Irok tread life?

[85 Jimmy]

I've searched and it seems that everyone thinks that the tread life of an Irok sucks, but does anyone know around how many miles you can get out of a set?

I have the oppurtunity to pick up a set of 4 36/13.5/15 Irok radials for $400. These will be going on my truck that is my DD, but i only drive at most 80 miles a week. anyway, does anyone know how many miles you can get out of a set and is that a good price for a set of 4 that onl have a few hundred miles on them?

 

[muddybuddy]

buy them...thats a good deal

ive got 39.5s on mine and just did a 700mile trip with them and they are smooth on the highway. couldnt tell u how long they last tho.

 

[sledheadak]

a freind has the same size on his tj and has run the same tires for 2 years and they look to be at about 50-60% still

 

[blazinzuk]

On a full size truck I would say between 10,000 to 15,000 rotate them often make sure your pressure is where you need it to be, if you have a spool or are welded in the rear forget that. It also seems to me that the first half of the tire wears a little better than the second half

 

[85 Jimmy]

now he's telling me its a bias ply tire so i think i'm going to pass

 

[muddybuddy]

mine are bias and got 1k on them....so far so good haha

 

[blazinzuk]

I have the bias ply, they are the best behaved bias ply tires I have ever had

 

[muddybuddy]

I have the bias ply, they are the best behaved bias ply tires I have ever had

agreed! i had them up to 80mph, unbalanced and they behaved very well. probably the most road worthy bias tire

 

[85 Jimmy]

so if i can still get them should i?

here are some pics

http://la4x4forum.ipbhost.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=1638

http://la4x4forum.ipbhost.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=1637

http://la4x4forum.ipbhost.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=1636

 

[muddybuddy]

tread looks decent. do the quarter test and see the depth, its hard to judge from those angles.

 

[6.2Blazer]

a freind has the same size on his tj and has run the same tires for 2 years and they look to be at about 50-60% still

Okay, but how many miles does he have on them? Saying how many years somebody had a set of tires is pretty worthless unless you tell them how many miles per year the guy drives. I've had the 38" bias TSL's on my trail truck for 4 years now, but the stock street tires on my daily driver only last 2 years........does that mean that the TSL's will last twice as long as radial street tires, I think not.

 

[sledheadak]

it is daily driven.puts 12-15k a year on it.but a tj is lighter than a k5 so they will last a bit longer on it.he also has a arb in the rear so it runs open 90% of the time.