6 or 7 stations, and he did a manifold clean first, then tune . It's well priced as well.
Yeah that's the go mate, 5000km service intervals really are what's needed for vehicles that work offroad. I'm toying with the idea of a tune. Always worry about reliability and like to leave things as stock as possible though, I really need it to be done properly. And not looking for crazy power.
I am in cairns shop recommend me maxxis rather than Toyo. But I want AT tyre for my hilux, now I am back to research what tyre for my 79, interest about the extra fuel consumption with 33,
I had talks with mt about tyres hard to get answers over priced crap I run nitto trail grapplers m/t the best ever they are heavy tyre but man are they tough straight up 5,000ks hard dirt not one mark now 40,000ks in like new love em that’s on my 100 series turbo diesel enjoy
I am supposed to hear Mickey’s disappointed you. Was this pure bad luck, we can come to a kind of conclusion after you cut that tyre in 1/2. Let’s dig in to details. I am running ATZP3 two sets in my prado for nearly 8 years in all sort of conditions, never had a puncher or even a slightest leak. Please do that dig in review, l have to lock in to a decent tyre for my new Troopy Thanks mate Always appreciate your work. Don.M
Could be a bit of bad luck, I am keen to cut the tyre in half and see what's what for sure. Be interesting I reckon mate, that's a good run and if they've served you well that's excellent. Thankyou
Toyo have killed off the Open Country AT2 and replaced it with the Toyo Open Country AT3 which has a softer tread compound & different tread pattern. I've seen Toyo do this before with it's tyres and the new tyre is nowhere near as good or lasts as long as the old version. I won't ever buy COOPER tyres again, all marketing hype with a B.S mileage guarantee they are so I might have to go Bridgestone.
Was running Toyo MT until year before last. Changed to Toyo AT3 when out and about and needed to change tyres that were on their last. Could not get Toyo MT in a hurry. My impressions. AT3 are better on bitumen in the wet and a bit less tyre noise. They might use a smidgen less fuel but not enough to worry about. MT better off road and appear stronger. 3 ply sidewall vs 2 ply for AT3. Intend to fit new Toyo MT before I head off around Aus in a few months.
@@dognute2746 Good to know about your experience with the AT3. I've never had an issue with the AT2 in the wet & otherwise. I might give the AT3 a go depending on price. I had Toyo HO2 LT 8 plies on my one tonner 20 years ago & Toyo changed the carcass size & tread width and pattern and the new version was rubbish compared to the old HO2.
Yeah look I have heard good things about the Toyo at3 to be honest. But the Toyo MT is obviously stronger and my first pick over something like the at3.
Thanks for your honest comments mate. I am an old bloke with a 2018 Hilux, still on road tyres. Your tyres get a true workout, everyday, not on weekends. And you are not sponsored. But if you were I reckon you would still give an honest opinion. Love watching your videos, will go a long way to helping me decide on new tyres. One of the best sites on TH-cam I reckon, keep up the good work. All the best mate from Melbourne.
Good old hilux mate that's the go! Thankyou, that's high praise and I really appreciate you watching and getting something worthwhile from the vids. I will always be as honest as I can, it's just the way it goes I reckon. Thanks again mate. 👍
Great work - Tyres on your application are literally a huge consideration to make - great channel - I’m about to buy a number of these new model 70 series for an extremely demanding application in Liberia West Africa so I have been watching your show from the get go with great interest - keep em coming .👍
Wow mate that is bloody awesome, thanks for watching I'm glad your getting something out of the channel. Tyres are definitely a huge consideration. I'd be interested to know more about that project, the vehicles will be working hard I imagine?
Me again mate, fitted a heavy duty rear diff actuator plate guard, same brand as you fitted when you had the Hilux.Wanted to say thanks for showing that, very helpful. Thanks again.
Hey no worries mate, they are one of the most important upgrades as far as I'm concerned with the dramas I've had in the past.
Great picture quality. Thanks for the vid. I've had BFG KM's for over 10 years and think that they are a great all-rounder even though they are for mud. People that say they are dangerous in the wet probably drive their 4WD like it's a car around roundabouts.
No worries mate, thankyou for watching. That's a long run with BFG. I do want to try them one day.
I had Toyo Open Country on Ford Territory,the best tyres I ever had!
Damn. I was looking at getting those mickeys. Might stay with my Yokohamas then. They have been flawless for me
Yeah look some people love them, and you could get them and be absolutely fine, who knows. I just ended up with a less then ideal experience I think yokohamas are great mate.
Gday, it’s going to be interesting with how they hold up, hopefully good, cheers
Yeah for sure mate, I've got a lot of faith in them! They did bloody well on my previous cruiser. We will see.
So unlucky to have two flats w/in a short amount of time, and on practically new tyres too. That's gotta hurt the wallet. But tyres are critically important. Specially for you, with the type of work you do, having the correct quality tyres is as important as having a very reliable and capable vehicle. I like your pragmatic approach to these things - utterly level headed. Onya mate. 👍
Yeah mate pretty unlucky, I did two with the Mickey's and one sidewall with the Toyo's already which I mentioned in my latest vid. It never ends mate! All I really need and care about is reliability and I don't like to muck around with shitty equipment. And yes lots of money on tyres lately, ridiculous. I'll sell the Mickey's I had on the front.
I have had 3 vehicles with full sets of Toyo all terrains and now I have them on my 79 series, so I reckon they are a good thing. Not one puncture but Im only in rough country now and then. I run 33s and empty get around 13.89 and loaded mid 14s .
That's the go mate, I'm actually getting the right rear Toyo replaced today, two sidewall punctures on the same tyre... not bad economy. I'm getting around 600km from 100ltr.
I've had a pretty good run so far from a set of Hankook Dynapro RT05s 265/70r17s on my 2019 Hilux.
That's the go mate. 👌
Nitto is owned by Toyo. Not sure if their tyres come from the same factory or share construction methods. I ran 2 sets of Ko2’s on my previous vehicle (Hilux) and had no issues with them, albeit my vehicle use is nowhere as harsh as your environment. Yes, they were ‘skatee in the wet when worn, but they were reliable.
Enjoy your channel.
Cheers
Yeah mate that's it, that's interesting good to know I've heard good things about BFG and they are are a global giant involved in racing and all sorts. I'll try them one day. Thankyou 👌
I found the side biters on the MT Baja AT’s have torn away from the sidewalls when in heavy rocks. They are good for other terrain but not rocks/boulders. I’m going back to tyres with a little less aggressive side biters.
Very good to know mate, thanks what will you go with?
I would be interested in seeing a bit more on your day to day jobs on the station. What machinery do you operate etc.
Station tour vid coming up soon mate!
Tyres are one of those things. I had BFG's ko2 on my hundred series no flats or anything but in mud they stink! -My upinion! Had a delamination problem with BFG'S well.
Anyway for my bike i ones bought an Avon rear tyre, the thing was NOT round, so another one under warranty, well to make a long annoying, to me, story short, i went through 8 yes 8 tyres all with the same problem, it ended up being a "batch" problem the last one was of a different batch and was good. Just saying maybe you had a similar problem?
I now run "Comforcers" MT 285 75sx16, 10PR, cheap but have run them before in the outback quite a bit, with no problems.
Haha what a bloody muck around mate! Yeah part of the issue for me was running the stock GXL rims which are a little to narrow for my size tyres. They are 7 inch wide, I've since gone to 8.
I’ve chipped and damaged my at baha boss just testing suspension on ruff corrugated roads for like 10 mins . 20-30 thousand klm towing the caravan and doing exploring will sort them out I guess 😂
Yeah that will be a good run for them mate, especially if you are hitting the dirt.
I have had a lot of good results out bush with the old Dunlop road grippers still a factory option from Toyota not sexy but tough.
In 225/95R16?
@@ianparsons8894 I think 🤔 so they come on the workmate not the best road manners but in hard terrain they seem to be tough
Yeah, that’s 225/95R16 then. Same diameter as 285/75R16 but much narrower which would also help a bit with less punctures (less width to worry about)
Even better were the old Dunlop Super Gripper's in 7.50R16 8 PR if you like riding on pizza cutters. Fats are where its at with me now.
Yeah mate, you see them on a lot of standard rigs getting around.
Got 108,000 out of first Toyo MT’s Zero issues including fair bit of off road. I won’t use anything else on my 80. Best Tyre you can buy
Holy shit, really? Well Ronny Dahl's mate Torbs got about the same apparently. That's incredible for an MT, Toyo don't muck around aye.
Was there any warranty with the Mickey Ts?
Also the Maxxis Razr MT might be another good option with the mining spec variant having further reinforced sidewalls.
That's a negative mate unfortunately, yeah for sure I have looked at them and may try them one day. Interestingly, the fella at my local Tyreright reckons Yokohama have warranted punctures for their g003 MT... Thanks 🍻
Yeah that’s what I’m looking at.
Your rig is looking shweeet. The tougher sidewalls is safer. What’s your view on the Maxxis MTs?
Thankyou mate, I have not run the Maxxis MT, so I have no first hand experience. However I hear really good things about them, and ronny dahl swears by them, he is sponsored by them now, but he was running them and liked them before the sponsorship. Maxxis in general are supposed to be solid tyres. Cheers
@@OutbackOffroadNT yeah I know RD was running them. All good. I’ve had some ATs before and they were good. Just thinking bout going to the MTs on my 200. Keep posting mate, good channel.
No worries mate, the big 200! Nice mate. Thanks much appreciated. 🙏
Can u read on the Mickey Thompson tyre where they were made? (country)
Thanks 👍
USA mate.
China or Thailand, I would understand them puncturing easily.....but American made 🤦
Please don’t laugh we’ve had an amazing run from KENDA MT. 10/10
HAHA....... just joking mate, nothing wrong with that at all! I like the Kenda Kleva, I've had a fella tell me they are good in the bush... I would definitely try them. Cheers 🍻
Hey mate how's it going.
I've run the toyo open country for about 4 sets now and average around 70 to 80k out of them. Rotate every 10k great tyre good for putting a load on. Bit of a shortage of them at the moment I've paid anything from $270 to $350 a tyre , that's in Townsville and Cairns. I've used bfg muddy and had a fail with them. Stay with toyo mate they are great. I'll check the price here for you next time out of here. Get them a lot cheaper. Rito keep going 👍.
I'm good thanks mate, hope your well. That's good feedback and I really do like these Toyo's, my old man likes the Toyo all terrains. He used to run them on his hilux. Appreciate that mate the bloody prices here are insane haha.
That's great, i run a 2018 79 single cab and do a lot of station work out to Mt Isa and up through the gulf. And the muddy comes into their own, especially when it's pissing down . And compared to others, they aren't that noisy. Unfortunately, they do burn more fuel . I have run the mickey thomson as well, and don't rate them . Get more, k out of the toyo.
That's very interesting, lots of people telling me about tyres drive around in town and don't understand what it's like out in the scrub. Great to have another perspective from someone using there gear out bush. How do you like your LandCruiser?
. it great . I've put 200k on the clock gets serviced every 5k from new. Just tuned it and amazing the difference. if I got 250km to quarter a tank was pretty good , but first drive out of town I looked down at the same stage and had 320km . I only wanted bit better fuel economy and when I over take bet more power, no need to drop Back to fourth, leave it in 5th, and just pulls. The bloke who tuned it does work for a company that has probably 6 or 7 stations, and he did a manifold clean first, then tune . It's well priced as well.
Yeah that's the go mate, 5000km service intervals really are what's needed for vehicles that work offroad. I'm toying with the idea of a tune. Always worry about reliability and like to leave things as stock as possible though, I really need it to be done properly. And not looking for crazy power.
I am in cairns shop recommend me maxxis rather than Toyo. But I want AT tyre for my hilux, now I am back to research what tyre for my 79, interest about the extra fuel consumption with 33,
Cool mate, yeah heavier tyre, more rolling resistance. Aggressive tread pattern etc. More fuel unfortunately.
I had talks with mt about tyres hard to get answers over priced crap I run nitto trail grapplers m/t the best ever they are heavy tyre but man are they tough straight up 5,000ks hard dirt not one mark now 40,000ks in like new love em that’s on my 100 series turbo diesel enjoy
That's pretty interesting mate, yeah I will try Nitto one day. Toyo and Nitto are quality heavy duty tyres. Sweet rig btw, cheers
@@OutbackOffroadNT I think toyo owns nitto both good tyres enjoy
I am supposed to hear Mickey’s disappointed you. Was this pure bad luck, we can come to a kind of conclusion after you cut that tyre in 1/2. Let’s dig in to details.
I am running ATZP3 two sets in my prado for nearly 8 years in all sort of conditions, never had a puncher or even a slightest leak.
Please do that dig in review, l have to lock in to a decent tyre for my new Troopy
Thanks mate
Always appreciate your work.
Don.M
Could be a bit of bad luck, I am keen to cut the tyre in half and see what's what for sure. Be interesting I reckon mate, that's a good run and if they've served you well that's excellent. Thankyou
@@OutbackOffroadNT
Thanks mate. Keeps posting
Toyo have killed off the Open Country AT2 and replaced it with the Toyo Open Country AT3 which has a softer tread compound & different tread pattern. I've seen Toyo do this before with it's tyres and the new tyre is nowhere near as good or lasts as long as the old version. I won't ever buy COOPER tyres again, all marketing hype with a B.S mileage guarantee they are so I might have to go Bridgestone.
Was running Toyo MT until year before last. Changed to Toyo AT3 when out and about and needed to change tyres that were on their last. Could not get Toyo MT in a hurry. My impressions. AT3 are better on bitumen in the wet and a bit less tyre noise. They might use a smidgen less fuel but not enough to worry about. MT better off road and appear stronger. 3 ply sidewall vs 2 ply for AT3. Intend to fit new Toyo MT before I head off around Aus in a few months.
@@dognute2746 Good to know about your experience with the AT3. I've never had an issue with the AT2 in the wet & otherwise. I might give the AT3 a go depending on price. I had Toyo HO2 LT 8 plies on my one tonner 20 years ago & Toyo changed the carcass size & tread width and pattern and the new version was rubbish compared to the old HO2.
Yeah look I have heard good things about the Toyo at3 to be honest. But the Toyo MT is obviously stronger and my first pick over something like the at3.
I would be interested in seeing a bit more on your day to day jobs on the station. What machinery do you operate etc.
Station tour coming up soon mate!