Forest road 250 is in Colo unit 80-81. Normal road, not 4x4 trail. I could not get plugs to hold. 1 tire 1 1/2" gash right in heart of tread, 2nd tire with 7/8" gash . 1st and fifth flats were smaller(same tire), but ran over big screw on La Veta pass, and ruined sidewall as it open up patch from first flat with new hole and ran off rim before could get off road. In fact all the holes were in same grove pattern(2nd groove from sidewall) on all 3 ruined tires, right between lugs
Gravel road not good description. It had all kind of nasty angular rocks turned over. I saw at least 3 others with flats as well and local says, oh yeah this is normal every time they grade. Was up and down same roads 1 month earlier without any issue.
Yes I agree it is a 6ply issue. My mistake. But my issue with Cooper is misdirection about road hazard coverage. Do not say come with road hazard. Advertise eligible for warranty with extra $. I did not expect replacement, they could have said $10 off and it would at least have been something other than hey you just paid $500/yr to use our tires. Kinda steep considering I wasn't doing 15000mi yr on them or $0.032/mile.
At least my new tires have some form of warranty, that didn't cost. To boot the Toyo AT 2 10's were cheaper to purchase than the Cooper AT3 6's but may have been screwed over tire shop last time so not sure what I paid for. Again my fault.
"More than 25% Worn: Toyo Tires will pro-rate and replace any eligible
tire when the original usable tread is worn by more than 25%, and
within 60 months from the date of purchase. If you cannot provide a
copy of the original sales invoice, the manufacturing date of the tire,
as indicated by the tire DOT code, will be used in lieu of the purchase
date for purposes of the above calculation. You are responsible for
the prorated cost of a replacement tire, and also for mounting
and balancing costs, taxes and any other charges."
The point I was trying to bring up as be careful and think about your tires even if you suppose they should be good.
I forgot how brand sensitive everyone gets, because I insulted their fav tire brand. I do not give a crap about brand, I just want the most top quality product. I only stated facts as the way it happened and brand I was running, my issues with situation, and what I did after the fact. So if I offended sorry.
