Trade Larry Nance Jr traded to Portland

you'd end up a zombie if you had to change a flat tire on that thing. I think the tire weighs over 300 pounds and the spare is mounted on a mini-crane. For chrissakes, the RV weight over 18 tons. It probably takes 3 men and a weekend just to mange a jack that can lift that rig

it has split rims with 18 lug nuts

prices start at 1.5M!

 

I remember that one when it came out and laughed my ass off. I saw it when I worked at Boeing and there were lots of desks that had the annual Far Side calendar where you flipped a page with each passing day. Yeah, I was Far Side junkie.
Here's one of my favorites:

 

For that money those tires better not EVER get flat!

 

I don't think you want what is marketed as run-flat tires for off-roading... you want tires with a stiff sidewall that you can air-down and some kind of a beadlock system to ensure the tire moves in step with the wheel in low-pressure situations if you really want to go crazy.

But, generally speaking, off-road or all-terrain tires will have stiff sidewalls and usually have stiff belts to handle sharp rocks etc.. - so are less likely to have punctures. But they still might...

 

Haha... it's all good. This was a fun derailment unlike some of the others. I live at the base of Lake Tahoe (Reno) and it's boat/rv central in our valley. Some people brought their trailers and RVs down from the lake who are being evacuated so those are the lucky ones who have a place...

 

Blazers should take the team camping in super luxury trailers to show off our state and get their feet wet with all the splendors Oregon has to offer.

 

yeah, if you're traveling on lots of rocky roads, like in Eastern Oregon for instance, the last thing you want to cheap-screw is your tires. You also want to control your speed, because even very durable tires can be punctured by a sharp rock when you're doing 40 mph, especially if you have a heavy rig

 

Michelin - Les Schwab.

 

actually, Toyo makes a more durable rough road tire

 

For all terrain tires I like Yokohoma Geolander if it is used mostly on the highway with occasional off-road use (much less noise than other A/T tires, in my experience). If you are going off-road mostly, hard to beat the BFGoodrich T/A K02

 

I've had about three sets of Toyos and at least ten sets of Michelins and I prefer the Michelins. I'll give you this, I had the second best luck with all my tires in over 50 years with Toyos and yes they are very durable but they don't grip the road like Michilins. Pirellis grip the road the best but they are by far the least durable tire I've ever had. Had reasonable luck with Goodyear and I will never again do business with Firestone because of the shabby way they treated me when I went in with a claim of poor quality on a product of theirs.
We bought four studless snow tires for our new Volvo and they were outstanding in the last ice storm. We were able to go up and down a steep hill in our neighborhood that had ice on it a without chains and had the same good luck with snow and slush on level ground. We do have the advantage of all wheel drive but I feel comfortable driving with these tires in any kind of weather.
Les Schwab used to provide free flat tire replacement with your spare on the road if you were a woman and they've replaced about four tires for free for me when I lived in an apartment with planters in the parking lot that had a border made out of concrete and I kept hitting the thing when I was parking my car a little too hastily. Les Schwab never complained but just prorated the tire and replaced it. They've also prorated some batteries for me and replaced them. Always, the labor was free. They also used to change anyone's tires to snow tires and back for free. They have now quit doing that unless you bought your tires there.

 

Hmm, I think Nance might deserve a new thread, and I am not talking about threads on a tire.

 

those are treads. Not threads. But we could tread on over to another thread of needed.

 

Are you sure you shouldn't start your own new tread, i mean thread.

 

deflated?

 

the Toyo tires I have are on my F350. That rig is used almost exclusively for pulling an RV to a camping spot, and then driving around for days with that camping spot as a base. So, more than half of the driving is on gravel roads. Which means my primary concern is resistance to punctures....flats. I had some tires before the Toyos....IIRC they were Goodyear, but were made by Michelin. Had 4 flats with those; and they were noisy on the road and had a tendency to wander if I didn't pay attention. I'll stick with Toyo

the downside is they are expensive. As in about 370 dollars each (balanced and mounted). And bad experience has caused me to actually carry two spares for both the pickup and 5th wheel. Nothing like the excitement of having a flat, meaning no spare, and being 80 miles from the nearest tire store with 40 of those miles being on gravel roads.....and all without cell phone service. That can get your giblets quivering.

anyway, with 2 spares, I add those to the tire rotations every 5000 miles which means at 15,000 miles all my tires only have 10,000 miles of wear. Which is good because a new set of 6 tires is about $2200....yikes! Now, those tires are 265/R17 so maybe that's about the cost of any quality 16 ply all terrain tire

 

"Too Much Pun Department"....Platypus speaking

 

With Lauri Markkanen, there were really some intense talks over a five or six-day period where Cleveland was discussing three second-round picks, and then Chicago was holding firm on wanting a first-round pick. Then, Cleveland was able to get the first-round pick from Portland for Larry Nance Jr.,but then Chicago also wanted a second-round pick on top of that, and there was some frustration from some of the parties involved because it seemed like the goal post was being moved a bit. Markkanen originally thought he was going to go to San Antonio on a three-year deal as part of the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade. Lauri made it clear in that report with a Finland reporter, and then, he also had a conversation with Arturas (Karnisovas) privately where he expressed that he didn’t want to be back. To get a first-round pick back for him, Arturas got what he wanted, Lauri got his fresh start. It worked out for everyone. It just took longer.
https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-offseason-winners-knicks-lakers-bulls-heat-wizards/
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Doesn’t sound like Portland was targeting Markkanen, which sounded off from the beginning.

 

E Rated tires?