I say 40” Super Swaper TSL’s!
Tire recommendations?
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I am also looking at getting some new tires although 285/75/16s. Leaning towards a M/T since I don't really drive my cruiser a ton in the winter. I may also keep my best few KO2's, which aren't that worn down and add a couple more later to be my "winter" tires if I get too sketched out by M/Ts in the winter.
Currently leaning strongly towards the Yokohama G003s. Anyone else besides @RayRay27 run these and have any thoughts?
Currently leaning strongly towards the Yokohama G003s. Anyone else besides @RayRay27 run these and have any thoughts?
Got my new tires on Friday! The ride improvement was noticeable immediately.
I finally retired my 2008 MTZ as my spare.
I finally retired my 2008 MTZ as my spare.
But, how do they smell? Like a new tire should? 😉
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Tell me about the valve stems
Oh hell yeah!
Tell me about the valve stems
They are just the standard rubber valve stems. I never get anything fancy since if they can flex, they (hopefully) won't break off when I drag them across a giant rock.
Everyone should have some of these in their trail kit. Makes a broken valve stem a 5 min fix. In my experience they work as advertisied.
Colby Valve - Emergency Tire Valve System
Colby Valve Emergency Valves offer a tool-free installation from the outside of the wheel, in about 1 minute. These are .453 size, and will fit almost everything from riding lawn mowers to truck tires. If you need to make a repair in the field, this is your solution! The "winged spacer" design...
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Gonna have to look into those.Everyone should have some of these in their trail kit. Makes a broken valve stem a 5 min fix. In my experience they work as advertisied.
Colby Valve - Emergency Tire Valve System
Colby Valve Emergency Valves offer a tool-free installation from the outside of the wheel, in about 1 minute. These are .453 size, and will fit almost everything from riding lawn mowers to truck tires. If you need to make a repair in the field, this is your solution! The "winged spacer" design...
Was doing a search on the forum and it looks like you have been running G003 MTs for awhile. Still running them? Still happy?
Still have the G003 as my summer tires. So far so good. Some chunking.
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@Hulk what was your overall opinion of the STT pro? Was it good but just got noisy after a while. I have been eying that and the STT Maxx quite a bit. The Maxx has some good reviews on MUD and it looks more like a AT / MT hybrid than a true MT.
I had to admit it but I currently have duratracs on 3 vehicles and 5 old ones being used as a barrier to prevent people from driving onto our septic tank in winter. There are currently 19 duratracs in my driveway......... I admit I have a problem and need to put a different tire on the 80. Really considering going with a MT since I have the mini truck as a winter commuter now. In my defense I bought the mini truck with duratracs on it already.
The 315 duratracs have been discontinued so I no longer have an excuse to just keep getting the same tires. I am kicking myself for not doing a 5 tire rotation though. I now have a tire that has never touched pavement in a size that has been discontinued..... Will never make that mistake again.
I had to admit it but I currently have duratracs on 3 vehicles and 5 old ones being used as a barrier to prevent people from driving onto our septic tank in winter. There are currently 19 duratracs in my driveway......... I admit I have a problem and need to put a different tire on the 80. Really considering going with a MT since I have the mini truck as a winter commuter now. In my defense I bought the mini truck with duratracs on it already.
The 315 duratracs have been discontinued so I no longer have an excuse to just keep getting the same tires. I am kicking myself for not doing a 5 tire rotation though. I now have a tire that has never touched pavement in a size that has been discontinued..... Will never make that mistake again.
I didn't love the Cooper STT tires at the end, but I thought they were fine the first few years. I've found that I need to replace tires every 5-6 years. Tires on my 80 seem to wear somewhat unevenly so the truck gets squirrelly on the road by year 5. That happened with my last set of BFG KO2s to some degree but it was really bad with the STTs.
I'm replacing the tie rod and tie rod ends on my 80 and getting it aligned later this week in the hopes that maybe I can fix some of this. Based on the way my new tires are driving, I don't think my 80 is much out of alignment right now. It may just be that a big heavy 80 with an ARB bumper and an M12000 winch hanging off the front is going to chew through tires no matter what.
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Good to know thanks for the feedback. I got pretty even wear on my current set and they are just about 5 years old with over 50k on them now.