Monday, Jul 03, 2006 at 17:53
Ford Australia gave me some answer about some running gear/ Cab variation that made the difference, but from the answer I am guessing they just had two batches of door stickers. By the way the 123 designation and the "E" designation means the same load rating in the U.S. The "E" is just not recognised widely here so we with the 265/75 R-16E have a lucky break and have a variety of tyres that "exceed the alxe rating"....
As to Coopers, the STT Muddie looks good as well, with ribs down the sides the ST type Cooper looks like the Mickey Thompson famous Mexican racing stye that made them popular with the "Baja" races in the desert. I am not sure I have seen any Fords well traveled enough to have gone through the original tyres, and then a set of Coopers, so you may not get a concise answer on how well the Coopers are running on the higher loads of the Ford. We will have to wait and see. The older Coopers did not fair as well as the BFG from reports, but this new Breed of Coopers have more in the sidewall and such.
On mostly highway use with Landcruisers, I have seen the old Coopers 80,000 km so called pro-rated warranty acheived. While not a Cooper Fan in the past, we will have to see how this new ST, STT fair, but I think it may be "too early to tell". From all I see and hear, it would be my best guess, and my personal gamble, to go with the Cooper if I needed the 10 ply 123 load rating 1550 kg tyres. In saying that I have not priced the Mickey Thompsons, but I think the best value for money would be the Coopers as MTs have always been exxy; check them out...
Too early for scientific answers I think, just a guess, so for price and availability, I think I might go the ST - STT. I am giving this, because I have not seen any Fords running long enough with the ST-series, and you may not get an answer on the
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