Iv had 37x13.50 maxxis mudzilla's. 37x12.50 maxxis creepies. 37x12.50 comp trepadores.
I rate the creepies and treps very highly. muzillas were rubbish just like all tyres with that tread pattern. were very quiet on the road though.
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Iv had 37x13.50 maxxis mudzilla's. 37x12.50 maxxis creepies. 37x12.50 comp trepadores.
I rate the creepies and treps very highly. muzillas were rubbish just like all tyres with that tread pattern. were very quiet on the road though.
I have no complaints with my ATs, next time ill look at road tyres.
What do you think is better the creepies or the treps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacket_1985
I have only done on comparison between the 2 and they were both radial 35's, I think they are pretty similar but the thing that surprised me was the side wall tread on the treps out performed the creepies side wall tread on rock both wet and dry.
yes i have mudzillas and they are crap, scalloped all over the place and only about 3500 ks on them, never again.
Iv had both in bias obviously, not radials.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben-e-boy
Creepies are better on road, -wear much better. treps mince em' on EVERYTHING else, they even grip on road brilliantly. nice an quiet, just have to get pressures right.
after owning creepies for a while in 37's, i was so impressed that i wondered why you dont see them in comps more often. . . . . now iv owned trep's, i wonder no more. treps grip more.
if i Had to pay full price for tyres and wheels i would buy simex et2 36x12.50's and whack em on 16in allied savanna's. best aggressive wheel combo money value IMO.
i dont want anyone to think that creepies arent brilliant. . . they are. treps are just in a league of their own with simex in hot pursuit. creepies are a VERY easy 3rd choice of tyre. and a possible 1st choice if i had only one set of wheels. cant run treps daily -wont even last 5,000km. other options if i could only have one set of tyres would be procomp extreme MT's, or BF goodrich MT's both in 37's. in that group it would be easy to go for the maxxis creepie in 37. tyre life would be a bit less than the other 2, call it 30,000km instead of 45,000km, but grip would be better than both.
iv had:
interco boggers, 38.5x13
interco swampers, 38.5x13
maxxis creepies, 37x12.5
maxxis mudzillas, 37x13.5
maxxis treps, 37x12.5
simex et2's, 35x11.5 and 36x12.5
mickey thompson bias claws, 35x12.5
and more. -basically iv tried most mainstream aggressive tyres i can get my mitts on. iv been offered a set of 40in trep's at a really good price by greg @ G&S tyres. i havnt tried 40's yet.
just to see how they go. . . . ill have to chop my guards and ditch my flares and get flexy flares.
oh, and if you want to run treps, get yourself sponsored part or in full, or bend over when you get the bill.
most tyres are around 450-550ea. comp 17in treps arent.
I looked at some Bighorns last year when I was getting new rubber and didn't go with them due to fact that they are small 33, They were over an inch shorter in height than the GT Radials I got. A mate of mine got the bighorns at the same time and we do similar km's and they wore out reasonably quickly compared to the GT's
Just my 2cents
I've had both the Maxxis Bighorn and 751. For the money they're ok, found the Bighorns to be a bit washy in the sand and a tad loud on the road.But great in the mud and over the rocks. The 751 are great at what tthey're designed for as a general all round tire for the money.
I had Maxxis Bravo 750 H/T as the back tyres on my patrol. Had a blow out on the right back corner yesterday coming into Alice Springs on the highway. I've done 9,000km on them. In the wet they do slip a little but in the dry they seemed fine. Also on the beach they are great in the soft sand. They have been wearing a lot quicker then I would have thought after 9,000km. I'm not sure why the tyre blew though, maybe I picked up something sharp along the way. I don't mean to be negative against Maxxis as I'm sure the A/T's and M/T's are good. I just wouldn't buy the H/T again. I just put a set of Bridgestone D697 A/T on today.
Had Maxxis 751 33x12.50 on the truck when i bought it. With only 25% tread i did the muddy Watagans tracks, rock climbed and took on some big bog holes and never had a problem. A great tyre but was told that maxxis have phased them out, so i am giving the dynapro atm ago, i have nothing but praise for the 751 and are real quite on the black stuff.
Big Horns.....sand......rubbish, they go and get up most dunes but dig you down real quick on the beach and turn the tops of dunes to icing sugar for your mates. Everything else all good. I dont notice much noise on the bitumen either
Got a set of buckshot mudders 32x11.5xr15x10.
We're new on the shorty gq. Running 32 psi on the road - haven't been thru any decent mud or sand to lower them tho, not keen on the 15x10s haha.
But seem to handle on road alright, little noisey but that's a lot of rubber on road. See how they last as I live on a gravel road with a heavy foot ;)
Use Bravo on mine, so far excellent. No noise, and great on sand once I lower them down to 12-15 psi. on the road I use 32. I have Yokos Geolandar on my Frontier and IMO they squeal a lot compared to the Bravo.
The missus runs bravos on her Rav at 34 psi and their excellent been on there for 12months and about done about 35000kms and look almost new. I have bighorns on the trol 36psi on road and their nice and quite and have handled everything off-road so far.
Love em
Im curious about you guys running MT's on the road. Is your braking, turning ability compromised? I cruise at 180kph on my commute to work, 300kms. I was scared of using MT's so I went for the Bravos.
Wow 180 kph, not even sure if mine could go over 140 hahaha. I think the legal limit on most freeways and highways on this large island of ours is only 110kph. So we'd be in a spot of trouble if caught doing 180Quote:
Originally Posted by PeruY61
Luckly speed limit is not enforced Peru.
I notice that wind is really an issue for me at these speeds. Im going to switch my shocks for Bilsteins and see if handling gets any better.
A mate of mine with a pooluiser swears by them, and is on his 3rd set after 250000ks.
Update on the 265/70r16 bighorns after two full days driving the beaches. As mentioned above great for the dunes with the 3LRT gu climbing everything in its path but the beach is more of a struggle. The biggest downside is the soft sidewall which I noticed doesn't like limestone very well lol actually the sidewall is very soft and the slightest obstacle will set you back, thankfully I only lost on tyre but it should f been more.
Conclusion: I love the types but I won't be going close to any tracks with stones or a lot of voltages again unless it can't be helped
Just got MT 762s (33x12.5x15) this morning so will add my feedback after testing them out over the long weekend
Got a really good price at a place in Preston - $225 per tyre fitted/balanced
Geeze mate that's a bargin.
I had the at980's fitted for 265 a corner in a 33x10.5x15.
Atm I like them. They showed fast wear in the first few thousand k's but now have really settled.
Taking anything I do easily, even mud they kept up with the mud tyre with cleaning ability.
A little noisy but there and aggressive at so can't expect highway noise levels.
Will measure tread depth at 10 thou.
Just had new Maxxis fitted. I already purchased 2 Maxxis 751 275/65/R17's last year from a store that shut down so went to buy 2 more last week but they don't make them anymore,
So i tried to get the AT700 but they were not able to get them as they were out of stock and could not order any in so i ended up getting AT980's. My god are the 980's noisy at low
Speed (30-40kmh) but good once you get up to 60kmh all good.
You have me a bit concerned Kallen, i'm hoping mine don't wear to quick but i only average 10,000k's a year so it's not to big of an issue i suppose. Will keep you guys updated.
Yea that seem to have lost that first but quickly but now are going ok. Should see 60-70 thou out of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave_H
Yea I noticed a bit of noise increase, but still quiet compared to full time mud tyres.