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someone help me math - Falken Wildpeak AT3W life expectancy

29K views 21 replies 10 participants last post by  shawclan5  
A few comments/questions.

1-How does the tread depth vary across the width of the tire and between tires? If even no problem, if center or edges wearing more frequent rotations or pressure adjustments are in order.

2-My experience is front tires wear faster on the edges and rears tend to wear faster in the center. Front edges seem to wear due to geometry and forces of sharp turns on pavement, like parking or close maneuvering. To get my rears to wear even I need the tire pressure lower than I like and I always want to be able to add a thousand lbs to the box without having to air up the tires.

3-You mentioned nothing about tire pressure monitoring and adjustment and how careful you are about maintaining correct pressures. This is important for maximum wear.

4-The thinner the tread becomes the slower it wears. The flexibility of the deep lugs results in fast early wear.

5-I have never had tires make their guaranteed miles and I am easy on tires and careful with pressure control and rotation. If the tires fall 20 or 30% short on tread wear my experience is you can buy new replacement tires cheaper than you can take the warranty adjustment since they are done from highest possible pricing.

6-I expect you'll get at least 50,000 miles based upon your performance to date.