Tire size availability for RTW trip.
Hi all,
After much research not only on this forum but all over the net and discussions with actual real people. I still have not come to a comfortable conclusion as to which tire size would be best for out planned trip. It's starting to become frustrating!!!
We are travelling overland in a 75 series land cruiser troopy from India to London then on to Cape Town.
So I have pretty much narrowed down the brand to a BFG MT KM2.
I'm really getting stuck on what size tire to choose. Mainly because I don't want to get caught out with lack of availability due to an odd tire size. We will be carrying two spares and a puncture repair kit, but even with this I've been caught out before.
I was thinking of going with the standard Land Cruiser 100 & 80 series tire size of 275 70 16. These cars seem to be fairly common in most parts of the world so I figure the standard tire size shouldn't be too hard to find. Problem is the more searching I do the less options there are for this size. You can't even get a BFG MT tire in this size.
I was then leaning towards a 265 75 16 which seems to have many more options between the different brands I was considering. I know this is a common size here in oz because the patrols use them standard. However the patrol is nowhere near as popular abroad as it is here in oz, leading me to believe that this tire size may be harder to find outside of oz.
Personally I would like to run a 285 75 16 (33") but even here in oz we had trouble sourcing them in some more remote locations.
If anyone out there has some advise or recommendations it would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!!
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