Damn that’s crappy luck. Anything can happen. I cut my sidewall on a curb
but that was a Duratrac so we all know it’s a soft sidewall.I was about to order the rt trails. Might have to look into the nittos.
What did you do with your Tundra or Sequoia this weekend? (11 Viewers)
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but that was a Duratrac so we all know it’s a soft sidewall.I was about to order the rt trails. Might have to look into the nittos.
joseywales
Renaissance Redneck
We shall see. Black Bear Pass is a trail with a TON of loose rocks. All it takes is one sharp edge in the right place and at the right time to kill any tire. I’m not using these for crawling. Forestry roads, snow and rural highways will be their home. I do have my local Toyo reps cell number, so I’ll know who to harass if I have any issues.
joseywales
Renaissance Redneck
They are mounted, so I guess we’ll find out if they can handle the dog walk this morning without losing a sidewall. Last nights pizza run (very rocky parking lot!) was a success!
Those look good.
What's everyones thought on a swingout tire carrier? I can order one for my high-clearance bumper and have the brackets welded on. I'm worried about too much rattling, adding an additional 15-20" to the length of the truck, and constantly having to swing the tire out of the way to use the tailgate.
Do you carry a full size spare already?
I've done the Westcott collar kit and am running 35'' Toyo OC RT- switching to RT Trails on Saturday (tire shop put on wrong tires by accident)
I've only had a swing out on a 1st Gen 4runner before, and it did get a little annoying but wasn't that big of a deal. This also depends on how often you need to get in the trunk/bed of course. There are usually ways to shim them and whatnot to eliminate rattling if you do get any.
Yes in the bed of the truck strapped sideways against the back.
I do use the bed of the truck a lot and that's my main concern. If I needed to use the bed with the tailgate down I could always remove the swing out for the day. Just wondering if it's going to get old real quick.
Yours look better that the regular RTs...glad I'm switchingThey are mounted, so I guess we’ll find out if they can handle the dog walk this morning without losing a sidewall. Last nights pizza run (very rocky parking lot!) was a success!
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Edit** looks like they're called tiregates.
I've seen swing out tailgates/tire carriers before on Tacomas, maybe something like that would be viable? Only downside I could see is losing the usability of a folding tailgate. Actually you have a shell on don't you, so that's probably not a good route.
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I'm not a fan of swing out tire carriers. It's a PITA to move it every time you want to get into the truck bed, it's worse if you tow something you may have to unhitch the trailer to move the tire out of the way. Etc. BUT - it's gotta go somewhere. If you can't fit underneath, what else are you going to do? It could go on top, but then you lose the cargo room up there. You can put in the bed and you lose bed space. You could hang it off the front and block your cooling. Or??? It's a big heavy thing that's gotta go somwhere. And sometimes the swingout is the best spot for it despite being in the way.
I would say that in my general experience having them on a few rigs - they don't usually hang up on stuff. They're high enough above the rear bumper in most cases that they're not a problem on the trails.
Just my .02.
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You probably know this from Tundras.com but I opted no swing out for a few reasons.
1. It wouldn’t fit in the garage.
2. I’m opening my tailgate to get baseball/softball/football stuff out of the back 3-5 days/week - seemed like it would get old quick.
3. I wanted all the departure angle - not 100% sure but it looks like you might give some back with a 37” tire hanging a foot and an half off the back bumper.
I have a dual swingout on my 80 Series- it serves a great storage purpose (37' tire, hi lift, jerry cans, etc) but was an inconvenience (as others have mentioned) to access interior cargo for the daily use.
I'm thinking of opting for a Rig'd Ultraswing on on the Sequoia so that I can store/haul on trips but don't have the 'permanent' blockage of the rear bumper mount (i.e. remove while around towning)
Hopefully yours treat you well! I’ve run two sets of Nitto RGs really hard without any failure so I was surprised to see that review on the Toyos. Hard to deny his experience going zero failures for 9 years followed by two in short order…
This is what I needed to hear! Thank you
So you'd recommend the Nitto Recon Grappler over the toyos?
Or wait for the new Grappler G3 to come out? Nitto posted a few pictures hinting they're going to be releasing the new version.
My experience is with the Ridge Grapplers - I forgot there is a new “RG”. I liked my Ridge Grapplers - they’re quiet for the first 15k-20k miles then get progressively louder. The second set chunked a little worse than the first set - ultimately I wanted to try something I might be able to get more than 30k miles out of. Biggest complaints were road noise late in life and wet braking was pretty bad.
Installed redline goods shifter boot.
