Final month I launched into an epic highway journey touring from Southeast Michigan to the gorgeous rock-strewn mesas of Southeast Colorado. As if that wasn’t sufficient, we determined to dip right down to San Angelo Texas to go to some previous and new associates to kick off our fall looking season and begin to replenish our freezers heading into the chilly Michigan winter. We affectionally dubbed this journey the “Ribeye Street Journey.” For us, the expertise of the hunt and the potential trophies are nice, however the true reward is within the full freezers of untamed recreation that may feed our households for no less than the following 12 months. I at all times joke, that when different hunters see animals, they see antlers and horns and a trophy on the wall. I see a butcher chart that reveals, steaks, roasts, burgers, and sausage! Therefore how we got here up with the Ribeye Street Journey.
Realizing that we have been going to want a ton of substances to start out with on these journeys, plus, hopefully coming residence with a BUNCH of packed coolers we rapidly determined my Chevy Silverado 2500 HD could be the right pack mule for the job. Right here is the place I began to scratch my head. I drive my HD daily, I tow my camper with my HD, I drive my ladies to softball observe in my HD, and I get groceries with my HD. Let me let you know, I had the unique manufacturing facility tires on there they usually have been on the end-of-life stage, and it WAS NOT in any method a nice journey, anyplace! I chalked it as much as, “Properly, it’s an HD with heavy suspension and that’s simply how they journey and deal with…” WRONG…that is the place Toyo Tires stepped in and launched me to the Open Nation R/T Path tires. After they arrived at my home, I’ll say from a visible standpoint alone, they appeared AWESOME and will surely be a welcomed facelift from the unique and boring pavement pounders that got here normal from the manufacturing facility.
As soon as I had the brand new Toyo Open Nation R/T Trails mounted and drove the few blocks residence from my native tire store, I may already inform one thing was totally different. I assumed to myself, “Can these new Toyo Tires actually make that a lot of a distinction?” YES, they will and DID! The Toyos alone fully remodeled the journey in my truck making it way more of a pleasure and never a cringe to journey in, and that was simply the journey alone! We’ll get into efficiency in a minute. To offer you a bit of background, the Open Nation R/T Path is a rugged terrain tire that delivers higher off-road grip than a conventional all-terrain tire, most evident within the sand, mud, and deep snow. With the off-road chops to carry out in various terrain, the Open Nation R/T Path is designed for truck and SUV homeowners who need extra off-road functionality than a conventional all-terrain, with out the noise and harshness of a devoted mud tire.
It was an ideal match from the get-go, I wanted an on a regular basis tire for my on a regular basis driver, which simply so occurs to be a 2500 Silverado, that might get me round city comfortably whereas nonetheless being able to taking me off-road in pursuit of my looking passions throughout all seasons and all circumstances. A number of the key advantages of the Open Nation R/T Path embody the next:
- The additional-thick shoulder and sidewall lugs dig into deep and delicate terrain. This thickness additionally gives affect and puncture resistance.
- Staggered scalloped shoulder blocks and extra-thick sidewall lugs that dig into delicate terrain and uneven surfaces.
- Optimized tread design with giant tread blocks and a three-variable pitch sample delivers off-road sturdiness, traction, and stability.
With the truck loaded to the gills and anticipation and pleasure by way of the roof we set out on what would find yourself being one of the vital epic 4,000-mile highway journeys I’ve ever been on, and I’m not certain I may have completed it, or honestly, tolerated it with out the Open Nation R/T Trails.
We encountered nearly each kind of terrain and climate you might think about except for snow, however don’t fear, that may present up quickly sufficient right here in Michigan across the time we’re organising our wall tent deer camp deep within the north woods. That would be the remaining verify field for the tires. I’ve little question in my thoughts they’ll go the check with flying colours.
The journey was unimaginable, we arrived safely in Colorado from Michigan and have been capable of harvest two stunning bull elk on that hunt which was a robust begin to re-packing our depleted freezers for the winter. The fantastic thing about the excessive mesas of southern Colorado is a marvel to see and with the assistance of a succesful automobile and nice tires, you may get to some far-off locations that may aid you escape the hustle and bustle of on a regular basis life. Permitting even for only a couple days to take a look at and rejuvenate from the “grind.”
With coolers loaded, smiles on our faces, and already a way of success we turned the truck south and headed down by way of New Mexico, a sliver of Oklahoma, and onto our subsequent vacation spot, San Angelo Texas. Right here we hunted Axis deer for the following couple days, frolicked with some new and previous associates, and efficiently topped off our coolers earlier than the ultimate leg of our journey. We once more pointed the truck NE and began the lengthy trek again to Michigan.
All in all, we touched twelve totally different states over the course of the journey! We had every little thing from clean blacktop nation highways that stretched for a whole lot of miles by way of the flyover states to excessive mesa “roads” that may simply have about bounced us out of the sunroof if I had one. By way of all of it, the Toyo Open Nation R/T Trails acquired shining stars and excessive remarks. I can actually say they made the journey that a lot better with the journey they supplied and the capabilities they confirmed. I’m a HUGE fan and shall be singing their praises lengthy into their tread life!
With a simple 4,000 miles already below our belt this looking season I’m excited to indicate these dangerous boys off at Michigan deer camp, possibly share just a few recent elk burgers with the fellows, and inform all of them in regards to the EPIC “Ribeye Street Journey” that began our 2024 season. I used to be really amazed at how simply including these Open Nation R/T Trails remodeled my truck and made me much more assured in its capabilities to discover far-off locations that I could have beforehand thought we unreachable, not anymore.
Thanks to Toyo for partnering with us on this endeavor and I’m completely satisfied to say I give these tires two thumbs up and would advocate them to anybody trying to reel in an journey and deal with one thing just like the “Ribeye Street Journey.” For extra info on the Open Nation R/T Path or any of Toyo’s different greater than succesful tire choices on your automobile head on over to the Toyo web site and verify them out. They’ve an excellent straightforward and really helpful search device that permits you to put in your automobile info and can rapidly refine the outcomes to the merchandise that finest fit your wants.
For now, time for me to unpack solely to rapidly repack for our fall looking season right here in Michigan which is about to enter full swing! Deer Camp can’t come quickly sufficient!
