ericcris10sen
First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Zion National Park, Utah
So I'm running DuraTracs 31"s and I'm overall happy with them, but disappointed with how weak their sidewall is. First day I got them, I was in Alaska and I was driving home, and noticed a giant ass hook dug into the sidewall. Awesome. Just 2 days ago I noticed one of my tires was severely flat. I changed the tire and put my Kelly Safari TSR spare on (I have to say, I love Safari's. BEST tire I have ever owned and I will never get another tire other than those). I took the tire to a shop to get it looked at and hopefully fixed and they said the sidewall is broken and it can't be fixed (or they can fix it but more than likely it'll break again).
So since I love Safari's, I bought one because that's my overall goal for all my tires, I want them to all be Safari's (damn Alaska, I couldn't order the TSR's so that's why I had to get DuraTracs). UNFORTUNATELY, this is the problem. Apparently even though the tires are the same size, the tread on the TSR is more aggressive and is bigger so if I were to put it on, it TECHNICALLY wouldn't be the same size. The mechanic said something about some spider bar or some spider thing wearing out or something like that if I were to replace the old TSR for the new one. ONLY reason I have my spare TSR on there is because the tread is worn down and is the same size as the DuraTracs.
So does anyone have any suggestions? Should I keep the TSR for a spare or should I just see if they'll refund it and get another duratrac? If I had plenty of money, I'd ditch all 4 duratracs and put all new TSRs on, but I'm going on furlough in a week for a month and a half and to spend $800 for 4 TSRs (including installation, etc), would really take a chunk out of my bank account. Really is disappointing that it's technically not the same size because of the tread. I haven't had issues with the duratracs other than the f-ing sidewall, but I really want something with a more aggressive tread.
So since I love Safari's, I bought one because that's my overall goal for all my tires, I want them to all be Safari's (damn Alaska, I couldn't order the TSR's so that's why I had to get DuraTracs). UNFORTUNATELY, this is the problem. Apparently even though the tires are the same size, the tread on the TSR is more aggressive and is bigger so if I were to put it on, it TECHNICALLY wouldn't be the same size. The mechanic said something about some spider bar or some spider thing wearing out or something like that if I were to replace the old TSR for the new one. ONLY reason I have my spare TSR on there is because the tread is worn down and is the same size as the DuraTracs.
So does anyone have any suggestions? Should I keep the TSR for a spare or should I just see if they'll refund it and get another duratrac? If I had plenty of money, I'd ditch all 4 duratracs and put all new TSRs on, but I'm going on furlough in a week for a month and a half and to spend $800 for 4 TSRs (including installation, etc), would really take a chunk out of my bank account. Really is disappointing that it's technically not the same size because of the tread. I haven't had issues with the duratracs other than the f-ing sidewall, but I really want something with a more aggressive tread.
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