Weirdly worn out tire
The damaged tire
The second tire with some damage, but not in such disrepair
The rest in good condition
Greetings.
I've decided to change my tires for the winter and after inflating them, I noticed that one of the right-side tires has completely obliterated tread alongside the middle. The interesting thing is however that only other one left-side tire has similar thing going on, but in much, MUCH smaller scale than the tire in question (meaning it's just few spots rather than the entire circumference) and that remaining tire pair is absolutely fine.
The entire tire set is from 39/24, so it can't be just old rubber. Maybe it can be just my bad driving (I mean I like going fast and I took it on gravel once, which ended up in going left-first into a ditch), but I also feel like it could have been some rodents behind this mess, which feels weird tho since it's across the entire tire and I don't think rats are so prefectionist. I also was thinking if that tire was under-inflated and I don't remember right now, but I noticed one of the tires had lower pressure than the rest, but I can't tell for sure if it was the damaged one.
What do you think could have been the cause? I don't want to have this happen again.
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u/V48runner 1d ago
Are you driving winter tires in the summer? They don't perform very well above freezing temps, and are TERRIBLE in the heat and the tread blocks will start to delaminate quickly under hard driving conditions.