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Stewart

 

Watchooo want?

 

Not sure where you guys are seeing Laufenn. It clearly says Lexani on the sidewall. From what I've found, which is very little, they're made by Nexxen, another cheap Chinese tire company. Imo, the price of these tells me all I need to know about them. I stick to what I said before, you get what you pay for.

 

Interesting read - yeah, losing that much air pressure over time is a bad thing. Replace them with basically any major brand tire, and I'm sure you'll be fine.

I've used and abused many brands of tires over the years, from BFG to Goodyear to the free Nittos I got for doing a review for them. I punctured one of the Nittos with a huge bolt (which would have similarly wrecked ANY tire) and bought brand-new ones to replace two at a time. They are that good that I decided to keep them.

Stick with "E" rated tires, and if you're going to be running on sharp gravel and rocks, I'd say get the hardest highway-type tire you can find. Softer compounds meant for maximum off-road traction will be eaten up by sharp gravel and rocks. It depends on what you use the truck for - if you use 4x4 a lot and find yourself in sticky situations, you might want to opt for more of an off-road type of tire with a softer compound. On the other hand, some off-road tires are MEANT for rock crawling and can take the abuse too.

The guys here are great, and they will help you come to a decision on what to buy - in the meantime, they'll argue over what each digit of ever number on that tire means - Those things suck, move on

 

Yup,

I was seeing Laufenn (which I say as "Laugh In" in my head ) from the link in OP's post, Tire clearly says Lexani

 

Sure, I didn't know there were tire reviews there, I'll check it out.

 

For tire reviews, it's hard to beat the sheer quantity of them on on tirerack.com.

 

Reminded me of my Firestone and Michelin saga from a few months ago.....

 

Was that a spare tire, Prakash?

 

Yes Andy. That was the original spare from when the EX was commissioned Glad the blow out happened when I was waiting at a light. There's more here. Let me not hijack this thread

 

No it's very relevant actually. As I said in an earlier post, most people retain the stock tire for as long as they own the vehicle. Tires have a shelf life and 18 years is well past it. I am guilty of this too - I still carry the original spare tire in my truck but I am going to replace mine soon. It's on my list to do!

I am not surprised that the tire failed either. Old spare tires are just not reliable and should be replaced!

 

I got The EX in Farmington Arkansas that sells powerstrokes only ( Usually fleet vehicles) But did a title search and this was repoed from California

 

Cool, is this the thread for posting blow outs?

 

Not to be nitpicky, but a blowout usually involves a complete loss of air pressure in the tire. That just looks like the tread separated on an old tire.

 

We went threw a whole pallet of goodyear tires once on our trucks. Never ever a goodyear on any of our trucks again!