Should I fit new shoes?

[fazza81]

Heading on in 6 weeks on a 6000 klm trip through central AUS.

The tyres currently are 3.5 years old with 44k on them, they have easy got another 10k in them but are starting to chip and crack on the treads.  Should I fit a new shiny set before I head off or wait and fit the new ones as soon as I get home?

Maxxis AT's.

Experiences on how quick they will go once at this stage?

Thanks

[Joff]

trust your instincts

[MrCruza]

This question has been asked before and it seems that there are definitely apposing views.

1 camp says no, destroy the old ones and put shiny new ones on when you get back.
The other camp says yes, put shiny new, safer, more legal ones on before you go.

Me? I'm firmly in the second camp. Can't for the life of me figure out why you would embark on a big trip with dodgy tyres. 

[Bird]

This question has been asked before and it seems that there are definitely poisoning views.

1 camp says no, destroy the old ones and put shiny new ones on when you get back.
The other camp says yes, put shiny new, safer, more legal ones on before you go.

Me? I'm firmly in the second camp. Can't for the life of me figure out why you would embark on a big trip with dodgy tyres. 

wat he said.

[Joff]

This question has been asked before and it seems that there are definitely poisoning views.

1 camp says no, destroy the old ones and put shiny new ones on when you get back.
The other camp says yes, put shiny new, safer, more legal ones on before you go.

Me? I'm firmly in the second camp. Can't for the life of me figure out why you would embark on a big trip with dodgy tyres. 

This is what instinct should tell us 

[fazza81]

Yeah I am leaning towards fitting up before we leave, not sure its worth the risk of flats somewhere across the desert.

[Rumpig]

Me? I'm firmly in the second camp. Can't for the life of me figure out why you would embark on a big trip with dodgy tyres. 

I'm of the same opinion. The cost of buying replacement tyres outback is usually more, let alone getting the same tyres you want being harder to do also...possibly not even an option, with take it or leave it with what they have usually being your choice.

[scott13april]

It depends how remote you are going? Also factor in how much more a new tyre will cost in outback. If you are doing the old Ghan track, the peace of mind from new tyres will be worth tonnes, when driving over all those glinting dog spikes littering the track.


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[Joff]

Doesn't anyone else pull their shoes off at 2/3rds gone and sell them to some kid that cant aford new ones?

Dunno about ATs but there is no shortage of kids willing to part with a few hundred clams to secure a usable set of muds.

I do it coz i dont do enough km to wear them out but after 5 or 6 years they need replacing anyway to be worthy of a real trip

Thats what i just did with the KM2s, did it with the old MTZs in perth and before that with the old BFG MTs

[Joff]

It depends how remote you are going? Also factor in how much more a new tyre will cost in outback. If you are doing the old Ghan track, the peace of mind from new tyres will be worth tonnes, when driving over all those glinting dog spikes littering the track.


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 Nn

Thats one road where you are sure to destroy old or new 

[Rumpig]

Doesn't anyone else pull their shoes off at 2/3rds gone and sell them to some kid that cant aford new ones?

Dunno about ATs but there is no shortage of kids willing to part with a few hundred clams to secure a usable set of muds.

I do it coz i dont do enough km to wear them out but after 5 or 6 years they need replacing anyway to be worthy of a real trip

Thats what i just did with the KM2s, did it with the old MTZs in perth and before that with the old BFG MTs

yeah I did same with my last set of muddies. A mate told me what some young kid paid him for his, I thought he was full of crap until I sold mine to some P plater who wanted them for his Hilux.

[speewa158]

lts a whole lot cheaper to buy them at home , where you can ring around for a good deal . Out there yo gets whats you  are civen & the price will take yo away . Do it NOW     

[Hoyks]

After experiencing the joys of trying to get a tyre repaired on a Saturday afternoon in western Queensland (Hughenden), I'd replace them before leaving home. Most tyre failures occur in the last 30% of their tread life, so better to have newish tyres at the start of the trip.

That said, it was the factory tyres with less than 3000km on them on my mates ute that had to get repaired. The crappy 3/4 worn out chinese things I had 3/4 of the tread worn off I couldn't kill with a stick..... come to think of it, go with the old ones. The only time I have holed 2 tyres in a weekend, they were brand new tyres

But my mates tyre was a Bridgestone and the two I destroyed were also Bridgestones, so come to your own conclusions there.

If the road turns to slop, the extra tread on new tyres comes in handy.

[nab]

I asked this question a couple of months ago and got mixed answers. New tyres on a long road trip makes good sense with regards to safety and convenience/prevention of flat/damaged tyres.

I decided to replace all 5 of my Maxxis 980 for Toyo AT2 after 40,000km before I go on holiday. They still had 5-7mm tread left. In the end, after selling the old tyres, I was out of pocket $1000.

[Rumpig]

..... come to think of it, go with the old ones. The only time I have holed 2 tyres in a weekend, they were brand new tyres

funnily enough I'm the opposite...the only 2 flats I have copped were on well worn tyres on the one trip (2 days apart), and this is the very reason I go for new or newish tyres these days when going away on a big trip.
Actually I tell a slight lie...I destroyed a one week old tyre on a work job site once, put a 4" long slice in the sidewall of the tyre on a piece of metal sticking out that I didn't see.