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[Grit dog]

This is how my day started yesterday. About 5 miles from this QT, I heard a loud bang like something hard hit my roof. Didn't think anything of it in the moment. The last ~1/2 mile or so, I felt like the truck was struggling, then noticed the lean when I parked. I think it must've been a screwdriver or something. That bang must've been the screwdriver or whatever it was hitting the inner wheel well in the rear. It was a perfect hole, nothing in the tire unfortunately

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And this is how it ended. I plugged it, hoping I could save the tire but apparently I drove it completely flat longer than I realized. Sucks too cuz that was the best tire of the bunch, it still had a sticker on it when I bought it, it was brand new. Prior to last week, the worst of the 4 (it was cupped pretty good) was on that corner. Busted the **** out of the sidewall

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At least them stout tires saved your rim!! Small silver lining.
City driving….I can think of zero tires I’ve lost on paved Rural roads or highways.
I may need to take my socks off to count the number of flats from road debris including a couple miracles where you’re just not sure how that thing stuck in your tire didn’t result in a flat…on urban/suburban roads and highways.
And I-90 over the pass here I think is the worst. Chain laws are very strict and the warm climate means like 75% of the time chain laws are in effect, chained up vehicles are driving on bare pavement for part of the distance. And THE truck route east from every Washington Port N of Vancouver. Shredded chains and tools are literally littering the highway al winter.

 

[Grit dog]

Yup. Flat tires suck, whatever the reason. One cost me a day of work Friday, then $429 on Saturday afternoon to replace it and the left rear(bad tire was on the right rear too), including $75 for mobile service because my spare tire wouldn't hold air so we couldn't drive the truck a few blocks to the tire store.....

Bummer. Pays to have/check your spare and have a couple means of getting off the road.
I have too many sets of wheels to reasonably carry tool kits in each. And one car that didn’t come with a spare from the factory.
But generally on road trips in any vehicle I not only have the means to change a tire and a good spare but portable air and tire plugs.
Tire plugs ftw! So much easier to plug a tire and stuff enough air in it to get off the shoulder of a freeway. (If there’s even a shoulder…)

 

[idahovette]

Can you try to get a Road Hazard warranty on it? @TotalyHucked

 

[TotalyHucked]

At least them stout tires saved your rim!! Small silver lining.
City driving….I can think of zero tires I’ve lost on paved Rural roads or highways.
I may need to take my socks off to count the number of flats from road debris including a couple miracles where you’re just not sure how that thing stuck in your tire didn’t result in a flat…on urban/suburban roads and highways.
And I-90 over the pass here I think is the worst. Chain laws are very strict and the warm climate means like 75% of the time chain laws are in effect, chained up vehicles are driving on bare pavement for part of the distance. And THE truck route east from every Washington Port N of Vancouver. Shredded chains and tools are literally littering the highway al winter.

True. There was a flatbed 2nd gen Cummins in front of me when I heard the bang, he had some bins of god knows what on the back. Guarantee that's where it came from.

I ran over a screwdriver in November '23 in Daytona at the Turkey Run in the square. Same tire, RR, made a similar noise and saw the screwdriver go flying.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Can you try to get a Road Hazard warranty on it? @TotalyHucked

Unfortunately no. I pieced this set together 1 at a time off Marketplace lol. Paid $150 for 1, $175 for another and $300 for a pair. 1 of the singles was a brand new one that still had the sticker on it, that's the one that got got

 

[idahovette]

Tire company doesn't know that??

 

[TotalyHucked]

Tire company doesn't know that??

They'll know I ran it flat, you can see the folds and it's got a fresh plug in it

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Bummer. Pays to have/check your spare and have a couple means of getting off the road.
I have too many sets of wheels to reasonably carry tool kits in each. And one car that didn’t come with a spare from the factory.
But generally on road trips in any vehicle I not only have the means to change a tire and a good spare but portable air and tire plugs.
Tire plugs ftw! So much easier to plug a tire and stuff enough air in it to get off the shoulder of a freeway. (If there’s even a shoulder…)

I had checked the spare but it apparently has more of a leak than I thought....will be getting a better used tire on that wheel if the wheel cleans up. I have a set of the NBS factory alloys for this truck, with used tires on them that are holding air. Just not sure how old they are, need to check the dates. These michelins were over 9 years old, January 2016. Since the truck needs some front end work, I haven't wanted to put the alloys on it yet since those will also have fresh tires.....

 

[TotalyHucked]

So to continue the tire saga, I'd been scouring marketplace hoping I'd get lucky like I did before and either be able to find 1 single matching 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler or a good set of take offs of another brand. I've actually grown to hate these Ridge Grapplers. Before I bought them, everybody online raves about how smooth and quiet they ride. ********. These things are LOUD. A. F. I used to have Trail Grapplers that weren't this loud. Even my buddy that loves Mud Grapplers was like "nah dude, these need to go". But of course, there's hardly anything out there now, at least not in the sizes I'm interested in.

I did find 2 sets, one Toyo AT3 and one Terra Grappler. The AT3s were a year old set of 295/60/20 (slightly shorter than what I have) and one needed a plug, there was one guy in front of me and of course he bought them. The second was a set of 295/65/20 Terra Grapplers that were "80% tread". It was at a used tire shop an hour away, so I'd asked for an actual tread depth. He got back to me at 10pm and said "6/32". GTFO.

So I bit the bullet this morning and got my local tire shop to order me a new 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler to match. Hated to do it since I hate these tires but I can't keep dicking around for days or weeks looking for a deal and driving the company truck lol. So there's $550 down the drain

 

[Grit dog]

So to continue the tire saga, I'd been scouring marketplace hoping I'd get lucky like I did before and either be able to find 1 single matching 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler or a good set of take offs of another brand. I've actually grown to hate these Ridge Grapplers. Before I bought them, everybody online raves about how smooth and quiet they ride. ********. These things are LOUD. A. F. I used to have Trail Grapplers that weren't this loud. Even my buddy that loves Mud Grapplers was like "nah dude, these need to go". But of course, there's hardly anything out there now, at least not in the sizes I'm interested in.

I did find 2 sets, one Toyo AT3 and one Terra Grappler. The AT3s were a year old set of 295/60/20 (slightly shorter than what I have) and one needed a plug, there was one guy in front of me and of course he bought them. The second was a set of 295/65/20 Terra Grapplers that were "80% tread". It was at a used tire shop an hour away, so I'd asked for an actual tread depth. He got back to me at 10pm and said "6/32". GTFO.

So I bit the bullet this morning and got my local tire shop to order me a new 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler to match. Hated to do it since I hate these tires but I can't keep dicking around for days or weeks looking for a deal and driving the company truck lol. So there's $550 down the drain

Fck I hate that…for you. But I’m as cheap as you and used to basically only buy used sets of tires. Huge savings when you find the right takeoffs. Around here at least that market is fvcked. Between the Llanterras (yes the Hispanic culture is growing in Seattle) and the Russians/Uks, it’s about impossible to get any them deals anymore.
But the price you pay if you do is when something like this happens and you end up coughing up a chunk of what you saved. It’s like going to the casino….lol.
I agree Ridge Grapplers and their sister tire Toyo RTs and other with the same tread pattern are some of my least favorite tires. Noise was above average for the appearance of the tread for sure. But if you don’t like them in Georgia, you’d slash them yourself if you drove them in the snow! I’ve never had a semi aggressive tire that was soooo bad in snow. It should be illegal to sell them anywhere north of the Mason Dixon line…
The brodozer came with a shiny new set of those tires and I couldn’t let enough air out of them to not be Bambi on ice! I had them siped which helped some with longitudinal traction, not near as much as tires with a more square tread shape. But they were still like a greased cookie sheet for lateral traction. The wide lateral treads just don’t make sense for snow or road noise. We drive forward and backward not sideways…
They’re fine for driving around and look like a good sand tire. They should be kept for only the bros that tow their crap to Glamis in a 20 year old toyhauler behind a smoky 6 litre Powerstroke that looks like it’s got the Carolina squat on 22x14 rims with an 18” negative offset!

 

[Sad Sack]

So to continue the tire saga, I'd been scouring marketplace hoping I'd get lucky like I did before and either be able to find 1 single matching 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler or a good set of take offs of another brand. I've actually grown to hate these Ridge Grapplers. Before I bought them, everybody online raves about how smooth and quiet they ride. ********. These things are LOUD. A. F. I used to have Trail Grapplers that weren't this loud. Even my buddy that loves Mud Grapplers was like "nah dude, these need to go". But of course, there's hardly anything out there now, at least not in the sizes I'm interested in.

I did find 2 sets, one Toyo AT3 and one Terra Grappler. The AT3s were a year old set of 295/60/20 (slightly shorter than what I have) and one needed a plug, there was one guy in front of me and of course he bought them. The second was a set of 295/65/20 Terra Grapplers that were "80% tread". It was at a used tire shop an hour away, so I'd asked for an actual tread depth. He got back to me at 10pm and said "6/32". GTFO.

So I bit the bullet this morning and got my local tire shop to order me a new 35x11.50 Ridge Grappler to match. Hated to do it since I hate these tires but I can't keep dicking around for days or weeks looking for a deal and driving the company truck lol. So there's $550 down the drain

That's why I like my 235/75R/15's on my garage queen, can get all 4 for around $435.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Fck I hate that…for you. But I’m as cheap as you and used to basically only buy used sets of tires. Huge savings when you find the right takeoffs. Around here at least that market is fvcked. Between the Llanterras (yes the Hispanic culture is growing in Seattle) and the Russians/Uks, it’s about impossible to get any them deals anymore.
But the price you pay if you do is when something like this happens and you end up coughing up a chunk of what you saved. It’s like going to the casino….lol.
I agree Ridge Grapplers and their sister tire Toyo RTs and other with the same tread pattern are some of my least favorite tires. Noise was above average for the appearance of the tread for sure. But if you don’t like them in Georgia, you’d slash them yourself if you drove them in the snow! I’ve never had a semi aggressive tire that was soooo bad in snow. It should be illegal to sell them anywhere north of the Mason Dixon line…
The brodozer came with a shiny new set of those tires and I couldn’t let enough air out of them to not be Bambi on ice! I had them siped which helped some with longitudinal traction, not near as much as tires with a more square tread shape. But they were still like a greased cookie sheet for lateral traction. The wide lateral treads just don’t make sense for snow or road noise. We drive forward and backward not sideways…
They’re fine for driving around and look like a good sand tire. They should be kept for only the bros that tow their crap to Glamis in a 20 year old toyhauler behind a smoky 6 litre Powerstroke that looks like it’s got the Carolina squat on 22x14 rims with an 18” negative offset!

Dang, I didn't know they were that bad in snow. Glad you said that, maybe I won't go out and play if we get some this year lol. I've gotten lucky for my past 3-4 sets of tires, found good used ones, but I wasn't in a pinch. I'm gonna keep an eye out for a different set and I'll snag them if I find some. There's enough people around here that like Ridge Grapps, they shouldn't be hard to sell

 

[Grit dog]

Dang, I didn't know they were that bad in snow. Glad you said that, maybe I won't go out and play if we get some this year lol. I've gotten lucky for my past 3-4 sets of tires, found good used ones, but I wasn't in a pinch. I'm gonna keep an eye out for a different set and I'll snag them if I find some. There's enough people around here that like Ridge Grapps, they shouldn't be hard to sell

They were for me anyways. They were 12.50s but on a diesel with 1000lbs of tongue weight on the back running like 25psi rear and 30 front. With the trailer. Yes road conditions were bad. That’s when the best riding is!
What did it for me was stopped for…something…on a plowed side road that was kinda greasy packed snow (the only kind of snow on the wet side of the Cascades) and the truck started sliding sideways on the crown of the road and the trailer sitting on $99 etrailer specials stayed put!

 

[Hilllbilly]

I just picked this up last night.... 1064 horsepower
I picked yellow cause I like Sylvester Stallone
Im so Cool !

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like dat my mod? 4 pic tries

 

[TotalyHucked]

They were for me anyways. They were 12.50s but on a diesel with 1000lbs of tongue weight on the back running like 25psi rear and 30 front. With the trailer. Yes road conditions were bad. That’s when the best riding is!
What did it for me was stopped for…something…on a plowed side road that was kinda greasy packed snow (the only kind of snow on the wet side of the Cascades) and the truck started sliding sideways on the crown of the road and the trailer sitting on $99 etrailer specials stayed put!

Oh crap, yeah that's a pucker moment with a trailer for sure!

I just got back from the tire shop. They did me a solid and just charged for the tire, TTT. No mount or balance, so it was $440, about $100 less than I was expecting. They're great, it's a small, home town tire shop that's been there since the '40s. I've done lots of business with them in the past and will buy through them again if/when I decide to pull the trigger on a new set