Cooper tire failure at 65mph - now what?
Bought 6 of the COOPER DISCOVERER AT3 LT235/80R-17 for our 2014 Ram DRW in April 2017 before our 13,000 mile AK trip with extensive gravel to Inuvik, etc. After that trip we were generally not too imp...
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Well, we do expect and have had puncture issues on various roads. Our tire plug kit took care of those nicely. We also expect tread wear. What we didn't expect, even with lots of gravel and rocks, is the tread separation.
Swung by Discount Tire and they confirmed tread separation on 4 of our 6 tires, 2 fronts, 1 dually each side. Probably some kind of defect. Fronts still had 7/32, rears 8/32. Cooper Tire will give us a prorated amount toward new ones.
Talking to the Discount Tire guy, we are now considering the updated version of Cooper Discoverer AT/3 LT and the new Toyo AT3. He does not recommend the KO2 as the heavy truck/torque will shred them faster.
Question now is according to sales guy:
4 new Cooper tires for rear and put remaining 2 supposedly ok tires on front until they are done (slight change in tread design), not liking this option
or 2 new in front, 2 new one side dually, 2 old other side, seems weird
or 6 new Toyos and keep old Coopers as spares, probably this one...
Swung by Discount Tire and they confirmed tread separation on 4 of our 6 tires, 2 fronts, 1 dually each side. Probably some kind of defect. Fronts still had 7/32, rears 8/32. Cooper Tire will give us a prorated amount toward new ones.
Talking to the Discount Tire guy, we are now considering the updated version of Cooper Discoverer AT/3 LT and the new Toyo AT3. He does not recommend the KO2 as the heavy truck/torque will shred them faster.
Question now is according to sales guy:
4 new Cooper tires for rear and put remaining 2 supposedly ok tires on front until they are done (slight change in tread design), not liking this option
or 2 new in front, 2 new one side dually, 2 old other side, seems weird
or 6 new Toyos and keep old Coopers as spares, probably this one...
