BFG AT versus Good Year MT/R

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Hi,
I've just bought a Defender 110 which has BFG AT tyres on deep dish alloy wheels, I also have a set of Good Year Wrangler MT/R on tubeless HD steel wheels (I need one new tyre to replace a badly worn one). I originally bought the MT/Rs to put on my other 110" instead of the (very mild) Grabber TRs, long before the "new" 110 became available which is how I ended up with two very similar types of tyre.

The 110" wil be used for a mix of road and green laning, often solo, Both tyre types are 235/85R16
I plan to sell the alloy wheels because I don't really like them and they limit the turning circle.
Bearing the use type in mind what are PHers experiences of both tyre types in mixed use?

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camel_landy said:

Personally, I'd go MTR.

Road manners are fine and they're a little more off-road biased than the AT.

M

Thinking the same.

Got to say I was pleased with them after many years on the Grabber TR, no major impact on grip or road noise.

We had to use them in 2003 on the BTCC as a control tyre and were underwhelmed but think that was because we were using the more aggressive Fedima tyres.

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SlimJim16v said:

I would go for the BFG MTs, quite an aggressive AT and should be enough for green lanes. They'll obviously be better on road and are snow rated. The Goodyear MT/RS are very good on road for an MT, but still not great.

Thanks but I'm not looking to buy new tyres just decide between what I already have.

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Thanks for all the experience from BFG users, sounds like I should be saving to get the tyres swapped between each set.

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I kept the MT/R on the tubeless HD rims.
These or the AT would both struggle in clay.
They do whirr on tarmac but grip is acceptable, snow performance largely irrelevant since we have so little.

Bear in mind that my other regular car is a Bowler on Kumho KL71 so I'm not looking for saloon car levels of refinement or grip.

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Familymad said:

Agree re the MTR. Cyclic humming noise gets worse as the tread wears too.

Did you try swapping the running side so they rotated in the opposite direction and did that make any difference?

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Familymad said:

Agree re the MTR. Cyclic humming noise gets worse as the tread wears too.

Related to this I've noticed on some surfaces around 50 to 60mph it feels like the 'Rover is driving on a mildly corrugated surface. Need to have a look at the tyres to see if they are wearing oddly and whether changing the direction of rotation might help.