Should I change tires on my Jeep toad?
I tow a 2014 Jeep Safari with fairly aggressive 35" tires behind my 2007 gas, Safari Simba. All the trips I have used it have been 1000 mile round trip or less. Now we are talking about a 5000 mile t...
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We bought our Wrangler (with Goodrich Mud Terrains) in September of 2015, hooked it up to our A, and drove. We drove from DC to Florida to Arizona to Alaska to Montana to Arizona then back to DC where we replaced them. We had put a total of 42,000 miles on the tires, with 22,000 of that on the jeep engine. The tires still had plenty of tread.
Typically, we rotate the tires every 3-5,000 miles. Unfortunately, we put over 10,000 miles on the tires in Alaska and on the return trip without rotating them (lots of gravel and dirt roads). When we hit Montana, we had quite a bit of cupping. We rotated the tires in Montana and then again in Arizona (3,000 mile interval) but the cupping was still noticeable. So we replaced them with Duratracs. We previously had Duratracs on our F250 diesel and they towed and went off road well, even after 60,000 miles when we sold it.
So, a 5K trip? No problem, just try to rotate them if the 5K is towing and you will adding non-towing miles.
Typically, we rotate the tires every 3-5,000 miles. Unfortunately, we put over 10,000 miles on the tires in Alaska and on the return trip without rotating them (lots of gravel and dirt roads). When we hit Montana, we had quite a bit of cupping. We rotated the tires in Montana and then again in Arizona (3,000 mile interval) but the cupping was still noticeable. So we replaced them with Duratracs. We previously had Duratracs on our F250 diesel and they towed and went off road well, even after 60,000 miles when we sold it.
So, a 5K trip? No problem, just try to rotate them if the 5K is towing and you will adding non-towing miles.
