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Best wheel size suspension and tyres for smallholding quadbike replacement Jimny
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DAGZOOK wrote:
Lambert wrote:
DAGZOOK wrote:
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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.
I'd say fat tyres are exactly what they don't want on wet grassy slopes.
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Thanks for all your feedback. It looks like I can solve the problem without selling a kidney. Grazing land is to be repurposed as coppice wood, flower meadows for the bees and some campinlng, no livestock, but still don't want to carve it up. The All season tyres seem to travel on wet grass, but not convinced they are gripping much. Some challenging grass slopes to navigate. Might be best getting some 80/20 all terrain tyres and stear clear of the mudders for now. Will wait till we can afford a tractor before I do anything too hairy so I can get a tow when I bury it. Acres of bracken will be scythed and towed for composting, so your towing comments really useful .Will have to drive on in winter for the bracken cut and tow,so I'll need to pick my routes.
.Feel free to tell me if I've missed the point in all this. The big kid in me was after all the toys, but it sounds like they're not fit for purpose here.
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You don't need all the toys unless you can't predict the terrain you will travel across, in your case you have seen it.
A Jimny with good tyres is a very capable vehicle, so save your money and see how it goes, adapt accordingly.
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. Sadly I can't tell you how well the Saharas have done as front hubs have failed and now on second set of duffers from retailers. To make matters worse tried to dismantle old ones to put a 10mm plate in to lock on , but made a mess of dismantling one unit so the Jimny's laid up for now. Still smiling, but can't wait to test the hills.
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