paul dillon
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I use Cooper STT Pros on defender never had a problem always seem to work well road or track & field
AT Tyres
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Steff
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I go to my local garage who also put them on the rims. Prices are even lower than online.
Scandially
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An old 'keeper once told me.... "ye dinnae gang the the hill wi' yer slippers laddie".
I have 285/70R17 STT Pro’s on a ranger. Fantastic off road and I’ve done the best part of 30k miles with them on the road. Not the quietest of tyres, but I’ve done the alps and back a couple of times with them without too much drama.
They are due to be changed. I was contemplating the BFG AT KO2 for a bit more comfort. They were bloomin useless on my Amarok off road though, as in wet grass was a no go.
Following this with interest, but will no doubt go for the STT Pros again and put up with the road noise. MPG loss, if any is negliable
tomblincoe
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Cooper ST Maxx on my l200. They are excellent so far. I went up to a 265/70/17 which fits a treat on the l200 (series 5). Fills the arches and gives you an inch or so lift. The tyres are a hybrid AT/MT. They seem well mannered on the road and haven't missed a beat off-road either although I put them on this spring so haven't tested in proper gloop.
sako751sg
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Very surprised at the issues some are having too.
Just on my second set on the Navara and have been outstanding off road and i'm pretty much up the neck in dubs all winter with doing the ponds.Unless bellied,they have got me out of sticky moments where i thought i was doomed.
The wet can be bad but with a light rear it's to be expected.
Utectok
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Aye mine are on a 110 defender maybe the **** on road performance of my truck suits the tyres
monarman
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Brighty3006
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Anyone here have Davanti off road tyres
yes, £4 per tyre (postage)
Scandially
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I use my truck tread tyre cutter to give the open tread i want 
Steff
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I wonder what your insurance will have to say about that in the case of an event.I use my truck tread tyre cutter to give the open tread i want
carbon
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I'm in the US (Minnesota), and I too am confused by the criticisms leveled at BFG KO2s. This also happens on off-road forums as well…a certain percentage of people dislike it's performance, well, anywhere.
I think the tire is great on my Toyota 4runner, and I have quite a bit of midwestern off-roading in my past. They are excellent in the winter on packed snow and ice, great on tough two-track trails with sharp-ish rocks, it's low noise and long-wearing. I'm not a mud guy, and I see how they wouldn't be fantastic there.
It's a compromise tire, of course, but it saves one from swapping tires like an F1 race team just to get the best possible performance on any particular day. Storing extra wheels stinks.
The KO2 is not going to work like a snow tire that has tons of sipes (and maybe metal studs!) which would then get its sidewalls filleted on the trail. It's not a rain tire or mud tire.
If one drives any optimized tire in all conditions you'll find the downsides across the board are much more fierce than a decent AT tire's drawbacks.
I chalk it up to expectations.
Think it must depend what vehicle you have the BFG all terrains on. I've got them on my land rover 110 and found them brilliant. Sunk near down the axles in a stubble last year and it still clawed it's way out, I was mightly impressed with them. Road noise doesn't really matter because it's a landrover.
caorach
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I think it probably depends on your precise use and what you are comparing them to - I only do maybe 20 - 30 miles per week off the road on average (well in non-COVID years) and because I'm often in very remote places where there is no one to give me a tow I have to be careful and as a result I'm not in a position to risk sinking down to the axles. The upshot of this might be that my requirements are much less severe than what others might expect as I will mostly be on forestry or croft tracks, where I am I don't often drive on fields as the fields are peat bog and the Argo is the only thing that is useful on them. Compared to the Yokos, that I had previously, the BFGs excelled at nothing I needed them to do and were worse in almost every aspect of use so I can see no reason to consider them again now I'm coming up for replacement. So I guess the key factors in this are my use of the tyres, and previous tyres that I'm comparing them to, and my expectations of how I expect a modern AT type tyre to perform. On that basis there probably isn't a single person who will come to the same conclusion as I will.
However, based on the info and recommendations in this thread I'm going to talk to a man and see which of the tyres mentioned might be available as availability seems to be a real problem just now. If it turns out that choice is nearly zero then the BFGs might stay for another few months to see if things improve. However I will certainly be taking a look at Coopers as they seem very popular and it may even be that the Yokos might get a look in once again. Thank you to everyone for the suggestions. I would report back on what I get but as with most things there is no point running tyres for a day and giving an opinion, you really need to run them for their life to get a full idea of how they perform.
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