Tires question after moab carnage???

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Originally posted by Arizona Hummerboy:
I agree with the driver comments.

When I was at the Hummer Driving Academy I ask about breaking the tie rods. I was told that what they are seeing are the one's that are runing the bigger tires and are pushing there trucks hard are the ones breaking there tie rods and other parts on there trucks.

Well, that's common sense. The more you push your truck the more stuff is going to break. If you wheel, stock/modified/completely built, it's not if you will break something, it's when. That's just goes with the territory. That's why we take spare parts and tools with us on the trails

Originally posted by Arizona Hummerboy:
What they told me at the Academy is if your up against something and the wheel won't turn either way, don't force your truck over it, back up and take a new line on it.

I don't understand what you or they were saying here. If you are "off line" and need to correct yourself and can't without forcing the steering, then yeah, I can see how it makes sense. But anytime you stuff one of your tires against a ledge or rock that you are about to climb over, it is going to be difficult to turn the steering wheel and you'll never get anywhere.