tyres for Morocco?

[patrickn]

Hi

anyone gone to morocco recently?

WHat tyres do you recommend bearing in mind a tour of the atlas mountains and well as the sandy areas by algeria?

Anyone have any good ones left over they can part with?

Thanks
patrick

[AJC]

You would get by with ATs or even road tyres.

In sand, road tyres have proved to be better than MTs. As a lot of the terrain is sharp rocks, an AT tyre with good sidewall protection would be ideal and a good all rounder.

AJ

[ROB 110 HICAP]

as AJ says, but I'd avoid road tyres, cos both times I went it P*ssed down and road tyres would have been a trouble on oued crossings and some pistes go quite muddy. ATs are the best bet.

[patrickn]

Thanks for this -

which ones are you specifically thinking of? Michelin xzl or xcl? any others? i noted that one of the ex-ulitily landy suppliers also has some Goodyear g90 - too agressive?

thanks again,
Patrick

[Geobloke]

Thanks for this -

which ones are you specifically thinking of? Michelin xzl or xcl? any others? i noted that one of the ex-ulitily landy suppliers also has some Goodyear g90 - too agressive?

thanks again,
Patrick

BFG ATs all the way if you are looking for ATs!

[ROB 110 HICAP]

goodyear too aggressive, bfg at's are good

[Devon-Rover]

Ditto the above. BFG AT's or Pirelli Scorpian AT's.

[AJC]

BFG ATs bulge on the sidewalls next to the footprint and are very susceptible to getting damaged by sharp rocks. Seen two BFG AT tyres damaged on Morocco trips on two different vehicles. Apart from that they're good tyres.

AJ

[Ben_J85JTY]

When I went in September I fitted a set of General Grabbers that are fitted to all new rovers as standard.

They were perfect for the driving we did although we couldn't drop the psi as low as those with BFG's. They were fine in the dry and when the rains came in after we had left, those that had them fitted didn't do too badly.

We also had a guy survive with BFG MT's, which were not too bad even in the desert.