Nitto calls the thread a “various pitch” design, which essentially means it has tighter lugs in the centre of the tyre for low noise and good handling on-road, while the alternating shoulder lugs and stepped tread blocks are designed to dig deep into slick surfaces and give you the grip you need. In fact, it’s even available in a two- or three-ply construction (although let’s be honest, there are few circumstances where two-ply would be the choice). Available in a huge range of sizes and well-suited to both heavy and light vehicles, it can handle the rigours of the daily commute as well as the weekend camping missions deep into the scrub. The Ridge Grappler is a true one-tyre-does-it-all. Tread depth on smaller sizes is a bit low.Availability in Australia seems hit and miss.Great for harder off-road trips without a loss in on-road handling.
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It really is hard to hate on an all-round performer like the Pirellis, and if you’re only an occasional off-road driver and spend a bunch of time on the bitumen, these really could be your next set of rubber. The tread features all the usual HT acumen – low noise, excellent wet weather grip, long-life – however it also is somewhat good off-road, at least until you start getting into the deep bogholes or boulder gardens, but it’s not designed or advertised at excelling in those arenas. If you’re doing a lot of Outback touring where you’ll be spending 80-90 per cent of your journey on the black top or dirt roads, then these tyres start making more and more sense. To be fair, the Pirelli Scorpion is actually designated as an AT tyre, but its super-sleek tread design is way more slanted towards highway driving. Not much chop in harder off-road settings.The Kumho is getting a little long in the tooth now, having been on the market since fuel was under a buck a litre, but its consistent performance, good looks and competitive pricing still make it a great choice for those looking for something a little different. Off-road, the beefy shoulder lugs keep the traction on mud and rocks plentiful although, we’d like to see some more sidewall tread on an updated tyre, which hopefully is not too far away. Despite the angry tread design, the KL71 is surprisingly quiet on-road and grippy in the wet, which comes down to the tightly packed centre lugs, which were developed using fluid mechanics to keep the noise levels on the lower and of the scale and resistant to any aqua-planing. The KL71 has been around for a long time now, and the Korean-built tyre is a solid and capable performer on- and off-road. Only one (small) size available on a 17in wheel.The Extreme Sidebiters on the sidewall are 150 per cent deeper than on the previous Baja ATZ P3 tyres and guarantee low-pressure traction in the soft stuff, while the toughness department is managed by the PowerPly XD feature – essentially a 50 per cent increase in denier cord used in the plies, to provide a mammoth amount of puncture resistance.Īlso worth noting is the silica-infused compound for greater wear characteristics and longer life, rounding out what has to be a shortlist tyre for just about any serious 4WD owner. Mickey Thompson reckon it offers fantastic road-holding while minimising noise, which is pretty much the gold-standard for an AT tyre. That’s probably due to things like the asymmetrical tread design that straddles the line between aggressive off- and on-road manners excellently. The Baja Boss AT is the latest and greatest from tyre giant Mickey Thompson, and while they have only been on the market for a short period of time, they’ve already won legions of fans. Fairly new so unproven in Aussie conditions.Muddy looks with all-terrain performance and Maxxis reliability? Yes please. With excellent on-road manners and off-road behaviour that’d rival a lot of well-known muddies in the soft stuff, this is a seriously top contender and should be on almost every 4WDer’s shortlist. The former AT Bravo from Maxxis won 4X4 Australia’s All Terrain Tyre of the year back in 2019, and the RAZR is not what you’d call a backwards evolutionary step. The Maxxis team threw a bunch of R&D at this tyre, and if things like three-ply sidewalls, high tensile fibres interwoven into the cap and 3D wave siping sounds like a bit of you, then you’ve found your tyre. And frankly, “everybody” could do a lot worse. 3-ply sidewall is beefy without being stiffĬarrying on the aggressive tradition of the RAZR MT, the AT version looks just as gnarly and, if appearance equalled performance, these would be the tyre of choice for everybody.
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