mhockey9090

Well i've been running Nitto Trail Grapplers for about 18k now without any issues and have been an amazing tire. I bought them through a friend at Walmart along with the lifetime warranty. Well today as I was going to lunch I hear a hissing sound. After a walk around I found out my tire had a puncture from a nail in the sidewall, tire can't be saved according to Walmart if its on the sidewall. I should of used the GOV'T vehicle instead as that wouldnt be coming out of my pocket, haha. So my $10 warranty saves me from having to spend $310 on a brand new tire as it will be pro rated from what tread is left on the with that was punctured. I have had a spare on the back, but never rotated it in because it was a BFG KM2 that I got a steal on CL for $200. So as of now I am currently running that spare until the new tire comes in tomorrow. I was tempted to buy 4 more tires and then having a full set of 5 again, but wanted some opinions from others on this. Should I at least buy a 2nd tire to have 2 new and 2 used, or just go with another full set, then have 2 garage spares and the 3rd one kept mounted as the new spare? Who would just run a new tire with 3 other used ones?

shabbernigdo

pfft cant be saved. just pull it out and put some super glue arround the head of it and push it back in and BAM its its own plug. My old truck had 43 nails total in both rear tires when i finally had them replaced. they were doing construction on new housing in my area and apparently they just threw those dam things all over the road.

mhockey9090

Well the tire is going to be here tomorrow, so I will at least pay the pro rated price for that one. Just trying to figure out what I should do with the rest or how I should run them.

dahreno

Keep the old tire. Go to 4 wheel parts, or where ever, and get a patch kit and patch it.

mhockey9090

it was on the sidewall, from my understanding is this can not be done? Not sure how well it would be when airing down to 10psi for the trails or rocks.

jadmt

correct. I would not use a tire that had the sidewall patched. to get off the trail sure but to run on the highway nope. Side walls do not have the cords/structure to make a safe fix. Google it.

sa29560

Funny thing is I wouldn't run a tire with a sidewall puncture. It is not really hard to patch them if necessary, but wouldn't recommend it.

When I was doing road calls on 18 wheelers and loaders we would get flat calls multiple times a day. To save a customer money I would patch or plug just about anything to make it work and get it off the side of the road.

Truthfully I've patched 100s of 11R22.5 on the sidewalls every brand every foreign material imaginable. If it's a gash in the sidewall, glass, metal, forget about it.

But from my experience A well done patch that's buffed, cleaned, cemented and sealed will work.

But getting that new tire was a very wise choice.

catahoula

From what I have read in another thread you can get over 100,000 miles on those. I would not buy another set.

catahoula

I had a puncture in the sidewall a few years ago on a tire. They vulcanized it and I just kept it a a spare. Never did use it though.

mhockey9090

This was my exact thoughts, running at highway speeds and having it bust on me.

Yes, I'm glad I got the new tire. Long run it cost me $125 to include the new warranty, lifetime balance, and tax. I guess ill run 3 used and one new. Can't even tell the difference to be honest. Just run these into the ground and use the newest one as a spare when buying a new set or sell it to someone else for a spare if I go to 37s.

Yeah that definitely won't happen here. I wheel with mine and have left thread out on the trails. lol