Land Rover Monthly – October 2019

LANDROVER MONTHLY 49

HEN itcomes to
off-road tyre
comparisons the
word‘best’ is all
too loo sely
thrown around,
like an
Defender onracing slicks.
iterally mean anything
on performance, to
resistance, or even price
matter.
like the LandRover you’re
, tyres are acompromise
een whatyou want, what

only ever quote traction performance

on asphalt, andeven then, the surface

of the asphalt needsto conform to

strict industrystandards.

However, that doesn’t mean alltyre

comparisons arefl awed, sometimes

the best way to comparetwo or more

all-terrains isto simply lookat their

specifications, and more importantly,

how those specsrelate toyour needs.

Which is probably thesame method

you usedto buy your LandRover.

With this in mind, let’s lookat what

features matter most when shopping

aroundfor an off-road tyre.

you need, and whatyou may not know

you need in atyre. Just like a Defender

can’t be comparedto a Freelander,a

factory-fitted tyre can’t be comparedto

the LightTruck (LT) alternative.

Although most off-road tyre

comparisons aimto compare the traction

performanceof one productversus

another, in truth, withso manyterrain

variationsavailable, traction is the most

inconclusive meansof comparingtwo

off-road tyres. Ro ck alonevaries ina

near infi nite numberof ways in terms of

shape, size, hardness and textur e.

For thisreason,tyre manufacturers