thanks for your reply, very helpful.

my dilema is...

T63 - have a newish one in the garage, great tyre in my eyes. EXCEPT off road when wet....just like TKC its vague. great at everything else though. not sure about mileage though.

MT21 - my front tyre of choice. soft though and wears in a weird way causing odd handling (not what you want on along trip when loaded up). if riding careful though should be ok

E0-9 - ive heard these fronts are pants off road?

all ther above is why i was thinking of army special.....its just that ive heard horror stories about them on road, and thats not loaded up! but every one has different opinions and riding styles.

Rear tyre is easy....E0-9, great tyre i think

oh and....how do you find rallying with that seat? standard isnt it?