It's time for me to buy at least one pair of boots for the beast ... and looking at my records since purchase I have the following data .....
On purchase pretty much brand new Linglong's all around - replaced after 17100 miles
Avon ZV5's 10300 miles
Falken 452's 15100 miles
present Toyo T1's 12800
The Linglongs were ok-ish in the dry but
crap pretty frightening in the wet.
The Avons were noisy but grippy, but tramlined badly, especially with the 'van on the back.
Falkens were very quiet but tramlined almost all the time, even worse when towing, and really bad in lane 1 of the motorway where they seemed to have trouble with the "lorry grooves".
Toyo T1's have handled well but are noisy and haven't lasted as well as I hoped.
Wondering what to try next ... Continental SC3 (£122), SC5 (£130), Goodyear Efficientgrip XL (£120), Kuhmo KU39 (£95), Yokohama C Drive (£108)
Now those that know me know I'm no Stirling Moss, but I do "press on" at times, however the load factor is important due the high number of towing miles done ..
Be interested in anyones views ...