Best wheel size suspension and tyres for smallholding quadbike replacement Jimny
roughnready wrote: Ok guys n' gals.Just got a 22 acre smallholding, high on a welsh hill top. Mostly trackless undulating grazing land accessed by gravelled forest trails. Didn't fancy being exposed to a welsh hilltop winter on a quad bike, but need to get around site to manage it. Bought a standard 2004 Jimny with all season tyres, but want to set it up for grass and mud and bouncy stuff with a bit of towing. Would welcome your recommemdations for the best tweeks for this. ie. good mud tyres on seperate wheels What makes, size , lifts?,suspension etc.. Please bare in mind we are now very poor (oops!) so budget is now tight.
Thanks
Won't be so good on road, but should be acceptable. But a good set of narrow "Diamonds" will be about the best thing you can get on grass and remain road legal.
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roughnready wrote: Ok guys n' gals.Just got a 22 acre smallholding, high on a welsh hill top. Mostly trackless undulating grazing land accessed by gravelled forest trails. Didn't fancy being exposed to a welsh hilltop winter on a quad bike, but need to get around site to manage it. Bought a standard 2004 Jimny with all season tyres, but want to set it up for grass and mud and bouncy stuff with a bit of towing. Would welcome your recommemdations for the best tweeks for this. ie. good mud tyres on seperate wheels What makes, size , lifts?,suspension etc.. Please bare in mind we are now very poor (oops!) so budget is now tight.
Thanks
Hello and welcome
From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.
Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)
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DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome
From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.
Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)
I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer.
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Lambert wrote:
DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome
From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.
Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)
I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer.
I knew you were a 'hoonigan' Lambert as soon as you expressed an interest in orange wheels and jimny track days
. Yeah I'm just assuming from what the gent has said, he'll be using the jimny to get around his small holding off-road for the most part. In which case big fat cheap Insa tyres will be your best friend. They're readily available in 195/80/15 and other jimny friendly sizes. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Lambert wrote:
DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome
From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.
Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)
I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer.
They should be fine on the road for the most part tbh. Although I wouldn't go for the Special Tracks personally. But diamonds as posted above.
As for towing, again should probably be fine. It's not as if the Jimny is rated to tow much anyhow.
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