Needed new tires....again

[robinja]

I got 50K+ on my last set of Falkens (A/T3) and still had tread for possibly another 10K more, but due to upcoming rain and snow season I went ahead and replaced them. Looking forward to 50K+ on new Falkens (A/T4).

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[Chadnutz]

I got around 70,000 out of my Kenda Klevers. They still had more tread left but I didn't want to risk any blowouts or anything. Bought another set.

 

[texanjeeper]

@texanjeeper what kinda use does your Gladiator get?
Lots of stop and go, lots of sharp turning and not much HWY miles would be my guess.

Yes, I live in the city, and there are plenty of stops and starts, turning, that kind of thing, I do put highway miles on it but not nearly as much as city driving.

 

[GWolgamott]

That's just crazy, maybe had a really bad set? Curious what caused that. You'd have to really be hitting corners hard and stopping hard though for just city driving to cause that kind of premature wear though, I mean really abusing them not just being heavy footed. I drive heavy footed often and didn't do that kind of damage. Mostly highway but I drive like 70 miles round trip for my commute with about 15ish miles of those being city stop and go.

I had good longevity with those tires, just took a set off that had like 45kish on them. Still had 10/32nds left of the tread so had many thousands more to go really. Bit chopped on one tire due to letting it run low often, had issue with wheel sealing. So that was my fault not the tire and wasn't bad enough to cause issue when I did fix the seal, so overall really impressed with them. I got great deal on new set of MT baja boss tires, as the only reason took them off. Hell sold the old falkens to help pay for those since they had plenty of life left.

 

[RudeJeepin]

I managed a fleet of busses and other support vehicles for years. We would easily put 2 to 3 times as many tires and brakes on the busses that stayed in town versus the busses that were used for trips out of town.
While it sucks, his wear would fit right in with my experience managing that fleet.

 

[JustKruzn]

Original tires. 65k
rotate em every oil change.

 

[texanjeeper]

I gotta tell you, the K03's are an even quieter ride than the Falkens I had on the truck before. It's a smooth, quiet ride, and I'm really impressed with the K03's.

 

[Schaft]

Thats very odd you're getting low mileage like that, my Falken M/T I had come with my Rubicon I got about 52,000 miles and that's not rotating my spare in the mix. But I had to fix my suspension cause of all the extra weight wore them out. I got the Falken A/T this time and im about 45,000 miles and i rotate my spare also. and they look brand new.

Yeah, I have nothing but good things to say about my factory falken AT3 tires. I changed the wheels at 6000 miles when I added the lift. New steel bumpers, front and rear, winch, swaybar disconnect skids, differential skids, bed cover, swing out tool cases, among other things. I checked the tire pressure and kept it at 37, the whole time they’ve been on my truck. Rotated at every oil change. Almost 32,000 miles and at least another 20,000 miles left on the treads, probably more. I just put 35s on my new wheels, Icon dynamics recon pros. I originally was gonna wait, until my factory tires wore out, to upgrade to 35’s, but could no longer wait. With no effort at all, I sold my tires and wheels. Almost perfect even wear, on the OEM’s. So the 35s are the wild peak AT4’s, 12.5.
With the new tires and wheels on, it feels like a brand new truck again. The original tires, probably should’ve been rebalanced at some point. When I looked at the old wheels, I saw the weights had fallen off, almost everywhere. Still though, almost perfect, even wear.
it is strange that OP tires wore evenly, yet so fast

 

[Stan H]

Yeah, I have nothing but good things to say about my factory falken AT3 tires. I changed the wheels at 6000 miles when I added the lift. New steel bumpers, front and rear, winch, swaybar disconnect skids, differential skids, bed cover, swing out tool cases, among other things. I checked the tire pressure and kept it at 37, the whole time they’ve been on my truck. Rotated at every oil change. Almost 32,000 miles and at least another 20,000 miles left on the treads, probably more. I just put 35s on my new wheels, Icon dynamics recon pros. I originally was gonna wait, until my factory tires wore out, to upgrade to 35’s, but could no longer wait. With no effort at all, I sold my tires and wheels. Almost perfect even wear, on the OEM’s. So the 35s are the wild peak AT4’s, 12.5.
With the new tires and wheels on, it feels like a brand new truck again. The original tires, probably should’ve been rebalanced at some point. When I looked at the old wheels, I saw the weights had fallen off, almost everywhere. Still though, almost perfect, even wear.
it is strange that OP tires wore evenly, yet so fast

My original tires was done at 35K.

 

[brsnow2585]

'22 Rubi diesel at 40k+ on stock Falkon AT3 , rotate on oil changes which are~ 8k miles, I'd have to measure my spare that hasn't seen driving time, but I'd eyeball my tires at about 50%. They might go faster over the hump, but I've been really happy with them. It sounds like you've got suspension or assignment issues, I recently had my from axle rebuilt after it blew up and in the end, the alignment that the shop did was infinitely better than what came from the factory and the other dealer after that.

 

[Stan H]

'22 Rubi diesel at 40k+ on stock Falkon AT3 , rotate on oil changes which are~ 8k miles, I'd have to measure my spare that hasn't seen driving time, but I'd eyeball my tires at about 50%. They might go faster over the hump, but I've been really happy with them. It sounds like you've got suspension or assignment issues, I recently had my from axle rebuilt after it blew up and in the end, the alignment that the shop did was infinitely better than what came from the factory and the other dealer after that.

Yeah that is was due to rough terrain. I been through 3 more sets since then.

 

[brsnow2585]

Yeah that is was due to rough terrain. I been through 3 more sets since then.

3 more?...... What are you driving on regularly? I'm looking at the FalkenAT4 for my next set, I've heard a lot of good about those, I'll be going up to 35" probably a metric size, still stock wheels though

 

[Stan H]

3 more?...... What are you driving on regularly? I'm looking at the FalkenAT4 for my next set, I've heard a lot of good about those, I'll be going up to 35" probably a metric size, still stock wheels though

Right now I am on Kenda Klever RT's , previous sets . Mickey Thompson MT's, Gladiator MT Xtremes, Falken AT 3's

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