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Planning another archery hunt to East Eagle Creek area, South side of the Wallowa's (Eagle Cap Wilderness).
Right before last season, had to replace my fuel pump on my Chevy (in tank). Had to drop spare down in order to access tank. Spare tire holder was frozen, don't think it had been loosened in 15 years. Cut the end off the end of cable assy. to remove spare.
Anyway, fast forward a week to load up 5x9 enclosed trailer with gear, made sure Chevy spare was near back of trailer in case it was needed. Always have lot's of backup gear and supplies, the area I go is about 25 miles of gravel road off of highway between Baker City and Halfway..
In talking with a neighboring camp, they tell me I could get to Halfway on the back roads in about 45 minutes. I had been in camp about 10 days, no arrows shot, sounded like a nice afternoon diversion.
Missed a key turn off, 45 minutes turned into 2 1/2 hours. Left Halfway with locals giving me new directions, headed back. Pretty rough gravel roads in spots. So i get a flat about 9-10 miles from camp. Get my jack, go to get the spare, and..... still in the trailer back in camp.
An hour of daylight left, I have backpack, supplies, water sleeping bag etc,. That's still a long round trip, rolling a spare all the way back in the morning.
So I decide if I can limp along about as fast as I can walk, every mile I go saves me two of walking. After about 5 miles, tire is shredded but still around rim, did not think it would stay on much longer.
Neighboring camper drives by scouting for an evening hunt, gives me a ride both ways, saves me a long walk.
Have a new map, fixing spare mounting, looking at some type of GPS communication method for this year.
What brand tires (old 8-10 ply rating equiv?) do y'all recommend for extended gravel road travel?
How far have you driven on a flat/ destroyed tire? Driven on a rim only for any distance?
Right before last season, had to replace my fuel pump on my Chevy (in tank). Had to drop spare down in order to access tank. Spare tire holder was frozen, don't think it had been loosened in 15 years. Cut the end off the end of cable assy. to remove spare.
Anyway, fast forward a week to load up 5x9 enclosed trailer with gear, made sure Chevy spare was near back of trailer in case it was needed. Always have lot's of backup gear and supplies, the area I go is about 25 miles of gravel road off of highway between Baker City and Halfway..
In talking with a neighboring camp, they tell me I could get to Halfway on the back roads in about 45 minutes. I had been in camp about 10 days, no arrows shot, sounded like a nice afternoon diversion.
Missed a key turn off, 45 minutes turned into 2 1/2 hours. Left Halfway with locals giving me new directions, headed back. Pretty rough gravel roads in spots. So i get a flat about 9-10 miles from camp. Get my jack, go to get the spare, and..... still in the trailer back in camp.
An hour of daylight left, I have backpack, supplies, water sleeping bag etc,. That's still a long round trip, rolling a spare all the way back in the morning.
So I decide if I can limp along about as fast as I can walk, every mile I go saves me two of walking. After about 5 miles, tire is shredded but still around rim, did not think it would stay on much longer.
Neighboring camper drives by scouting for an evening hunt, gives me a ride both ways, saves me a long walk.
Have a new map, fixing spare mounting, looking at some type of GPS communication method for this year.
What brand tires (old 8-10 ply rating equiv?) do y'all recommend for extended gravel road travel?
How far have you driven on a flat/ destroyed tire? Driven on a rim only for any distance?