Maxxis Bravo MT753 Mud Terrain Tyre Collection Page

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The short answer

Maxxis's mud terrain for vans, small utes and light trucks, made in two sizes only: 185R14C and 215/75R15. A working tyre with big open blocks that clear mud and stones, a heavy duty casing, and the noise and wear on the highway that come with both.

  • 15 Australian owners rate it 76 percent: off road 83, dry 81, noise 69.
  • Open shoulder lugs that spit out mud and stones, on a casing built to take punctures.
  • Loud on the highway and quick to wear there: the two things owners criticise.
  • No European label and no treadwear grade on our listing, and no comparison test.
  • Symmetric and not directional, so it rotates to any corner, in white letter or black sidewall.
  • Ordered in from the New Zealand distributor, usually one business day. 1 size here, 15 inch.

What it is built to do

A mud terrain for the vehicles most mud terrains forget: the farm van, the small ute, the light truck on 14 or 15 inch wheels that has to get down a wet track and back.

Maxxis calls the MT753 extra tough, and it is the plain working version of a mud terrain: widely spaced tread blocks and open shoulder lugs for self cleaning, a heavy duty commercial casing, and a compound chosen for durability over anything else. There is no Armour Ply, no three ply sidewall and no noise tuning, which is why it costs what it does and sounds how it does. Maxxis makes it in 185R14C 8 ply and 215/75R15 6 ply; we list 215/75R15 100M 6 ply.

Maxxis Bravo MT753 mud terrain tyre with white lettering, angled to show the open block tread
The Bravo MT753. The old school mud terrain: big open blocks, symmetric and not directional, here with white lettering.
Close view of the Maxxis Bravo MT753 tread and shoulder: widely spaced blocks and the open shoulder lugs
The tread. Widely spaced blocks and open shoulder lugs, which is what clears mud and stones.
Maxxis Bravo MT753 mud terrain tyre with a plain black sidewall
Black sidewall. The same tyre with plain black sidewalls, which is how the 185R14C comes.

How the tread and casing do their job

Maxxis names its features in its own words. Here is what each one is, how it works, what you notice, and what we can and cannot put a number on.

Widely spaced tread blocks

A mud terrain grips by digging, not by touching: each block is a paddle that pushes against the mud behind it. Space the blocks far apart and the mud that packs between them has room to fall out as the tyre rolls, so the paddles are clean for the next turn. Pack them close, as a road tyre does, and the tread fills, goes smooth and spins. The MT753's blocks are spaced for clearing first, which is why the Australian owners score off road at 83 percent and self cleaning is what they praise. The same spacing is why there is less rubber on the road and the tyre is loud on seal.

Open shoulder lugs

The shoulder is where a tyre sinks to in a rut or on a side slope, and on the MT753 the shoulder blocks stand apart with open channels between them running out to the sidewall. Mud and stones that pack into those channels have a clear way out, so the shoulder keeps biting on a greasy track instead of glazing over, and a stone is pushed out before it can drill into the casing. You notice it as a van that keeps pulling when the track turns to porridge. On the road the open shoulder is the main source of the noise, and we would rather say that than pretend otherwise.

Heavy duty construction and the ply rating

A commercial tyre carries a van's load at a van's pressure, and the MT753 is built for it: an 8 ply rating on the 185R14C and 6 ply on the 215/75R15. The ply rating is a strength grade rather than a count of layers, and a higher grade means a stiffer sidewall that holds the load, resists a stone through the tread, and can be run at low pressure on a track without folding. You notice it as a tyre that does not wallow with a tonne on board, and as a hard ride when the van is empty.

A compound built to withstand

Farm tracks and forestry roads chip a tyre rather than wear it: sharp stones tear pieces from the block edges until the blocks are ragged. Maxxis chooses the MT753's compound for durability, a harder, tougher rubber that tears less, over the softer compounds that grip better on seal and go faster. You notice it as square block edges after a season of metal roads, and as a tyre that is not at its best braking on a wet highway. There is no treadwear grade on our listing, so the only wear number we have is the owners' 77 percent, and their note that the highway eats it.

The sizes we list

A van tyre's numbers matter more than a car's: the load index is what carries the tray, and the speed letter on a mud terrain is lower than you might assume. The European label is measured size by size, and these sizes are not sold in Europe as this pattern, so they carry none. Read on 23 September 2026.

Size Load, speed and ply Carries and rated to European label
215/75R15 100M 6 ply 800 kg per tyre, 130 km/h no European label

Where the Bravo MT753 fits and where it does not

Good for

  • Vans, small utes and light trucks on 15 inch wheels that work on farms, orchards and forestry roads
  • Wet clay and mud, where a tyre has to clear itself to keep going
  • Carrying a load down a track, on a commercial casing built for it

Better served by another tyre

Not sure of your size? Read it off the sidewall of the tyre you have now, or use our tyre size calculator to compare one size against another before you change anything. The rest of the range is in our Maxxis collection.
Is it the right tyre

Is the Maxxis Bravo MT753 actually any good?

For the job, yes: it is a mud terrain for light commercials, and there are not many of those. Fifteen Australian owners rate it 76 percent, with off road at 83, dry at 81 and noise the lowest at 69. What they praise is the ride, which surprises people in a mud tyre, and the way it clears itself; what they criticise is the noise on the highway and the wear. No magazine has tested it and our listing carries no label or grade. A working tyre for a van or a small ute that goes onto the farm, not a lifestyle tyre, and we would rather say so.

What is it not good at?

The open road. Owners call it loud on the highway, some as loud as a big 4x4 mud tyre, and the widely spaced blocks that clear mud are the reason. It is also stiff: an 8 ply 14 inch commercial casing rides hard when the van is empty. The speed rating is M (130 km/h), which is fine for a van and worth knowing on a ute. If the vehicle does more seal than mud, the Razr AT-S is the quieter all terrain; if it is a bigger four wheel drive, the Razr MT772 is the mud terrain with the newer casing and the road manners.

Bravo MT753 or Razr MT772?

Different vehicles. The MT753 is made in two sizes only, 185R14C and 215/75R15, for vans, small utes and light trucks on 14 and 15 inch wheels. The MT772 starts at 31x10.50R15 and runs to 37 inch, on an Armour Ply casing with a three ply sidewall and two step blocks, for four wheel drives that get used hard. If your placard size is on this page, this is your tyre; if it is on the MT772 page, that is.

White letters or black sidewall?

Maxxis makes the MT753 both ways, and the distributor's catalogue lists the 185R14C as black sidewall. The tread and the casing are the same; the lettering is cosmetic and it can be fitted either way out. Say which you want when you order and we will tell you what your size comes as.
Ratings and sizes

How long will it last?

There is no treadwear grade on our listing and no wear test on this pattern, so we do not quote a figure. The fifteen Australian owners score wear at 77 percent, and their written complaints include fast wear on the highway, which is what a mud terrain does when the blocks squirm on seal. Rotate it: it is symmetric and not directional, so it can move to any corner, and a van that runs empty wears its fronts first.

What do the C and the ply rating mean?

The C after 185R14 means a commercial tyre, built to carry a van's load at a van's pressure, and the ply rating is the old way of writing how strong the casing is: 8 ply on the 14 inch, 6 ply on the 15 inch. Neither is a count of actual plies any more; both are a strength grade. Our load rating guide explains the numbers, and the WOF tyre guide explains why an inspector checks them on a van.

Why is there no European label?

Because these sizes are not sold in Europe as this pattern, so they are never labelled. It says nothing about the tyre. Where a size of ours does carry a label, the grade sits against that size on its own page, never against the pattern name.

Which way round does it go on?

Any way. The tread is symmetric and not directional, so a tyre can go on any corner of the vehicle and can be rotated front to back or crossed side to side, which on a mud terrain is the single biggest thing you can do for its life and its noise. Our tread pattern guide shows the three types.
Buying

Bravo MT753 or Anchee Grandtrac MT1?

Price against the name. The Grandtrac is our own mud terrain, 11 sizes from 15 to 17 inch, and it costs less; the MT753 has the Maxxis name and fifteen Australian owners at 76 percent behind it, which is more record than most tyres in this corner of the market have. Neither has been in a comparison test. If the Grandtrac has your size, price it: the Grandtrac for the price, the MT753 for the brand.

How long does it take to get one?

Usually one business day for anything listed on this page, because Maxxis is ordered in from the New Zealand distributor rather than held on our shelves. Maxxis makes the MT753 in two sizes, 185R14C 8 ply and 215/75R15 6 ply, so if yours is not one of those, look at the other mud terrains.

Can you fit them for me?

Yes. Every size has a fitted and balanced option at our Te Puke workshop. Choose it on the tyre's own page, then book a time online.
Where these figures come from
  • Load index, speed rating, ply rating, maximum load and rated speed: our own listings for the MT753, read 23 September 2026
  • The open shoulder lugs, the block spacing, the heavy duty construction, the compound, the two sizes and the black sidewall on the 185R14C: Maxxis New Zealand's MT753 page and the Tyremax tyre guide, read 23 September 2026
  • The spaced tread blocks for self cleaning and prolonged tread life: Maxxis Australia's MT753 page, read 23 September 2026
  • 15 owner reviews at 76 percent with the category scores, and the noise and wear criticisms: tyrereview.com.au, read 23 September 2026
  • The absence of any comparison test: our own search, 23 September 2026
  • Anchee Grandtrac MT1 and AC838 sizes: our own listings, read 23 September 2026

European labels apply to European market sizes. New Zealand has no tyre labelling scheme, so the grades above are context rather than a local standard.

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