Can Goodyear Wranglers with kevlar handle going through cactus?

[Pfarmer]

I have 35" Goodyear Wranglers w/Kevlar - C. I have read several posts that say they can handle cactus fairly well. However, handling accidental exposure and driving through a cactus patch that is 12' across are two different things. On the property I drive there are a few roads that are covered in cactus (different varieties of Prickly Pear). The Rangers with slime tires just drive right through the stuff, but I haven't tried. Can I? Should I? Might be ok? Will definitely be ok?

Thanks,

 

[Rescue6]

I grew up in AZ and TX and Now live in CO I have never gotten a flat on any truck or Jeep from a cactus. Regardless of the tire I was running. Motorcycles and ATVs I get flat tires from cactus but they don’t have steel belts like radials do. Most likely you will be absolutely fine. I would not hesitate to drive through them with any of my vehicles

 

[tworley]

The only time I've ever gotten a flat on any vehicle from a thorny plant was in TX. It was a mesquite tree of some kind and had thorns that were about 3" long. Destroyed the UTV tires.

I wouldnt hestiate to drive over little pricky pears

 

[John Cooper]

Prickly pear probably no, a barrel cactus probably so!

 

[Sudo]

Just plugged a BFG mud terrain from a cactus thorn. Right at the shoulder. I don't specifically drive over them, just some trails you can't avoid it.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

The MT/R's kevlar is only on the sidewall, it wouldn't protect the tread. I'd carry a tire plug kit like the one from Safety Seal. I've used my Safety Seal tire plug kit untold times over the past 20+ years.

 

[notnsuv]

Got a sidewall flat from a mule deer antler on my CJ5 once, and a spark plug...