I have BFG Mud Terrains and is it really necessary to pick out all the rocks that get wedged between the threads?

Will it help the tire last longer if I take them out?

 

Umm, you must have alot of time on your hands. Only time I ever pick one out is when it's real noisey and doesn't get thrown out doin 80mph on the highway.

 

This past Saturday, we did some trails on very rocky soil. We had to be somewhere, so I decided to forgo my usual inspection when I left the trail. When we pulled out on the road, small rocks and pebbles were ricocheting off the sliders and inner fenders like mad. However, between 50 mph and 60 mph, I felt an annoying vibration in the steering. I pulled over and found several quarter sized, well rounded rocks stuck hard between the lugs of my Coopers.

So, I used my sheath knife to pry them out, eliminating the vibration. Rocks that don't get thrown can unbalance a tire. When driving on pavement after an off road ride, sharp rocks stuck in the lugs that protrude beyond the lugs can weaken the belts if not quickly thrown off or otherwise removed.

It's never a bad idea to inspect your JK after an off road run. Check for unrealized damage and inspect each tire for cuts (especially on the sidewalls) and large rocks. If you have large rocks stuck between the lugs, remove them. Small pebbles... They will come out on their own. Naturally, the size of things stuck in the tread will be proportional to the type of tread design.

 

I'm not thinking it will damage the tires. I think if they are big enough to cause an unballanced condition they should sling themselves out with a little speed.

 

define rocks?

are you talking about small pebbles the size of a raindrop
or rocks the size of dimes

 

I hate having rocks in my tires!! Most annoying sound ever!! Wel maybe not ever, but pisses me off nontheless....

 

I never pick them out of my tires. I just go faster so they will fly out

 

While i'll admit I dont pick pebbles out I will knock out the bigger rocks. I dont like the idea of my tire hurling a rock at another driver

 

Wow, if you got the time to pick them out come wash my jeep for me. Its in need of a bath. They just paved the roads here. AN to the comment of a rocks gonna hurt the belt in your tire. Let me get up of the floor. Sorry, A rock that is any size that could hurt the band in the tire would have to be able to stay in the tread for a time that is greater then the life of the tire, with no deforment of the rock. Do remember that most jeeps that go off road tend to have AT or MT tires. The tread is much deeper in the lugs and between the belt and the start of the lug. This is so you can go Off Highway. Yes, i do know this to be a fact. I have ran HT on cars and they are so little tread that it ant funny. Yes you can hurt these as there is only hard rubber and very little tread area. After you get 30k on a set of BFgs then youll have the tread at which a rock could hurt the belt. I have seen some How the Heck moments in auto tech. As all the work in class is free other then parts. A person brought tires for us to put on. They had drive 30k miles on a nail in the tire. and just kept adding air. Even when when we put it on the balancer it showed to be true and there was no ride issue with it in there. An if you are running MTs then your tires are out of balance 20 miles after getting them. 75% of them will have some form of cupping to the tread.

 

Um rocks such as maybe dime-quarter sized that get stuck between the center of two threads.

I always check for the rocks and damage after I play I got hit by a rock one time with my doors off and also I don't want to hurt anyone behind me on the high way.

It is also very annoying to hear.