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What tread depth do you replace tires are? I have put 27K miles on my Ridge Grapplers and they’re measuring between 7/32nds and 8/32nds. I believe they’re more than halfway worn in my opinion. I live in Houston so I don’t see snow/ice , just rain. Would you replace ? I replaced my factory Michelin’s at 4/32nds and they were well worn to the eye (in my opinion)
I have never measured mine. When they start to feel like they are no longer doing the job that I need them to do, I replace them. This is usually before they are down to the wear bars. Usually you can still get a few bucks for them and recoup some cost of the new tires as well.
Look at the wear bars on the tires. Then conditions that you'll be using them in.
I circled the the wear bars on the tire, these tires have 62k miles on them with quite a bit of rubber to go still.
You have 62k on those, scraprat? Those are some serious wearing tires, what are they? I've got 33k on my S/T Maxx tires and they are jealous of your tire wear.
If you run paved roads and little to no snow, ice, and mud run them to the indicators. Being in Montana I end up running a lot of snow and ice in the winter. I replace when I feel them slipping more than I'm comfortable with.
I've had these tires in all conditions. Just a few weeks ago I went from Overton, NV to Susanville, CA (rt93/ 95/ 395) and back checking on some crews, there was 6" of snow on one mountain (I was the second set of tracks, early morning) with off and on slop on the road no problem whats so ever. I've been in some deep mud (red gumbo style), turn the 4x4 on and it will crawl through. Boondocking puts me off road a lot besides running railroad row's with stone ballast which can eat tires pretty fast. These will be on the next truck when tires need replacement.
Thanks everyone! I’m glad I’m not the only one that questions tires even if they measure “fine”. I’ve been noticing more squirm in wet weather and I didn’t know if it’s me just being less careful or if the tires are starting to lose a little grip. I have known the ridge grapplers to lose some grip after some miles so I guess it shouldn’t be unexpected. I’ll run them a few more months and reevaluate. I’m one of those annoying guys that has to have them all match and all that good stuff. Tire shops see me coming but that’s okay with me because they’re the only thing that touches the road.
I hate tire shopping and dealing with tire shops. To avoid that, I usually search Craigslist and can find brand new take offs from someone, wheels, tires and sensors as a package. I like the stock Michelins so that helps. I swap the new set on and sell my old set when the tread is around 50%. I usually end up losing a few hundred in the deal which works out comparable to if I run them all the way down and just buy new tires but, I get the added benefit of getting new wheels and sensors also. Sometimes, it takes some searching and, when COVID hit, I ended up hanging on to an old set of wheels and tires for a few months before they sold where I wanted them to, but it works out in the end.
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