I have a Confession to Make

I clean the pebbles out of my tire tread on a regular basis.

 

Wow!

 

There are a lot of pebbles in the mall parking lot? I feel ya'. You gotta keep the tires on that mall crawler looking pristine!

 

I pop some out too now and then when I see them.

 

That's nice. I leave mine in and spread the wealth for all the windshields I've replaced. To be honest though, my tires are about done and don't really hold them anymore.

 

Sometimes I pop out a pebble if I notice it. I don't inspect all the tires every time I start up, though.

 

I'm a pebble popper from way back!!

 

At least you joined our support group. That's step 3.

 

Guilty...

 

I keep a hoof pick for the sole purpose of removing the rocks. Saves a key.

 

I waited to a full 5,000 miles which took 9 months to give 'er the beans. Which was today. lol. I passed a few cars on the highway and mashed the pedal to the firewall. NOW I feel like its finally broken in.

 

There’s no end to the level of intimate personal details folks will freely share on a public forum.

 

I'm almost to 17k and I still haven't done that yet. Thus I maintain the illusion of having significant untapped reserves of acceleration.

 

I'm just over 9k miles @ 9 months. But I don't have street tires on my truck.

 

I keep samples from the first 3 oil changes.

 

Got a bag of nail clippings too Yosikage Kira?

 

You need MT tires

 

On a regular basis here. Don't feel bad!

 

I don't inspect for pebbles, however I do pick them out if I'm working on the 4Runner. I have an old flathead screwdriver with a rounded blade that works perfect for this. By doing this I have found other objects, like screws and nails, that required a little more work!

 

I've found that 80 mph works pretty good as far as cleaning the pebbles out of my tires........

 

Hey, the first step is admission! We are all here to support you! LOL!

Actually, I think it's good, as I am guilty of this myself. It's better than them being thrown against the side of your vehicle when you get on the highway.


Cheers,

Sean

 

Since the best tool is always the one that’s closest at hand (jk, horrible advice), I’m afraid my very expensive rock picker will eventually get worn out to the point it wont go into the ignition to start my 4runner.

 

me too drives me nuts to see a rock stuck in there.

 

This is the way. About 40k on mine now and I still haven't mashed the skinny pedal for the same reason. Ignorance CAN be bliss.

 

Okay this is special.....

 

THE CHEEKS

 

Get tires with stone ejector feature in the tread relief areas. GY Duratrac RT shown as example: