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Dan, Obviously you’re not an “animal rights“ kinda guy. Without retreads we wouldn’t have “road gators” and driving along the interstate highways would be so boring.
If I was putting them on my expensive newer primary highway vehicle and didn't do any research into "modern retreads" I would agree with you. The retread process is supposedly different now from the old recaps of the 60's and 70's. The load, heat, mileage, and extent to which tires are worn out before replaced on a 18wheeler(especially the trailer) running recaps is not comparable to the conditions of use for a light truck/SUV tire. Most people don't run tires on their SUV's till the cords show or they come apart.
Snow! Exactly what we needed in Colorado.
I drove 180 miles on 2 lanes and interstate (truckers!!! ) pretty much in 2wd on my mud terrains. Very impressed with the Yokohama mud terrains.
I was completely unimpressed with the wipers however...time to search on them...they are weak, but seemingly more powerful than the Toyota H diesel
Funny enough, I was talking with my tire guy the other day about BFGs....and something came up with how bad they used to be. He said they had huge issues with balancing and vibrations......some of them just couldn't be balanced and would be warrantied out as defective. He said that changed though...they have gotten a lot better. Very rare for them to have warranty issues these days. Not sure what they changed.Yeah, well it's still true. I have had several sets of those s***ty tires and I am truly embarrased to admit that it took me that long to figure out how bad they are.
Tread separations, tire-pulling, Vibrations, cracking, balance issues....... ad nauseam.
Oh, you can't wear them out. Which is one reason they suck. It makes it miserable while you wait to a point where you can defend replacing them.
Same location, different truck, 5-6 years apart. 
Do they periodically fill in the roads? Elevation of the road relative to surrounding ground seems higher in the later pics...Georgia’s red clay ....from a RHD and LHD perspective.
The roads through the plantations don’t see a lot of traffic but the county does on occasion “pull the ditches“ which as it sounds deepens the ditches and cuts the road banks. The dirt that is “pulled” from the ditches is scattered across the roads to aid drainage. Although the ditches are still there in the bottom photo, they have been somewhat overtaken by vegetation. The 3rd photo (over the hood) shows ditches that were recently pulled.
Toyota OEM plastic parts are typically so resilient. The snorkel tube on my 80 stayed nice and fresh looking in Abu Dhabi, but my snorkel head faded so quickly. And now I'm getting the same deal on my FJ75's snorkel head.You know you’re bored when you start repainting faded snorkel tops.
You know you’re bored when you start repainting faded snorkel tops.
