Anybody willing to share his offroad experience with the new GG AT's? What about its performance in muddy terrain or rocky trails?
Thanks in advance!
28th Sep 2012 12:10 pm
Odin
Member Since: 09 Aug 2010
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Used them in heavy mud and snow. Very pleased with them
28th Sep 2012 4:34 pm
Hairy Dan
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Location: Co. Durham
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Have used them in heavy mud also and have been very happy with their performance (haven't got stuck yet) Cheers Ian
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Indeed, it is quite a testament if you consider rocky tracks, but I did not see any deep mud anywhere. Come on, anybody with a real offroad experience in mud, which is what we can experience most of the time in our rainy Western Europe countries ?
Thanks.
1st Oct 2012 12:24 pm
devonchilliman
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Hairy Dan wrote:
Have used them in heavy mud also and have been very happy with their performance (haven't got stuck yet)
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1st Oct 2012 1:03 pm
Hairy Dan
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Should have kept my trap shut Cheers Ian
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1st Oct 2012 1:38 pm
devonchilliman
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Sorry Ian....but I just couldnt resist
1st Oct 2012 1:41 pm
Hairy Dan
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No worries I have to say previous to that we had driven through some very deep sticky mud without any problems, that was caused by the camber of the lane, bad drainage and a very deep ditch! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it Cheers Ian
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1st Oct 2012 1:44 pm
B16 KJR
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that was caused by the camber of the lane, bad drainage and a very deep ditch! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
Sounds just like F1 drivers
1st Oct 2012 4:04 pm
AJS4X4
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Surrey
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Spent three days last week testing the 255/55x19 General AT in the valleys and mountains north of Alicante in Spain, we had five almost new D4's supplied by Landrover all shod with the AT.
We covered about five hundred kilometres in all with approx three hundred and fifty off road, mostly rock but in the valleys found lots of very muddy wet parts as the rain was amazing as you may have seen in the news.
We had a mix of novice and pro drivers which worked quite well as the pro's could show the novice drivers the right way to tackle some of the very technical rock tracks and very muddy gullies, we all travelled in convoy on and off road with no problem.
As most understand the D4 is a very special vehicle with fantastic ability off road with all it's electronic aid's and can make a novice driver look very good when guided by a pro.
I very much like the General AT as most on this forum know, it fits the bill and tick's most boxes, it's never going to be best in the mud but as it is an "All Terrain" tyre it copes very well on most surfaces. The road performance in Spain on the super smooth tarmac was a treat with almost no noise at all, the Grabber AT gives Road tyre performance way above most AT pattern tyres , but still works very well in the rough
As with very sharp rocks I was waiting for a problem which did happen when a novice driver took a very tight turn to the right (LHD) and caught the sidewall on a concrete gully, no matter what tyre had been fitted would have sufferd the same fate, trust me.
A well driven D3/4 with almost any tyre would have done 70% of what we did but it's the extra 30% which makes the difference, which I truly think the General AT gives and makes it stand out on it's own.
3rd Oct 2012 4:06 pm
DISCO16
Member Since: 07 Apr 2008
Location: charente
Posts: 56
hi,
i fitted new at's on the disco in july, i've covered nearly 3000 kms with them, no noise on the road, better than the old at2.
During holidays i tested them on the rocky traks of corsica and they were great, with a good pressure no problems at all.
I find them quite good on smooth tracks, not really experienced in mud, but sure it will come, we have some heavy rain here since 2 weeks!
For me they are quite good nearly everywere, it's a very good A/T !
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Sorry Ian....but I just couldnt resist 
