So what about pebbles in the tread?

[Burla]

My RAM lives on gravel over a decade, when you get off the gravel and onto the pavement the bad ones will let you know with that sound. Only those audible ones do I bother to remove. Not all gravel is equal as well, if you drive on 3/4 inch I wouldnt want that stuff in my tires. I'd check every week or so if that is what you are on.

 

[rvance]

Really!? You guys are worried about pebbles in the tread? We've lived in a rural area for over 20 years and I have always had A/T tires of one brand or another.
They always pick up small rocks and pebbles, there is no avoiding it. The tires have NEVER suffered any ill-effects from it.
Here is a set of Cooper A/T's with over 50k miles, when they were newer they picked a lot of rocks. Never had a problem.
You guys are worrying about nothing.

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I have Cooper Discoverer ATs on the rear and Cooper highway tread on the front an I park on pea gravel and drive over SB2 every day and I have never had any concerns about it sticking in my tires. Not a real world problem.

 

[Bigskyroadglide]

Drive faster, they self eliminate

 

[RamDiver]

Drive faster, they self eliminate

Not true!
I may have tested that theory in a safe and controlled environment.

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[Bigskyroadglide]

Not true!
I may have tested that theory in a safe and controlled environment.

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You may have to hit hyper speed

 

[RamDiver]

You may have to hit hyper speed

O, there was hyperspeed after dropping down a couple of gears on the ZF and planting the skinny pedal.

In all honesty, I may have missed checking for the tread Klingons during my post-launch inspection.

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[Wild one]

O, there was hyperspeed after dropping down a couple of gears on the ZF and planting the skinny pedal.

In all honesty, I may have missed checking for the tread Klingons during my post-launch inspection.

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A hell'va sized burn-out usually eliminates them from the rear tires,then a couple hard and fast twitches of the steering wheel at 50+ mph will usually work most of them out of the front tires

 

[RamDiver]

A hell'va sized burn-out usually eliminates them from the rear tires,then a couple hard and fast twitches of the steering wheel at 50+ mph will usually work most of them out of the front tires

I've graduated to using the Pedal Commander in the Sport settings as a SOP, but managing to keep the wheel-spin to a minimum.

I haven't paid much attention to the tire Klingons yet this season, although I only installed the summer wheels last week.

The Michelin Defenders regularly collect Klingons.

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[Jeepwalker]

When I rotate my tires (I do them myself), I inspect carefully for deep imbedded rocks and/or glass. Or other debris. Sometimes there can be a sharp rock, sheet metal screw ...or other, which gets into a sipe or works into the tread with the sharp end 'in'. Such objects can continue to work in deeper over time. I have in the past found pointed objects that I've removed (I have other vehicles too). I extract any suspicious ones with a curved pick tool. Doesn't take more than a few minutes per tire.

Small round rocks between tread blocks I'm not concerned with. It's the small sharp ones pointing in that worry me.

 

[bcbouy]

Must be an American thing… we have gravel covering the roads 7 months of the year… a typical Alberta windshield has on average one crack and twelve rock chips.

We still have gravel all over the roads in May. Unless you have a dually slinging baseball sized rocks, you’re fine.

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Canadian winter,amiright? if I stopped to pick rocks out of my tires,I'd never get anywhere,and spring in B.C means new windshield time.