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Originally Posted by Fruju
Got a set that I had been using on my Pajero for offroad only as they were too noisy for daily use. Spent more time off the vehicle than on. Each time I came to use them there seemed to be more cracks. Chunks taken out were from wheeling on hard sharp rocks ie granite.
Rubber, from what I understand, actually goes off or becomes brittle from lack of use.
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I reckon my chunks are coming off because of the cracking rather than sharp rocks. If you look at the last picture you can see one tread block with a chunk missing and the block above is pretty badly cracked, next trip out I'll bet that there'll be a chunk out of that block too. I've had a look at the DOT codes on these tyres and they were all made in the 51st week of 2009, perhaps I got a bad batch? There might have been a bit too much Christmas cheer at the Maxxis factory that year
As I said in the post above, I didn't have this problem with the Nankangs on my GQ and they were an off road set that I had for over three years.
In future I won't be running two sets of tyres, like many here I'm over doing wheel changes.
I don't wheel particularly hard, just around the High Country which I've been frequenting now for over 30 years. I've never had a set of tyres fall apart so quickly, they're worse than a few retreads that I ran on my Cruiser for a couple of years when I was poor. I'll just keep them on the Jeep now until they are dead which won't be too long as I reckon I'm going to tear off complete tread blocks next time out.
