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I was originally going to go with KO2s - but in my size everything was D and E range. I kind of like a gentler highway ride - Tahoe is about a 4.5 hour drive away.
You will be very happy with your Duratracs in the snow. They are great snow tires!
If I lived in AK I would not run a tire below load range D - probably better off sticking with E range up there.Well here's some feedback on the Toyo A/T3s... they don't hold up to gravel well. They do great in the rain, are very quiet, and my mpg has improved significantly over the E load range KO2s but this is the second hole a rock has punctured through the tread of the A/T3s. I would say they're great street tires but not meant for hard use, I know I live in a unique area with demanding roads but I am pretty disappointed... I should have trusted my gut and stuck with the BFGs that have done well for 10 years up here without a single puncture.
Here's the carnage... the hole was too big to plug so the tire with 8k miles is garbage... we'll see what Toyo says this week.
At least the trip was otherwise a success... gorgeous fall scenery and a great getaway for a couple days to explore McCarty and Kennecott, Alaska.
Well here's some feedback on the Toyo A/T3s... they don't hold up to gravel well. They do great in the rain, are very quiet, and my mpg has improved significantly over the E load range KO2s but this is the second hole a rock has punctured through the tread of the A/T3s. I would say they're great street tires but not meant for hard use, I know I live in a unique area with demanding roads but I am pretty disappointed... I should have trusted my gut and stuck with the BFGs that have done well for 10 years up here without a single puncture.
Here's the carnage... the hole was too big to plug so the tire with 8k miles is garbage... we'll see what Toyo says this week.
At least the trip was otherwise a success... gorgeous fall scenery and a great getaway for a couple days to explore McCarty and Kennecott, Alaska.
Yeah, it must have caught it just right... here's the culprit, the plug went right through it
It has definitely captivated me... Alaska is like no where else I've been! Bring a spare if you drive up
Pretty cool bridge. Seen any old(dated)graffiti?Well... I tested out my Duratracs really well today. We have timber crews currently working one our transmission line right of ways, they mucked up the access road and created a massive mud pit at the top of a fairly steep incline. I started up the access in 2wd (it was nice at first) and quickly realized I was about to head back down the hill once I got into the red clay they had turned up. I had to put it in 4x4 quickly to regain traction before I ended up needing a D9 to pull me out of a ravine. Ironically, they had to pull a super duty out that was really stuck. I didn't get pictures of that side of the right of way mainly because I would have disappeared in the mud as soon as I got out of my Tahoe. Luckily, I was able to push through everything (4hi only since I don't have the 2 speed transfer case) even though I was pushing mud with what I hadn't cut off the airdam. Those running boards will hold a LOT of mud. I can only imagine what the undercarriage looks like... I did get to snap a picture from the other side of the valley from where I was earlier (I made it to the top of that hill from the other side). The excavator is a John Deere 320 for reference. I also checked out the covered bridge near another one of our new access roads. It's currently closed to vehicle traffic, but will hopefully be reopening. Pretty amazing seeing the dates and names carved into it.
A little history:
The Hune Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northeast of the community of Dart,[1] it spans the Little Muskingum River in northeastern Lawrence Township in the eastern part of Washington County.[2] Local bridge builder Rollin Meredith erected it in 1879,[1] using the Long Truss style of truss bridge design; the single-span bridge was named for the locally prominent Hune family. Among its design features are a metal roof, abutments of cut stone, and vertical siding. As a Long Truss, the Hune Bridge is a valuable example of nineteenth-century architecture: few examples of this complicated style survive to the present day.[3] In 1976, the Hune Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both because of its place in local history and because of its historically significant construction.[1]
History courtesy of wikipedia
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Yep, there are names cut into it all over the inside. I saw a few that were dated around 1920. I imagine there are quite a few older ones. This is 1 of 3 covered bridges local to me here in SE Ohio. I'm pretty fortunate to be working close to my home.
That's pretty cool. I'm sure there's a few "Kilroy was here".
Lmao... My grandpa had one of the early flat vertical bug deflectors on his truck with a kilroy on it.
Lol, Kilroy goes back a loooong time! Yes.....I'm old-er!
Yeah, it must have caught it just right... here's the culprit, the plug went right through it
It has definitely captivated me... Alaska is like no where else I've been! Bring a spare if you drive up
lol, just link it from your own mediaAwesome pics.
How the heck was he able to load more then 5 pics?
