I am going with the Hankooks next time. 2 colleagues have been running them for a while now, and 1 just replaced his. He got 125,000km out of his. His van is 50-75% loaded all the time. The other guy has over 80,000km with his, and they look only half worn. His is a Crewvan, not loaded much most of the time.
Running Nankangs on mine at the moment, I think I'd be lucky to get 45,000km out of them. I got 60,000km out of the original Michelins.
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I see there is a new Yokohama tyre in the 235/60/17 (Note- higher profile - makes speedo perfect!!)
I've been running the Geolander HTS HT in this size which has been good for off-road / handling.
For delivery van or loaded van then this might be useful:
Yokohama Tyres | Van and Ute Tyres from Yokohama: Delivery Star RY818 Tyre Prices, Sizes & Reviews
Looks like the old toyo tyre I used to use on the T4, plenty of tread, and Load Index 115 !
Anyone seen or used one of these?
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That's a funky looking tread pattern, $277 ain't cheap eitherOriginally Posted by hoddy
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Hi guys, I have followed this whole thread. I have a VW Multivan 4 motion - 2012. I have done two sets of tyres and only clocked up 55000 km. I live on a property and travel on 20km of gravel everytime I drive to town, which can be a lot! The last set were the Maxxis, which just just were shredded by the rocks. I am thinking that the Yokohama might be the best bet for my driving situation but just wanted to check in case anyone else has found a better tyre more suited to the off road conditions. It is so frustrating!! Thanks guys for all of your posts, you are always a fountain of information!
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Just check the tread wear rating on the Yokohamas. They would be my last option.
I currently have the GoodYear Cargo light truck tyres on my 4Motion and just done 30,000km on them, they could last you a bit longer, since I didn't rotate them until 20k km and I see another 10k km in them. But be warned they're very noisy when driven on road. I certainly wouldn't recommend them, but they may do well in harsh conditions.
Did you try Hankook RA23? I had them previously and got 40,000km out of them.
Did you rotate the tyres every 5,000km ?
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Thanks Transporter. I didn't know about the Hankooks, will check them out. I did rotate them, but not every 5k. Do you drive much on gravel roads? Thanks
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The roads around where I live are quite rough and I do a little bit of gravel road driving as well.
There are also new Michelin tyres for under $300 ea. on which I'll check the tread wear rating before I buy the next set in a few months time, otherwise I'm back to Hankook tyres.
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If you would be happy with stock tyres then here is a tip for any tightarse T5 owners who are anywhere near a company that does camper conversions. Give them a call and ask if they have any stock wheels/tyres lying around that they want to sell. I picked up 4 brand new wheels and tyres from a 2014 t5 for less than $500. Not any option for everyone but someone else might get lucky. Now I just have the problem of getting rid of the old tyres and wheels that I took off.
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Yes good luck with the old ones had the same problem when we fitted new alloys to our van , tried like hell to offload them and ended up selling them to a mate with a T5 who's tyres were due for renewal then dumped his old ones at the tip . Just no market for them it seems .
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Ive recently put on my second lot of NanKang tyres. I got them for about $150 each and i tend to get 38-42k Km (about a years worth of driving for me). they're quiet enough on the road and I've never had any of those second thoughts about them in the wet.
I'm just reluctant to spend $300 per tyre on Hankook or Michelin (which I'd prefer frankly) when I'm not going to get any more km from them anyway.
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