My Revos Are Really Getting Ripped Up! Anyone Else?

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The Nittos have served me well, no trail related failures and minimal rat bites, for as much rock as they have seen. From talking to local MTR owners, their opinion is they will not ride or last as well as the Nittos and cost 50% more.
 
That's sweet. I like to pick on AT's, but ultimately it really depends on how and where you wheel. I tried quite a bit of other stuff before settling on trxus. If we didn't have snow, and I didn't love driving in the deep stuff, and we didn't have ledge roads with dropoffs long enough to let you think about it on the way down...I doubt this would be my tire.

But, I've experienced way too many pant crappers in the mountains to run AT's. For me, it is largely about lateral traction. Ledge roads will do that to you, and for me it is always money well spent :beer: .

Nay
 
Nay said:
But, I've experienced way too many pant crappers in the mountains to run AT's. For me, it is largely about lateral traction. Ledge roads will do that to you, and for me it is always money well spent :beer: .
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No kidding. Gunsight pass just outside of Crested Butte was my harsh introduction to loose ledge roads. I made it to the top though!
 
Update: Went to the friendly firestone dealer to take the look. The first fella stated "Holy S**T! I've never seen sumpin like this before." Then he called out the top tech there who came out and simply stated without a hint of hesitation, "Looks like you are running rough gravely roads real fast." He called the tires' all around tread damage "stone chips" and explained that I am abrading the treads on gravely granite roads. He called the tires' tread pealing away parts "rock rash" and explained that when wheeling over rocks particularly sharp shaped rocks and shale and stuff I am actually cutting into the tread. He never even asked about whether I wheeled, whether I raced those really rough roads, nothing, it was spooky psychic. He insisted that this damage would never show from street usage no matter how much weight or how much power. He suggested that to totally avoid all this I run MT's off road and AT's on road but also suggested that as long as I could avoid concern with the way they "looked" it was no problem to run them all the time. He then looked closer and closer and stated that sometimes the stone chips show on only the forward face and that that is typical around here when people work out of some stuck situation. He started to point to all the different facing angles of the tread that are abraded and stated that this indicates that I am "powering through the corners as much as through the straights". Then he looked at me and stated "You have fun with this thing dontcha!?!" He finished by saying if it ever got to the point of affecting safety they would warranty the tires through the warranty package I purchased but that for now they are simply showing signs of real rough usage. He seemed sincere and super knowledgable so I'm satisfied at the moment. Whaddya all think??? Thanks.
 
I'd say that boy has been around the block a time or two! :)
 
tarbe said:
I'd say that boy has been around the block a time or two! :)
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Help me interpret: do you mean like he knows his stuff or like he knows how to scam stupid customers??? Thanks. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
 
turbocruiser said:
Help me interpret: do you mean like he knows his stuff or like he knows how to scam stupid customers??? Thanks. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Probably both, but he nailed your driving habits!:D
 
Tools R Us said:
Probably both, but he nailed your driving habits!:D
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Haha, yes that was spooky, hope he is not in the State Patrol Service part-time!!! He really had the whole thing figured out within two to three seconds of looking and like I wrote wasted NO time trying to ASK me about my driving habits. Talk about forensic tire analysis!!! :doh:
 
Get a set of Dunlop Radial Mud Rovers for off road...;)
 
Arya Ebrahimi said:
Anytime what? Oh that's right, you're too "hardcore" for GWNF...

Ary
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:rolleyes: No has nothing to do with it. Has everything to do with being in the process of building a house and the price of gas to even pull my rig out for a day trip. Sometimes you gotta think about the family and frugality must be ones primary concern in regard to such things. HTH.

reffug:cool:
 
Turbo,
Should have gone with the cheaper old Duelers:)
My tire sage adviced me to not go with revos if I actually drive it off pavement.
30K miles and looking good.
I do not rock crawl, I do drive hard, like fast gravel, fun in the sand.
 
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