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Ok, heres the story of my new shoes, lol
Some of you know that I was running Dunlop’s 265/65-17 (some street tire) only because I want to go with 35s but was deciding between the Firestone MTs and the KM2s.
Well we ran Cascade Creek and Saxton Mnt. Picks can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/4x4Ric/CascadeCreek9509?authkey=Gv1sRgCKD5sZnk59eh6wE#
The day was great, it’s an easy trail, we was on our way down and all of a sudden I hear this hissing sound, and thought “no way” so I get out, and sure enough, I got a flat, and I mean FLAT, lol the left front is done, but I still hear the hissing, look at the left rear tire, and sure enough, it’s got a nice slice in it and going flat, so we put my spare on the front, and use Shawn’s spare for the rear, put things away, and start to take off, I don’t get 5 feet, and Andrew jumps out and says “dude, you got another flat” I thought he was just messing with me, lol, so I get out and look at the right rear, sure enough, its going flat… so we grab Glens spare, and throw it on the rear.
Now I have 4 different tires on, 3 different sizes, what a mess, lol. I my stock tires on the front, a Dueler H-T 265/70-16 on the left rear, a Geolander MT 305/70-16 on the right rear, and Mich. 265/60-17 on the left front, Dunlop 265/65-17 on the right front.
So today I go and new shoes, and returns Glen and Shawn’s spare tires.
3 flats in one day, on one trail, by one person, within 5 feet, what’s the odds ?
The moral of this story is, “never wheel alone” if I was alone, I have no idea how I would have made it home…
From this:
To this:
Some of you know that I was running Dunlop’s 265/65-17 (some street tire) only because I want to go with 35s but was deciding between the Firestone MTs and the KM2s.
Well we ran Cascade Creek and Saxton Mnt. Picks can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/4x4Ric/CascadeCreek9509?authkey=Gv1sRgCKD5sZnk59eh6wE#
The day was great, it’s an easy trail, we was on our way down and all of a sudden I hear this hissing sound, and thought “no way” so I get out, and sure enough, I got a flat, and I mean FLAT, lol the left front is done, but I still hear the hissing, look at the left rear tire, and sure enough, it’s got a nice slice in it and going flat, so we put my spare on the front, and use Shawn’s spare for the rear, put things away, and start to take off, I don’t get 5 feet, and Andrew jumps out and says “dude, you got another flat” I thought he was just messing with me, lol, so I get out and look at the right rear, sure enough, its going flat… so we grab Glens spare, and throw it on the rear.
Now I have 4 different tires on, 3 different sizes, what a mess, lol. I my stock tires on the front, a Dueler H-T 265/70-16 on the left rear, a Geolander MT 305/70-16 on the right rear, and Mich. 265/60-17 on the left front, Dunlop 265/65-17 on the right front.
So today I go and new shoes, and returns Glen and Shawn’s spare tires.
3 flats in one day, on one trail, by one person, within 5 feet, what’s the odds ?
The moral of this story is, “never wheel alone” if I was alone, I have no idea how I would have made it home…
From this:
To this:
Do not skimp on tires because you will pay for it at the wrong time.
