Seriously!? Is this common?
Man, I hope that doesn't happen to him. He won't be punishing them since he only agreed to Moab if we do easy stuff, he hates rocks, lol.
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Seriously!? Is this common?
Man, I hope that doesn't happen to him. He won't be punishing them since he only agreed to Moab if we do easy stuff, he hates rocks, lol.
The tread peeled off of mine, too.
He got 40k from the last set but never aired down.
Mine lasted about 3-4 months and however many couple thousand miles I did that summer. If the tread hadn't peeled, they would have been bald by winter. Garbage tire!
That's more than I thought they cost. A friend bought some, uses and likes them - he is old with bad knees and a bad hip and doesn't like to crouch for long periods. They are essentially a prepackaged set of four European style locking open flow air chucks with male threads. The price for one unit from other sources is typically about $5 retail, so if the prepackaged set is overpriced it is not by much.$29.99 on amazon. Have you tried them?
I received a set for Christmas, and with the blessing of Harry Lewellyn at Coyote Enterprises, I intend to with experiment with them in Baja next month.
Here is a source for single locking open flow chucks with male threads on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3940324202...d=link&campid=5337789113&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
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Did you try Coyote Enterprises itself?
They show "XCEDV2 in stock now and on sale."
https://www.coyoteents.com/
He won't care until the realities of the Patagonia impact what he does with his Jeep.
I like the idea of them. But, I'll wait for some reviews. I won't need them for a while.
Unless you're going to Elephant Hill or way down to Hole in The Rock, none of the trails in Moab would need extra fuel. I carried fuel on both of those but never needed to use it.
At Trail Jam I tend to air down and up daily if we are sequenced so that we travel more than a few miles on the pavement. But with 35s it isn't that time consuming especially if I only air back up to 20.
With only 2 days to wheel the plan is to stay close to Moab.
It's common if they're used for rock crawling. The guy that took these pictures was a former Patagonia fanboy until the tread started falling off regularly.
Honestly, I'd sell those tires before they start falling apart. They'd probably be just fine for a mall crawler.
Thanks for the link. Just ordered a set. Now to see if I can return my Currie deflator (unused).
So... can I just put them on at the hotel parking lot and drive the 5 miles to the trail, expecting the tires to be at my set psi on arrival? Lazy or what?
Yeah, I don't think I can talk the owner into that. On the other hand I won't pressure him much to air down at Moab - sounds like maybe it's not as necessary as some other trails. For the most part he runs more 'overland' type trails and doesn't air down except when I insisted in deep snow.
Harry Lewellyn at Coyote Enterprises doesn't recommend driving with the deflators, but many do. They should come pre-set to 18 psi. It only takes a few minutes to calibrate them to your desired target pressure.
I must be an old grumpy fuck. So far, this week, I have gone about 200 miles @ 15psi on rocky trails here at KOFA. ( and I mean rocky, holy shit, even my lab hates walking on these rocks ) But at the end of the day, I usually aire up to 26ps on Discover AT3 33x12.5. ( as recommended by you guys ) and run up or down Rt-95 at 65mph. I use a Jaco Rapidflow deflator, and Viair 450P RVS for airing up the TJ and for the Escape Pod ( 32' super-c ) with Continental 19.5" tires,
At the end of the day, I take my time airing up, we break out snacks, a cold ( non-alcoholic ) beverage and relax and let Einstein go wander around for 10 or 15 minutes before wander back to camp. Im old and retired, so Im not in a big hurry to do much of anything.
Tomorrow, I'll air up the TJ to 26psi, run up Rt-95 about 30 miles or so, and go scout out the Plomosa rd. BLM land, Next Thursday we are going to relocate to that area if the road isn't to rough for the Escape Pod. My wife freaks out when the rig gets on rough, dirt roads. Says, "this is home, you break it, we;re fucked" and I get that. But the rig is built for this shit. But == happy wife, Im grumpy Life
Oh well, tally Ho,
At the end of the day, I take my time airing up, we break out snacks, a cold ( non-alcoholic ) beverage and relax and let Einstein go wander around for 10 or 15 minutes before wander back to camp. Im old and retired, so Im not in a big hurry to do much of anything.
Tomorrow, I'll air up the TJ to 26psi, run up Rt-95 about 30 miles or so, and go scout out the Plomosa rd. BLM land, Next Thursday we are going to relocate to that area if the road isn't to rough for the Escape Pod. My wife freaks out when the rig gets on rough, dirt roads. Says, "this is home, you break it, we;re fucked" and I get that. But the rig is built for this shit. But == happy wife, Im grumpy Life
Oh well, tally Ho,
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