Onya Mike! Keen to hear how you go with the warranty process when you’re back in Perth. If it works how it should- it’s a bloody good bit of insurance for blokes like you and I!
Yea, definable mate. I'll do a quick update once I had it replaced as too how it went. Enjoy the show guys. I was hoping to meet Tiff this yr but won't be back in time. Enjoy the new van, looking forward to the new adventures with the family. Take care guys.
Dave here.............We have been using Yokohama Geolanders for the last 6 years. Last 4 in remote offtrack areas with sharp rocks, schist and lots of mulga stumps. My wife Kath doesn't like to prospect far from the car so we do a lot of driving through unmarked bush and rock. you should see the pinstripes hahaha. We do around 4 or 5 trips a year of 14-18 days each a long way from nearest towns and carry 2 spares. So far so good but we run higher PSI around 48 -50 psi in the 100 series and go extremely slow across heavy rock, schist and mulga areas. Often getting out to remove timber and sticks and stamping down any that stick up. Tyres have about 30,000 left on them so will definitely look at the X A/Ts next time. I just put a full set on our caravan and got one of the buy 4 pay 3 specials. Worked out at about $1250 for 4 tyres for the van. We also do a bit of beach fishing around Preston in the 100 series and the A/Ts are fine on the beach.
Cheers Dave. Yea, I was running 45 psi and truly believe I was just unlucky. Preston, yea I fish there too. But if you've seen my fishing vids I'm a pretty shit fisherman 🤣🤣🤣 This is my last 2 days in the Goldfields until next yr. Pin stripping- aw yea. I'm good at that too. But to be honest, it's hard not too when remote prospecting. Thanx for commenting Dave.
I run 45-50 on my KM3 Mud Terrains out in the WA sticks. Touch " wood ", I have not staked a sidewall yet in at least 6 months offroad! I am, however,careful where my " feet " go though!
Yep, KM's are a great tyre. I ran a set of MT Wranglers one yr, kevlar side walls. Mate, tough as and no staking. But I do too much black top to use them. They tended to scallop out on me over time.
Hey, you talk about tyre pressure in the goldfields. I have found if I air down to 20, not only is the ride better, I usually get through a trip without a staked tyre. If I don’t air down I guarantee I will get one or two punctures. I look at it this way. If the tyre has some give it may escape some stakes by virtue the tyre has taken up some slack. Look at a balloon, if it’s hard it’s much easier to pop than if it’s soft.
That's interesting 🤔 I'm always happy to be proven wrong. I'm keen to see what others think and was going to raise this topic as an dedicated video. Thanx mate. 👍
Wow, 20 is good for just creeping around, but I wouldn't want to be caught in an emergency with that pressure and have to travel for any long distance on the highway. I've ran 28 out the back of the Oodnadatta track to dalhousie springs but generally don't bother in the Goldfields. I only fluff around with tyre pressures on the beach. 🙂
@ we air back up on the bitumen. 20 is fine for under 60 kph. At 20 on AT tyres they hardly look like you have let any air out. It’s more for give than length of footprint.
Dave here. Low tyre pressures expose the sidewalls too much. A sharp edge of a rock or schist will slice straight through. We run our Geolanders at 50psi and when bush bashing across country away from any tracks just creep very slowly over obstacles.
@@kathyadams7025 never had a rock puncture a tyre when prospecting. That’s driving over schist knife, basalt, laterite, and if course masses of quartz. It’s the pencil roots that will usually get ya!
Onya Mike!
Keen to hear how you go with the warranty process when you’re back in Perth. If it works how it should- it’s a bloody good bit of insurance for blokes like you and I!
Yea, definable mate. I'll do a quick update once I had it replaced as too how it went.
Enjoy the show guys. I was hoping to meet Tiff this yr but won't be back in time.
Enjoy the new van, looking forward to the new adventures with the family. Take care guys.
Dave here.............We have been using Yokohama Geolanders for the last 6 years. Last 4 in remote offtrack areas with sharp rocks, schist and lots of mulga stumps. My wife Kath doesn't like to prospect far from the car so we do a lot of driving through unmarked bush and rock. you should see the pinstripes hahaha. We do around 4 or 5 trips a year of 14-18 days each a long way from nearest towns and carry 2 spares. So far so good but we run higher PSI around 48 -50 psi in the 100 series and go extremely slow across heavy rock, schist and mulga areas. Often getting out to remove timber and sticks and stamping down any that stick up. Tyres have about 30,000 left on them so will definitely look at the X A/Ts next time. I just put a full set on our caravan and got one of the buy 4 pay 3 specials. Worked out at about $1250 for 4 tyres for the van. We also do a bit of beach fishing around Preston in the 100 series and the A/Ts are fine on the beach.
Cheers Dave. Yea, I was running 45 psi and truly believe I was just unlucky.
Preston, yea I fish there too. But if you've seen my fishing vids I'm a pretty shit fisherman 🤣🤣🤣
This is my last 2 days in the Goldfields until next yr.
Pin stripping- aw yea. I'm good at that too. But to be honest, it's hard not too when remote prospecting.
Thanx for commenting Dave.
I run 45-50 on my KM3 Mud Terrains out in the WA sticks. Touch " wood ", I have not staked a sidewall yet in at least 6 months offroad! I am, however,careful where my " feet " go though!
Yep, KM's are a great tyre. I ran a set of MT Wranglers one yr, kevlar side walls. Mate, tough as and no staking. But I do too much black top to use them. They tended to scallop out on me over time.
Good tyres. I had 16s on my 200 series and they were great. Then tried the newer model 17s and they are extremely noisy.
Yea right. 👍
Hey, you talk about tyre pressure in the goldfields. I have found if I air down to 20, not only is the ride better, I usually get through a trip without a staked tyre. If I don’t air down I guarantee I will get one or two punctures.
I look at it this way. If the tyre has some give it may escape some stakes by virtue the tyre has taken up some slack. Look at a balloon, if it’s hard it’s much easier to pop than if it’s soft.
That's interesting 🤔 I'm always happy to be proven wrong.
I'm keen to see what others think and was going to raise this topic as an dedicated video.
Thanx mate. 👍
Wow, 20 is good for just creeping around, but I wouldn't want to be caught in an emergency with that pressure and have to travel for any long distance on the highway.
I've ran 28 out the back of the Oodnadatta track to dalhousie springs but generally don't bother in the Goldfields. I only fluff around with tyre pressures on the beach. 🙂
@ we air back up on the bitumen.
20 is fine for under 60 kph.
At 20 on AT tyres they hardly look like you have let any air out. It’s more for give than length of footprint.
Dave here. Low tyre pressures expose the sidewalls too much. A sharp edge of a rock or schist will slice straight through. We run our Geolanders at 50psi and when bush bashing across country away from any tracks just creep very slowly over obstacles.
@@kathyadams7025 never had a rock puncture a tyre when prospecting.
That’s driving over schist knife, basalt, laterite, and if course masses of quartz.
It’s the pencil roots that will usually get ya!