radial or tubeless?
 

Our Land Rover is equipped with tubeless tyres which didn´t stand up to the gravel roads in Kenia, Ethiopia and Sudan. Now we are planning to go back the Western route. Should we stick to our tubeless tyres or change to radial? What would you suggest?

Tubeless!
 

Yep, stick to tubeless, take a good brand. I liked BFGoodrich AT's. 1 puncture trans africa, and that really was up to myself, not the tyre.

Take care of the right precure etc.

Did your tyres puncture? Or did they let out air at the valves/bead?

stay cool!

Rob

Yep - Tubeless...
 

I much prefer Tubeless - easy to repair with push through strings - the tyres run a bit cooler as there is no tube/tyre friction.
still carry patches and tubes just incase you get a larger cut or sidewall tear.
If a tyre gets badly damaged - repair it and put it on the rear where a blowout wont upset steering too much. - bearing in mind you wont be going very fast anyway ! (get the local guys to stitch and patch a damaged sidewall if you have to - though I would use it for piste only - not asphalt)
Like Rob, I think BF Goodrich are a good choice of tyre - Triguard sidewalls which are 1 ply better than most other Tubeless Radials and they handle low pressures very well - they also grip well on road and last for good mileage.

and yes - lots of punctures are caused by running too low a pressure for the terrain - as soon as the soft sand is finished - air up again to stop the sidewalls bulging out - and getting damaged on sharp rocks and tree stumps - especially in Mali.

Cheers
Grif

tubeless for me!!
 

Thanks a lot. I´ll go with your suggestion.
Pieter.