Am I just unlucky? (Tires)

[Macaque]

Got my 2nd flat in a month on Toyo Open Country's. 265/65/r17 size. I haven't done anything that should give me a flat that easily. Just some driving on gravel logging and forest service roads. The first time a piece of gravel got embedded in the left-rear tire and flatted it, and the second time (2 days ago) the shop said it was gravel in the right-rear that caused the flat. This time they said the damage was un-repairable and had to replace the tire on warranty.

What's going on? Are the Toyos ****ty tires, or do I just have bad luck?

 

[DC runner]

Yea. Kinda sounds like it. I have never had a gravel flat. And you have had 2 in a short period, I think that is telling you something about your tires.

 

[nevada]

Got my 2nd flat in a month on Toyo Open Country's. 265/65/r17 size. I haven't done anything that should give me a flat that easily. Just some driving on gravel logging and forest service roads. The first time a piece of gravel got embedded in the left-rear tire and flatted it, and the second time (2 days ago) the shop said it was gravel in the right-rear that caused the flat. This time they said the damage was un-repairable and had to replace the tire on warranty.

What's going on? Are the Toyos ****ty tires, or do I just have bad luck?

toyos are ****ty tires, but thats besides the point.


im guessing you were going fast?
what you're getting are impact breaks.
are those P, or LT tires? im guessing P's...

gets some LT's unless you want to keep changing tires. or slow down.

 

[JB.]

Could just be bad luck, but nevada's description of what happened is not unlikely.

LTs are tougher but involve pavement compromises you may not want to make.

Air pressure has a big effect on on that kind of use. If you stay with P type tires, try dropping pressure for the trail to about 22-24psi next time and see if that doesn't fix the problem.

 

[boondoggle]

When I first got my 97 Wrangler I got stranded on the stock tires, on a gravel road, in the middle of Kansas' Flint Hills.

The stock tires were Goodyear Wranglers of some sort but yep, cheap tires can certainly get flats on sharp rocks. That's one reason I chose to go with my Discoverer AT3s. Apparently they focused a lot of chip and cut resistance. Might be worth looking into if you go to buy a new set of tires down the road.

 

[DC runner]

I need to find gravel then. When I bought my truck (1 year ago!), I had the dealer throw in a set of new tires in the deal. The ones on it were bald, probably not even legal to sell on. He did, thank you, but he put the crappiest pair you can find. Called starfires and they are Coopers crappy Chinese line.

Been trying to kill them. I am not a money waster, so I won't just get rid of tires with tread. I need a reason to replace them.... maybe I should just roll up and down gravel until I pop them.