Anyone have experience with Dick Cepek FC II's?

[Randy88FJ62]

I got two Dick Cepek Fun Country II's from a fellow club member for cheap and I would like to know a bit more about the tires before outfitting the cruiser.

Anyone have experience with these?

http://www.dickcepek.com/tires.php?item=RadialFCII


Road Noise?
Puncture resistance?
Mileage?

 

[pHarps]

I have no experience with them, besides on short highway drive. They weren't as loud on that Tundra as the GY Duratracs I have on my 80 now.

Some folks here run them and rave about them as being better in the snow with decent millage...

 

[Randy88FJ62]

I have no experience with them, besides on short highway drive. They weren't as loud on that Tundra as the GY Duratracs I have on my 80 now.

Some folks here run them and rave about them as being better in the snow with decent millage...

Thank you pHarps. I am split between buying a set of Duratracs or using the two FC II's and buying two more.

 

[pHarps]

There is a lot on Mud about how great the duratracs are, and a lot about how their sidewalls may be weak.
I had my spare slashed and my third flat on my truck all in the week before a trip to Yellowstone (about 500mi one way for me). I got the Duratracs because they were in stock in the size and load range that I needed, but to be honest they weren't my first choice.
After about 2000 km on them, I like them. They are great in the big snow we just got and they do look good on the truck (vanity is a curse).
I doubt you could go wrong with either.

There is a decent thread about the FC-IIs on Expo- http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...pek-Fun-Country-II?highlight=dick+cepek+fc-ii

 

[Randy88FJ62]

Weak sidewalls for you?

I currently have a pair of worn Goodyear Wrangler MTR's and love them. Their sidewalls have the "puncture resistant" advantage. I have had such great luck with them over the years on granite and in death valley volcanic rock that I assumed the Duratracs would be the same.

My main goal is an all terrain or cross terrain tire with good sidewall protection...

 

[cody c]

Ive talked to a couple guys who run them on their trucks in northern alberta, they all said they had good mileage and were pretty good for a full size truck for winter roads. I would have been inclined to think they wouldnt be good for winter driving because there is alot of tread surface and not lot of voids (large surface area in contact with the pavement) but Ive only heard good things.

I personally wouldnt use them off road, they probably do as good as your average all terrain or a tame mt, but I prefer something with more void for chucking mud or snow.