How far can I drive on my OEM mud tires?

[FrankFrqnkFrank]

I’ve got 44,000 miles on my mall crawler. They are cupped and loud. The have no siping anymore. But the knobby tread gets me through deep snow just fine

i was going to replace them when I retire in July. But can I just keep running them??

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[kevman65]

I’ve got 44,000 miles on my mall crawler. They are cupped and loud. The have no siping anymore. But the knobby tread gets me through deep snow just fine

i was going to replace them when I retire in July. But can I just keep running them??

I'd say when you start hydroplaning in an Indiana gully washer, it's time.

 

[FrankFrqnkFrank]

They were rock steady through this ?

 

[Rusty PW]

Don't know what state you're in. But 2/32" is the minimum for inspection in Pa.

 

[kevman65]

Don't know what state you're in. But 2/32" is the minimum for inspection in Pa.

He be a Hoosier, we don't have no steenken state inspection....

 

[Rusty PW]

He be a Hoosier, we don't have no steenken state inspection....

That's why everytime I go through that state. A lot of the vehicles I see on the road look like escapees from a scrap yard.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Run them till the belts show. ?

 

[DarthAWM]

Until you can't

 

[AmishMike]

John, you say they were rock solid in that downpour. Did you ask them to do anything important, or were you able to gently roll along?
Tires to me are only as good as their 'Oh shit' capabilities. Once you have to drive defensively because of a shortage in tire performance, time to get new. You are not talking about the full price of new tires, you were going to need them eventually; you are only talking about the percentage of cost that you threw away. Which is much cheaper than any incident.

If you take @Wheelin98TJ 's advice, once the cords show, they are now ice tires!

 

[kevman65]

That's why everytime I go through that state. A lot of the vehicles I see on the road look like escapees from a scrap yard.

That's the Kentuckians that got caught north of the river and can't find their way home......

 

[FrankFrqnkFrank]

John, you say they were rock solid in that downpour. Did you ask them to do anything important, or were you able to gently roll along?
Tires to me are only as good as their 'Oh shit' capabilities. Once you have to drive defensively because of a shortage in tire performance, time to get new. You are not talking about the full price of new tires, you were going to need them eventually; you are only talking about the percentage of cost that you threw away. Which is much cheaper than any incident.

If you take @Wheelin98TJ 's advice, once the cords show, they are now ice tires!

solid advice, thank you

 

[Geoarch]

I'd say when you start hydroplaning in an Indiana gully washer, it's time.

Isn't hydroplaning the middle name for mud tires?

 

[SoK66]

I’ve got 44,000 miles on my mall crawler. They are cupped and loud. The have no siping anymore. But the knobby tread gets me through deep snow just fine

i was going to replace them when I retire in July. But can I just keep running them??

As a native Region Rat, I'd say run them until they are stolen.

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