^Thanks for taking the time with a great write-up. Can't say I'm not disappointed as I had high hopes for that tire.
It usually takes a couple hundreds miles to scrub in a tire before its true character is known. From those pics, it looks well scrubbed in, and actually surprised at the level of rubber chipping and wear in only 500 miles?
I'm particularly surprised at the sidewall lugs. They photograph pretty aggressively in studio lighting. But man, your right, Barely an emboss and almost seems like they made gradiations in the rubber texture just to create shadows that make it seem like the lugs are much more aggressive. Perhaps they save at least a couple lbs in rubber weight by doing that.
I'm hoping for the sake of the AT IIIs that they're having ramp up production issues, perhaps compound issues. Much like some isolated batches of early BFGs with cracking issues, and Ridge Grapplers with tread splitting issues.
What tires did you move on to? Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT? Good chance to review, to compare and contrast whatever new tire you get.
It usually takes a couple hundreds miles to scrub in a tire before its true character is known. From those pics, it looks well scrubbed in, and actually surprised at the level of rubber chipping and wear in only 500 miles?
I'm particularly surprised at the sidewall lugs. They photograph pretty aggressively in studio lighting. But man, your right, Barely an emboss and almost seems like they made gradiations in the rubber texture just to create shadows that make it seem like the lugs are much more aggressive. Perhaps they save at least a couple lbs in rubber weight by doing that.
I'm hoping for the sake of the AT IIIs that they're having ramp up production issues, perhaps compound issues. Much like some isolated batches of early BFGs with cracking issues, and Ridge Grapplers with tread splitting issues.
What tires did you move on to? Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT? Good chance to review, to compare and contrast whatever new tire you get.