Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Most people walk into a tire shop with two pieces of information: tread pattern and price. Matt explains why these are the two worst signals you could possibly use to make the decision. In this episode of Chasing Dust, Matt walks us through the six things he actually checks every single time he’s putting tires on a truck he cares about, from sidewall ply construction and compound chemistry to the often-overlooked 3-Peak Mountain Snowflake rating, void ratio, and the real cost of going up a tire size.

Whether you daily-drive your truck, tow with it, or load up the family every weekend for the trail, this is the buying checklist that separates the rigs that come home in one piece from the ones that don’t.

Timestamps:
00:00 | Intro
01:46 | Load Rating
03:16 | Sidewall construction
06:05 | 3-Peak Mountain Snowflake
07:05 | Tread Geometry
08:11 | Sizing
09:18 | Don’t fall for the marketing
11:18 | Terra Grappler G3
12:15 | Wrap-Up

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