DOES IT GET ANY TOUGHER FOR THE AT52S?

HAVING TACKLED SOME OF THE ROUGHEST TRACKS IN THE COUNTRY, THESE ALL-TERRAINS HAVE PASSED THE TEST

- GLENN MARSHALL

HAVING enjoyed running with the Kumho MT51 mud tyres for many years, when the new Road Venture AT52 all-terrain tyre was released, I was keen to test them in the same conditions as the mud tyres in the past. When it was time for a new set of rubber, my local dealer had the AT52s ready to go. Covering 32,000km, these tyres have been tested on all types of surfaces and conditions and performed excellently.

In muddy conditions in Murray Sunset National Park, the wide voids and staggered shoulder lugs came into play, providing excellent self-cleaning properties. This meant the tyres shed mud quickly, maintaining traction even in the deep, sticky stuff. Corrugations on the Savannah Way and Arnhem Land were handled with ease, even with lowered tyre pressures, the tyre’s Light Truck construction, reinforced sidewalls and high-strength steel belts allowed reduced pressures to be kept at higher speeds.