sent another email to the service rep. i talked to before. i sent the pics this time. ill let ya know what they say.

 

IMO its probably from heavy foot syndrome. LOL
Mine dont look that bad but their only about a year old. keep pushing and you might end up with four brand new tires. have you went to a Hankook dealer and showed them. they are pretty dry rotted. good luck

 

i can see if my tread depth is low, i know my heavy foot will do that, but the chunking. is there a hankook dealer in town?

i guess there are a few hankook dealers here. i might just have to pay them a visit

 

Same hear rain = slip and slid on rear tires if driving a truck I have been tempted when it rains to drop about 200lbs in sand bags in the far back of my bed for better traction it does help if hauling anything in the rain I have good traction and no slip and slid.
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Those tires may of become cooked in the place they were stored before they were installed if they were stored on the top most rack for too long were all the heat goes heat rises you know that may explain the dried out tires just a guess.

 

The chunking is not normal at all. As far as going WOT at 60 I am sure any one will break loose a little. When I go wot at 60 in the rain I go loose and stay loose lol one of the downsides of having tractor gears

 

yea, chunking like that = bad.

I have Firestone Destination AT's. I'm happy with them. I had a set of goodyears that were junk before.

As for rain, any pickup will get interesting in rain. I took a 90 degree lefter too fast once, back end started to come around to the outside, there's an open, unfenced field right there, so rather than let it come the rest of the way around, I just jerked the wheel right and did a WOT-dump-WOT-coast maneuver, basically went into a drift. Didn't actually leave the pavement, just made a nice sport drift about the corner.

 

Wow! Sure signs of dry rot in those pics. I'm shocked the tires would be in that kinda shape if they were only made three years ago.

Hell, I've had my FCIIs on since summer of '05 and they are in a lot better shape. A lot of interstate on them as my piece of farm property is 360 miles away from where I'm currently living day to day.
No signs of any chunking and to be honest, barely any wear at all with 32k miles on them. This pic was taken this spring when they had just over 30k on them.

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They have lager down there?
I think thats better than this penny BS measurment...ha!

 

great to know my hankooks are good tires....not.

i hope i get a free set after this.

 

look what i found today...