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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ppine wrote:
Most people never go off-road. Most people never go off good dirt roads. That doesn't meant their trucks aren't capable of it.
Sometimes you get stuck. Sometimes you break stuff. Sometimes you have to walk out.
Hauling a truck camper or pulling a trailer just makes everything a lot harder. Just turning around can be a big problem.
Use some judgement out there. Buy good tires, watch your pressure and don't rock bashing without realizing the problems associated with mistreating tires.
AZ dirt roads are hard on tires, they are rocks with a little dirt in between. Everyone I know self included that camps up there has had an issue with every brand of tire.
