by Flash » 23 Jan 2017, 11:34 am
If you've got 4 muddies on and keep an A/T as spare, it's really just an emergency tyre to get you out and home.
Would you get muddies that are the same size and profile as your A/T?
If you plan on doing harder 4wd'ing, I'd suggest getting a matching muddy as your spare, even if you never use it. You could also regularly rotate your tyres so you use all 5 equally instead of 4.
For the most part, having the A/T as spare, if you bust a tyre, it's time to go home and it should get you out, although you'll have to take it easy.
Just going to the nearest town to have yours repaired might not always be an option, eg. if you pierce your side wall and it damages a lot of your tyre.
If you're doing hard 4wd'ing when you lose a tyre, getting out is going to be more difficult if you have an odd tyre fitted. That's the one that's going to break traction first.
You could also buy a second hand muddy of the same type you buy, as a spare.
In any case, shop around and haggle, find the best price for the 4 you want, then ask if they can do a fifth at cost.
A word on Bob Jane stores.
When I was shopping around a few years ago, I went to quite a few places.
I dropped into a couple of Bob Jane stores, and they both wouldn't give me a price. They said, go shop around, then come here, and we'll match it.
f*** that.
Why would I go back to Bob Jane if they're only going to match it anyway? If you're not prepared to commit to a price to me, I'm not prepared to give you my business.
If some other store is prepared to put their price out there and negotiate, I'll always go back to that store.
I even had a great price from someone who does 'grey' imports. I went back to one of the stores to a guy who'd been really helpful and showed him. He said to leave it with him and he'd get onto the distributor and see what he could do.
He rang me within 2 hours with the results and I gave him the go ahead on the spot.
My tyres are 33" BFG KM2's.
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Flash on 23 Jan 2017, 11:56 am, edited 1 time in total.