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Intercolonial Remoulds Mud Tyre Review

hey all. after much soul searching, googling, & bank account gazing, I've chosen my new muddies.
they are (drum roll)......... the intercolonial remoulds!!!!
as they are for off road only, I felt the general low speeds of offroading would suit the remoulded tyre. i'll admit, price was a factor, $100 each for 265 75 16 compared to name your price for the big brands, but the fact is, a grand + just for my offroad tyres was not an option.
they will arrive in a week or so, & i'll be keen as to try them out. after all they have federal couragai's to follow on from.
i'll give them a few test runs around glasshouse & then they will be along for the coff trip when that's on.
I'm very interested to se how a remould performs, so I will make this my first ever product review.
i'll measure tread depth when they arrive, & be following wear rates & so on. but most of all, obviously, how they go in the bush.
so let me know if your interested in me reporting on how these babies go.
cheers guys/girls.
y_b_normal OP

I worked out what those little ribs are I'm pointing to in the first photo, really technical stuff....
it's just the original tyre edge. worked that out sitting behind one on the back of a 4b @ the lights.
dopey me...........
Fruju

Posted by: "1mak" at
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Thanks Andrew for the picture. Looks pretty tough. :) I consider my next tyres either again Summit MudHogs (which do an awesome job regarding to last rock climbing weekend) or Desert Hawks 34-inch for a change. :)

P.S.: Once you uploaded a picture you have to click on the little thumbnail. That inserts a placeholder into your comment which is replaced with the picture :)

Posted 6. Aug 2014 - 11:15


The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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I've had the 34" Desert Hawks XMT for a couple of months. Use them as a second set for offroad. I have been suitably impressed by them and would recommend them. They have a softish compound so correct tyre pressures are needed for even wear onroad.
y_b_normal OP

well....sorry for the lack of reporting on the tyres, but the sudden influx of monsoon weather put paid to my plans to hit glassy on sunday, I've been there enough times to know to give it a chance to dry out a little, & i've seen first hand the damage it does when large trucks & tyres go to "play in the mud" & I have no interest in adding to the destructive reputation people want to give us.
i'll be keen to try again this weekend but the forcast isn't promising, nothing worse than looking at a set of brand new CLEAN set of muddies.....over a weekend......:-[
NAVMAN

WELL??? Used them in anger yet?
1mak

Andrew, I am completely with you here. A mate of mine had a very close encounter with a tree while sliding on a muddy track (which is usually a very straight dirt road) in Glassy. He was just sliding down from the track into a ditch and just missed a tree by gunning the car which was otherwise un-steerable. Again, that was a very very easy track, basically a motorway like road which goes towards the powerlines. Mind you, he had 35-inch BF-Goodrich Mud Tyres. Again, Glasshouse Mountains after heavy rain ... and as much as Iove mud ... nope nope nope.
HillsForThrills

Matt, apparently the cheeky bugger is going out for a play today... Or so he was bragging to me last night anyway
NAVMAN

Haha. Im thinking of heading out today too :)
HillsForThrills

geez... everybody's wheelin but me... oh well, I spent the day fixing minor probs with the 4B and trailer anyway, so still had my hands on it... =-O oh, that sounded a little wrong...
NAVMAN

If it makes you feel any better i didn't go out today. The mrs pointed out I need my car on wednesday to go to grafton for an interview

Like i was going to damage it again.
y_b_normal OP

OK. finally got some dirt on the tyres.....first thing I noticed, nice & quiet on the black top.......hhmmmmm.....not the usual sign of a chunky muddy.
anywho, aired down, they bag nicely, had one bloke try to tell me retreads won't bag cos of the glueing of the sidewall......WRONG.
one problem surfaced quite quickly, the extra diameter of the tyre now hits the underside of the tray, which is ribbed across ways, & the lugs fitted in the ribs perfectly. bugger. so I spent the rest of the day trying to avoid full flex. no biggie, only needs about 5mm or so, a few washers under the tray mounts.
ok, grip??? oh yes. plenty of it. did manage to do a little rock climbing & the grip felt impressive. very confidence inspiring.
mud.........found a nice big bog hole. drove into the middle & stopped. my mate says wot ya doin?? your stuck eh?? (he was keen as to get his brand new runva winch out) nah.... just testing the tyres, I tell him. no excessive wheelspin & drove out easily.
so ..... so far so good. but anything brand new feels great. & if they didn't I'd be worried. it's a case of how consistant are they going to be. after the drive there, 5 hours wheeling, & the drive home. (40 mins) the little nipples weren't even worn right off.
anywho, here's a couple of pics from the day.
the pic of the nice view is just to remind us what we love about this.
& the pic of the 3 wheeled patrol........well.....that's what you get for being a troller!! hahaha.

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