Hello Folks
I spent the evening looking at tire information (here, samba, ratwell and others). Presently I am running 195/70 R14 Laredo's. This is my second set and they have served me well. Most of my travel has been road-based but next year's adventure will have a significant portion of off-highway travel. We are hoping to hop off Mexican #1
as much as possible in our time down in Baja Sur. I don't know if you have seen the adventure posted on
www.vwvagabonds.com but in their 60,000 mile journey they used a set of 8.5"x27"x14" BF Goodrich A/T. (
http://www.vwvagabonds.com/SuccessFailure.html) They had one flat as they travelled from SAmerican, Africa and India. I didn't see a lot of pavement on their website. These tires are advertised as having strong enough sidewalls for low pressure get out of sand etc. use.
The only other (very semi) aggressive trouble-free tread I can seem to find is the Michelin LTX AT. I could run a similar size to the Laredo's I am presently using. These I don't think are low pressure oriented at all.
There seems to be a 'dirth' of AT Tire talk. Anyone out there have some good links I could look at? Any advise? I know the BF's are a bigger tire and first gear will not have the same 'snap'. (195/70's are about 25.5" vs 27") The folks at vwvagabonds ran a 1600 mill, while I will have a new 2.0 still the gear ration/wheel/clutch will have some extra work to do.
The other factor is that my rims are 5.5" and the BF's have a minimum recommended requirment of 6". This will have them bulge a bit. I hear off-roaders do this on purpose and Rich at vwvagabonds used his 5.5's. Thoughts?
Looking forward to hearing from folks.
(Baja) California (Sur) Dreaming....
