AnswerID: 274669 Submitted: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007 at 12:43
Smudger
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I think Wrangler ATR's changed their tread pattern about a year back. I put a new set on in 05, we did a few trips, including the Barclay Hwy, up to
Darwin, across the top and down the coast to
Sydney. Plus a fair few weekends away in the Blue Mountains and other off-road caming spots. No problems on the rough stuff, then between 20-30km's had 3 blow-outs on the highway within a year. 80% of my driving is on the hard, so I finally gave up on them and run Nankangs now. Tyre guy told me he saw others with similar results, but GY wouldn't talk warranty because the
tyres were shredded - because the blowouts all happened at 100kph+.
But like I said, they've changed the tread pattern since then.
NB: I check pressures often on trips with my own gauge and run recommended pressures.
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