tires for gravel roads
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Hey guys
I looking for some tires for my truck, and looking to get some input
I got 300 km of gravel go the nearest (tiny)city, of rough tire eating road.
looking for something AT, probably a harder tire got any ideas
thx,
I looking for some tires for my truck, and looking to get some input
I got 300 km of gravel go the nearest (tiny)city, of rough tire eating road.
looking for something AT, probably a harder tire got any ideas
thx,
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Gravel is probably the most destructive surfaces one can encounter.
Rather than give you a specific brand...
1: The more rubber you can put on the road the better,
ie: as closed/tight tread pattern as possible.
Street/HiWay treads are the most likely to have this.
2: The harder the rubber the better.
ie: High mileage tires usually have higher "shore hardness",
That 's the density of the rubber.
Now...
When you close the tread pattern, you're going to decrease the tire's ability to discharge water, therefore decreasing it's wet traction/control.
and...
Harder the rubber reduces the dry traction ability, and your stopping distance increases.
The two caveats above, don't present a severe difference in performance, specially to a driver that's aware of the tradeoffs.
Rather than give you a specific brand...
1: The more rubber you can put on the road the better,
ie: as closed/tight tread pattern as possible.
Street/HiWay treads are the most likely to have this.
2: The harder the rubber the better.
ie: High mileage tires usually have higher "shore hardness",
That 's the density of the rubber.
Now...
When you close the tread pattern, you're going to decrease the tire's ability to discharge water, therefore decreasing it's wet traction/control.
and...
Harder the rubber reduces the dry traction ability, and your stopping distance increases.
The two caveats above, don't present a severe difference in performance, specially to a driver that's aware of the tradeoffs.
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