Two sets of tires?

[Horse Soldier]

No judgement at all. . If you are a weekend warrior, or play locally, which may or may not be overlanding, the tires will dry rot before you wear them out with mileage. If you are using your off-road tires for long distance trips and street tires the rest of the time, then they will more than likely wear out the tread before they dry rot. Those big Kelly Springfields I used to run on my 64 F100 back in the mid 70's, dry rotted way before I used up the tread. I'm only relaying my personal experience to the OP and his question "two sets of tires?" If I did indeed sound judgmental well then, that certainly was not the intent. Oh, I personally have 2 vehicles.. ( tongue firmly in cheek)

I probably took it the wrong way. Have a great day.

 

[MOAK]

I probably took it the wrong way. Have a great day.

Hey,, I started out with a 66 VW bug, weekend trips to the deserts. Then a 64 F100. We all gotta start somewhere, I definitely get that. As ones love for the backcountry experience grows, one finds they want to experience it more and more and for longer periods or blocks of time. Getting away from the "rat race" is addictive, but a very good addiction to have. If we worked hard and smart with a bit of luck tossed in as you and I seem to have done, our blocks of time get longer, and our equipment more capable. Sometimes I neglect to mention or accidentally take for granted, that everyone understands my "tongue in cheek" humor. My bad,, peace out !!

 

[MazeVX]

Not exactly the thing but think about it...

Everyone told me, get some AT tires MT's don't work for you and makes no sense.
But on my first 3 trips deep mud sometimes really heavy stuff was always there because that's what we got here mud and dirt.
I saw ATs fail, even ko2 fails a lot and so I decided to go to MT's and I don't regret it!

 

[MOAK]

Not exactly the thing but think about it...

Everyone told me, get some AT tires MT's don't work for you and makes no sense.
But on my first 3 trips deep mud sometimes really heavy stuff was always there because that's what we got here mud and dirt.
I saw ATs fail, even ko2 fails a lot and so I decided to go to MT's and I don't regret it!

It is a bit off topic but I may be making the switch to KM3s next go around..

 

[MT_Yota]

No judgement at all. . If you are a weekend warrior, or play locally, which may or may not be overlanding, the tires will dry rot before you wear them out with mileage. If you are using your off-road tires for long distance trips and street tires the rest of the time, then they will more than likely wear out the tread before they dry rot. Those big Kelly Springfields I used to run on my 64 F100 back in the mid 70's, dry rotted way before I used up the tread. I'm only relaying my personal experience to the OP and his question "two sets of tires?" If I did indeed sound judgmental well then, that certainly was not the intent. Oh, I personally have 2 vehicles.. ( tongue firmly in cheek)

I feel like you keep belittling the guys that can’t afford to do more than weekend trips with your “which may or may not be overlanding” comments. I may be wrong but that’s how I’m hearing it in my head

Weather cracking is not subject to specific classes of tires. It’s environment and rubber compound reliant. Not all MTs are going to weather crack after 6 years (manufacturer warranties all run out after 6 years for a reason though, including mileage) but a certain model or brand will. A lot of Michelin products for example are notorious for weather cracking, but it is mostly a cosmetic issue. I’ve seen numerous MT sets go for 50k plus miles. (Sources; 4 years working in the tire industry)

 

[MazeVX]

It is a bit off topic but I may be making the switch to KM3s next go around..

I think I missed the point on my post...
What I was trying to say is that one needs to find the right tire.

I am a weekend warrior but tires need to handle what the trail throws in and I'm so happy with what I got with the X3 that there is no need for another tire, just get rid of those stone old tire designs and take something newer, X3, km3, the newer toyo hybrid, nitto ridge grappler and so on.

The only reason I got another set is that no one can make a rubber compound that works well from - 20°Celsius up to 40°Celsius.

 

[Mike W]

I have a second set of tires for all three of my vehicles, Blizzak snows. Even if my A/T tires are mountain snowflake rated, they still suck compared to Blizzaks (or other dedicated winter tires). Especially on my heavy land rover. Stopping on snows vs A/T is no contest on ice covered roads.

The only people I ever see debating that are people who have never owned snows (and/or don't live in a place that gets much snow/ice).

I'm running Goodyear Silent Armor a/t which are several years old and I can't seem to wear them out.. they are made of iron or something... but I really want to get KO2 next.

 

[❤️Lovey❤️]

Does anyone have two sets of tires? Maybe a smaller set of every day drivers and then a set you throw on when going out on the trails?

Yes!! I can’t rotate tires on my Zed so I put so many miles & flats I have to keep a whole set on standby!! I found a great local shop that will fix my flats for like 20 bucks just in case but my last adventure punctured my sidewalk with a railroad nail on the side of a pull out. In one weekend I can put over500-700 miles & my tires lastabout 6 months....worth the Adventure!

 

[totalnobody]

this is irony,
I unintentionally fed this torrent on two sets of tires ,
my prior post stated I was going with two sets of tires as a" result not intent "
since then I was informed my wheels of choice were on national back order, sooo... I decided to have my K02's installed on my stock wheels.
and I love em, prior to this I was not a fan of the stock wheels at all!
Now that they have worthy rubber wrapped around them they look much better and will perform well.
so after all I am running 1 set of tires.
HA! Ha
kind of funny

 

[Seppy]

I like my stock wheels and I think I'll just replace directly onto those when I'm ready, post-lift.

 

[Kyle & Kari Frink]

The idea of swapping wheels with any regularity sounds awful to me :P . Winter tires I can understand; they are expensive and wear quickly in dry conditions.

However, I like math.

Driving 15k miles per year, and getting back 2 MPG at most by only running the MTs exclusively offroad, you'd save $210 per year with gas at $3/gal.

If you would choose to run only high-end MTs and would need replace them at 30k miles for $1000 (4 tires), but are willing to run basic road tires to 45k miles at $600 per set, it certainly makes some difference. After 12 years, you would have saved about $3900 total, including gas (at 15k miles per year). That is $325 per year, or $27 per month. If you go wheeling twice a month and spend 15 mins each time on the swap (including jacking, and especially moving all those wheels around)--for 4 swaps a month--that is $27/hr -- not bad!

Of course, there are plenty of capable MTs in the $700 range, which brings that total 12-year savings down to about $2060. That is about $170 saved per year, $14 per month, or $14/hr for your time if you want to look at it like that.

I dunno, I think I'd happy shell out $15 per month to
1) simply never have to bother with the regular wheel changes,
2) not have to store a huge stack of heavy tires, and
3) Maintain maximum vehicular coolness on every last grocery and mall run.



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Minor math correction (forgot you would need 4 swaps per month for 2 trips, rather than just 2 swaps :P ).

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Also, FWIW, going from 33x12.5" MTs on heavy 20x10 rims, to 32" ATs on light-weight aluminum 17s, I saved 50lb per wheel/tire combo. Still, I only picked up 1 MPG. So, 2MPG is, like I said, pretty optimistic except for huge changes like putting 35s on a 2door wrangler that came with 30s or 31s.

Thanks for the thought put into this lol actually made sense and I would agree I'll just have the one set lol.

 

[MOAK]

I feel like you keep belittling the guys that can’t afford to do more than weekend trips with your “which may or may not be overlanding” comments. I may be wrong but that’s how I’m hearing it in my head

Weather cracking is not subject to specific classes of tires. It’s environment and rubber compound reliant. Not all MTs are going to weather crack after 6 years (manufacturer warranties all run out after 6 years for a reason though, including mileage) but a certain model or brand will. A lot of Michelin products for example are notorious for weather cracking, but it is mostly a cosmetic issue. I’ve seen numerous MT sets go for 50k plus miles. (Sources; 4 years working in the tire industry)

Not at all, when I could only get out for short local trips I ran MTs. Now that I run a lot of interstates to get out west, and use my rig as a daily driver ATs work better. I belittle no one, however I sometimes suffer organizational skills when it come to phrasing my sentences. Long distance overlanding or weekend getaway, plays into the decision process of choosing tires .

 

[Willy G]

I have 3 sets of tires and rims. 1 set of big mud tires, 1 set of stock AT's (on the dd now), and 1 set for snow.

Yes, I still have more tires, But those are for other projects. Yes, I know have a problem.