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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20540  
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I use MT’s on the road 95% of the time, just go easy with sudden braking in the wet.
Other than that, I wouldn’t go back. For your use ATR would be a toss up, but I use MTR all the time. No Guts, No Glory. 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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19th Jan 2025 9:14pm |
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| Grouse Member Since: 16 Apr 2012 Location: on the hill Posts: 522 |
Speaking from experience Cooper STT muds in 265/75/16 are noisy.
Toyo 255/85/16 Muds are very quiet in comparison |
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19th Jan 2025 9:15pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20540
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255/85 KM2 for me currently, would go for KM3 in future.
 No Guts, No Glory.
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19th Jan 2025 9:22pm |
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| Joe22 Member Since: 28 Apr 2023 Location: North West England Posts: 28  
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Thanks, both.
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19th Jan 2025 9:34pm |
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| Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 2091
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I’m running 255/85r16 BFG KM3 MT’s mounted on genuine sawtooth alloys on my 2.2 110. Had them for circa 12 months now. All has been very good so far.
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19th Jan 2025 9:40pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20540
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Ian - Did you have KM2 before those or were they new to you? No Guts, No Glory.
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19th Jan 2025 9:53pm |
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| MarkBrown Member Since: 03 Oct 2022 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 492  
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I've used M/T's for the last twenty years, all but a set of Insa Dakar's
( deafening and didn't last long ) were great. Usually 25 - 30k, by which time they are properly useless. I've had several sets of new unbranded ones, BFG's, Coopers, Kumho's and currently Toyo's. They're all much the same, but given the choice my favourites would be the Toyo Open Country ( currently fitted ) and the BFG Track Edge ( decade's ago ). My feeling is that when a M/T is worn down it will still work pretty well in the mud, but an A/T when worn is pretty hopeless. Overall the road manners of them all have been excellent, but they don't like wet roundabouts if taken too briskly. Also the patterns of M/T I've had have all been like a heavy A/T rather than a full on M/T, this probably makes quite a difference on the road. 1983 110 automatic OM606 |
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19th Jan 2025 10:09pm |
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| Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 2091
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Prior to the KM3’s I had 256/75 r16 Goodyear wrangler Durartrac AT’s, they were quite an aggressive tread pattern. They were on from new but after 10 plus years were noisy and deteriorating, even though that had a lot of tread left. The KM3s have been reassuringly good in all weathers , including the rain, but then I dont try to drive it like a boy racer. |
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19th Jan 2025 11:09pm |
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| Chicken Drumstick Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Near MK Posts: 762
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This is a bit of an open question.... What MT's are you looking at? They aren't all equal. Also your AT's are very much a road biased AT. It will also depend how quiet and refined your vehicle is. If its a Tdi, then you may not notice an MT as much as you will in a Td5 or Puma. Also how you drive will make a difference, if you like to push hard in the corners, you'll feel it (the vehicle) moving about on the MT lugs more so than an AT in the dry. And most likely less grip in the wet. Now I'm a complete MT fan..... and have owned/own and run many different ones, including some rather aggressive ones. And I agree, they do generally look better. Trade offs will likely be noise, grip and feel and maybe ride. Modern MTs can be very good and ones with sipes in should work well in many conditions. In fact in places like the USA some vehicles come factory fitted with MT tyres. However..... If you don't heavily off road, a good All Terrain is probably the better bet. I fitted AT's to my Jimny 4 1/2 years ago as it was my daily driver and until covid hit, I was doing a lot of miles. But I've been super impressed with the ATs, even in the mud and off road. So much so I fitted the same tread to a Ninety I use for running about in and laning and then renewed the set on the Jimny last month. The tyres are Maxxis Wormdrive AT980. They are an aggressive AT, but I really can't fault them. Rain, shine, snow or a wet & muddy Salisbury Plain. 
If you want a half way house, take a look at some of the RT tyres, they are just getting a little more popular in the UK. They often look way more aggressive than they really are. Click image to enlarge |
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19th Jan 2025 11:58pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20540
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Ian - That’s good to hear.
Maxxis do some nice tyres too, but the two things that I’d consider is tyre life, compared to BFG, and also the Maxxis does have a lower speed rating than BFG. No Guts, No Glory. 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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20th Jan 2025 10:44am |
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