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Truck Tire spin off thread.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:43 am
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:43 am
TLDR,
How many of you drive your truck to work 30k -40k miles per year; but keep a spare set of off road wheels/tires in the garage or shop for trips like this? No spare beater truck at the moment.
I drive 90% on the road.
No, I am lying, I drive 99% on the road and rarely ever go-off Roading. We go to the Virginia mountains, Blue Ridge near Wytheville twice a year for guys trips.
You have to go one mile up the logging trail rd, then down the mountain one mile, then cross the creek.
Black in the early 2000s we could take my Oldsmobile up there and get stuck but still get to the creek. It was fun as a student to get stuck and pull it out, I guess.
Now the trails are horrible shape but a pickup/suv can make it. My truck gets stuck going g up the one mile trail every once in a while when pulling four wheeler on trailer.
Loggers aren’t fixing trails anytime soon, but would you recommend keeping g a 17inch set of spare wheels with off road tires in the shop when you know you are going? Just jack it up slap em on in a few minutes.
The big horn thread made me want to suggest just keeping those road tires till they wear thin. For those that say just keep a beater at the shop, I guess, that’s a good idea, but I do not want to do that right now.
How many of you drive your truck to work 30k -40k miles per year; but keep a spare set of off road wheels/tires in the garage or shop for trips like this? No spare beater truck at the moment.
I drive 90% on the road.
No, I am lying, I drive 99% on the road and rarely ever go-off Roading. We go to the Virginia mountains, Blue Ridge near Wytheville twice a year for guys trips.
You have to go one mile up the logging trail rd, then down the mountain one mile, then cross the creek.
Black in the early 2000s we could take my Oldsmobile up there and get stuck but still get to the creek. It was fun as a student to get stuck and pull it out, I guess.
Now the trails are horrible shape but a pickup/suv can make it. My truck gets stuck going g up the one mile trail every once in a while when pulling four wheeler on trailer.
Loggers aren’t fixing trails anytime soon, but would you recommend keeping g a 17inch set of spare wheels with off road tires in the shop when you know you are going? Just jack it up slap em on in a few minutes.
The big horn thread made me want to suggest just keeping those road tires till they wear thin. For those that say just keep a beater at the shop, I guess, that’s a good idea, but I do not want to do that right now.
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 11:37 am
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Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:50 am to dstone12
quote:
How many of you drive your truck to work 30k -40k miles per year; but keep a spare set of off road wheels/tires in the garage or shop for trips like this?
Not me.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:54 am to dstone12
I used to. Complete total pain in the arse and completely impractical. Get v bar snow chains and use those the one trip a year when you need better traction.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:14 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I used to. Complete total pain in the arse and completely impractical. Get v bar snow chains and use those the one trip a year when you need better traction.
Vbar gets you traction in mud? Barely any snow up there.
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:22 am to dstone12
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Truck Tire spin off
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 11:25 am
Posted on 4/5/24 at 12:59 pm to keakar
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:02 pm to keakar
Or this
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:02 pm to dstone12
Yea, they work great. I've used mine on sloppy roads before and it's very noticeable vs bare tires. Idk if it's the best thing going but it works for me.
The alternative is ultra aggressive mud tires like swamper TSL's which are absolutely incredible, but it's a feat to get 30k miles out of them. I think I got 20 from mine. It's also like riding in a prop plane, loud as hell. They have flat spots in the mornings. You can't balance them worth a damn. All kinds of bad drawbacks.
Bias ply swampers aired down to about 18 psi is incredible, but I elect to use very tame all terrains and v bar tire chains.
The alternative is ultra aggressive mud tires like swamper TSL's which are absolutely incredible, but it's a feat to get 30k miles out of them. I think I got 20 from mine. It's also like riding in a prop plane, loud as hell. They have flat spots in the mornings. You can't balance them worth a damn. All kinds of bad drawbacks.
Bias ply swampers aired down to about 18 psi is incredible, but I elect to use very tame all terrains and v bar tire chains.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Thank you Down.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:13 pm to dstone12
You can borrow mine to try if you want and if they would fit and if your in BR area. I won't be using them till October. They're pretty damn expensive.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:35 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I saw that they could go up to $500 plus.
I am in NC for the moment.
Very generous offer though. Thank you.
I am in NC for the moment.
Very generous offer though. Thank you.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 5:20 pm to dstone12
I run 2 sets, 34" street tires and 35x10.5 mud tires from Oct to May. If you don't have mud tires you're not getting to our camp.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:21 pm to dstone12
They are a lifetime purchase for someone who doesn't live out west and use them all winter. Cost less than 2 tires. I think you can rent them.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:10 am to Philzilla2k
I just accept the fact that the truck tires get repoaced every two years.
Rotate every 10k. Replace every 70-90k.
Rotate every 10k. Replace every 70-90k.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:16 am to keakar
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keakar
They really should have posted the real hp numbers on that truck when it was released.
"Oh it's 325 hp"
"Why is its 0-60 under 6.5 seconds stock"
"....325 hp"
"Sir, that's roasting 37in tires."
"...325 hp"
I have a little over 400hp and two extra gears in the trans, and a first gen titan is still a risky race off the line.
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