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Have you broken a tyre?

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Have you broken a tyre?

Post by LuxyBoy »

Guys i am just after feedback of who has broken a lug on a tyre.

Please include:
Tyre Type
Tyre Size
Vehicle it was on
If possible an explanation of what you were doing at the time eg. line lock on bitumen, crawling/gassing it up a rock face or tree root in mud

(NO SIDEWALL PUNCTURES PLEASE)
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285/75 r16 cooper st on a tray back landcruiser climbing up a rocky hill.
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Post by Timmeh »

I've ripped lugs of 35x13.3x15 baja claws in the bush on shaly rock surface. I run them on a hilux.
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Post by GQ Bear »

Heaps of tears and chunks missing off all my tyres - mostly on shaley, loose rock and other rock climbs, etc. My current tyres are Simex 35x11.5 R15's and they have a few splits and tears, and a couple of chunks missing here and there. These have by far been the toughest tyre i've owned, but i have never had a whole lug missing before:shock:
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Post by stoo2 »

I have a cut most of the way through one of my ET's lugs ( 35 x 10.5 x 16 on a troopy, Toolangi rocks )
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Post by ricky1970 »

Broken lugs off all 4 Kumho 31" M/T's, punchered all 4 in the tread (about 12 punchers in all) and tore the sidewall out in one of them, all done by rocks. RIP 4 x Kumho muddies :?
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Post by Bunyip »

have completly towrn a lug off a simex jungle trekker2 and sliced through 3 off the six ply side wall, was getting wheel spin on a very sharp rock ledge. lucky they were bias ply though any radial would of been
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Post by ferrit »

Got some chunks missing from my Maxxis mudders, but no other damage yet.

Rocks in the brindies- usually under power while turning.
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Post by leigh 2 »

l have chunks out off bf mud on rocks
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Post by Beastmavster »

Torn part of a cooper stt lug off and cot wires hanging out from the carcass.

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Post by mtb_man »

Torn several lugs/chunks off a 31x10.5 Bridgestone Desert Dueller, gassing it on sharp rocks probably to blame. Tires were on a diesel Hilux and a diesel GQ at different times.
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