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Post by ES_97Sport on Mar 21, 2018 18:50:36 GMT -5
Wow! Thanks for the ALL the input!! Maybe 2 sets of wheels/tires is needed? Due to life's circumstances, I don't get out on the trail very often. I'll keep looking for reasonably priced 4-6 ply, not so aggressive tire. It's just sitting right now anyway and would seem I have plenty of time find something. No worries! There's nothing wrong with that. Two sets isn't a bad idea, given what M/Ts are going for now. Its awful expensive to run them full time. Especially since most of them - if they're really worth anything off road - are very soft and don't wear particularly well on the street. Both of these are just barely over $200 a tire: BFGoodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM2 Firestone Destination M/T These are about $250 a tire: Goodyear MT/R With Kevlar These are less than $200 a tire: Kumho Tire Road Venture MT KL71 Edward
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Post by ES_97Sport on Mar 21, 2018 20:04:50 GMT -5
Something I forgot to point out in re: tire selection. Different make/model/revision tires seat better/worse on different rims. Some tires seat very well on one rim but not on another. When the tires are aired up to their proper 'street' psi, this isn't an issue. When they're aired down ... its a totally different ball game. I have never had problems running 8-12 psi on my Geolandar M/Ts on either the OEM Mitsu rims, my J10 Jeep rims or my Stockton's. 31x15 all the way to my current 35x17s. I've gone down to 6 psi in the snow on my 35x15's. EXCEPT with my aluminum AR rims. Even at 30-34 psi I had problems keeping the bead seated. Absolutely pathetic. When I pitched those rims, I took the tires and put them on J10 rims. Ran 'em for another year wheeling at 8-12 psi and never had a single problem. The moral of this story is: some tire/rim combinations don't work (well or at all) aired down unless you have bead-locks. And by 'aired down', I don't mean 3 psi. The unfortunately issue here is that you're not going to know if this is a problem until you run them. I STRONGLY suggest packing a Power Tank and a come-along for re-seating tire beads. Changing to your spare isn't always an option. Some times you have no choice but to re-seat the tire while its on the truck. Edward
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Post by muddblood on Mar 21, 2018 20:29:49 GMT -5
Yup! Got all this. Same thing goes for mountain bike wheel/tire combinations...at least the tubeless variety. Not sure I want to spend $200/tire though.
I do have a power pack with a tire inflator air compressor but the internal battery is dead. I want to remove the internal battery and fabricate a way to run this off my Mitsubishi/Jeep/whatever vehicle I am in battery.
I did get the Mitsubishi running today so moving in the right direction! SO happy there is no internal damage!!
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Post by ES_97Sport on Mar 22, 2018 18:38:38 GMT -5
Yup! Got all this. Same thing goes for mountain bike wheel/tire combinations...at least the tubeless variety. Not sure I want to spend $200/tire though. ... $200 a tire is cheap now days. I used to pay $155 a tire for 35" Geolandar M/Ts. The last set were $300 and change. I'm not sure that you'll find anything decent for less than about $180 a tire. I had to stop at the shop and pick up Jerry cans this morning so I asked their opinions. Jason really likes this one ... Toyo Open Country M/T ... which looks like a not quite as aggressive tire as my new Yokohama Geolandar G003. The Toyo is a 10 ply x6 or 8. He didn't remember. He said other than having to run them low, they did very well. Buy some heavy, inexpensive steel wheels and some good off road tires and swap back and forth with your street tires. They'll last quite a while that way. Will it re-seat a tire bead? Regular battery powered compressors usually won't. They don't supply enough volume fast enough. Sweet! That's good to hear! Edward
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Post by muddblood on Mar 22, 2018 19:06:28 GMT -5
My tiny compressor won't seat a bead. Probably won't even air them up at the end of the trail, lol.
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Post by ES_97Sport on Mar 23, 2018 15:36:52 GMT -5
My tiny compressor won't seat a bead. Probably won't even air them up at the end of the trail, lol. Ah! Time for a CO2 tank setup. Edward
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Post by muddblood on Mar 23, 2018 19:42:48 GMT -5
Not yet. One small baby step at a time.
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