My trusty old BFGoodrich Mud Terrains are ready for the tip. After 77,000 kilometers, they are just too worn for anything but the driest of tracks.

I have been using BFG mud tyres for around ten years now without even one puncture. In all I have been very happy with the tyres, except in heavy orange mud like we get in the high country, where they tend to clog and not clean easily.

I approached 5 different tyre distributors about supplying tyres and after a couple of weeks I had a two offers to supply at special one off prices.

I looked carefully at each offer and tyre and in the end I settled on the Maxxis Bighorn mud tyre. They looked good and had a very thick sidewall.

Low and behold the very next day I received a call from Daniel Watt of National Tyre Distributors offering to outfit us with the all new Federal Couragia mud tyre for the next twelve months.

These tyres look the part. A little more open in the tread than the BFG, so hopefully expell the mud a little better. The shoulders are very square like the BFG with nice lugs to bite in.

I am just waiting on the official OK from Federal head office in Taiwan and once fitted will be able to pass on my opinion of these great looking tyres.

if you have seen any of the 4x4galore.com videos you know we attempt everything from easy to difficult terrain, so the tyres will certainly get a good testing.
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Author – Doug Johnston

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