ultimate trail rover
#21
10-01-2008, 04:05 PM
RE: ultimate trail rover
Pete-Thats what I was trying to say. Only not as well of that guy. Growing up on a farm we used stock sized tires on the truck, drove across muddy fields, snow covered two tracks to cut fire wood, wet grassy fields, etc. Never had a need for floation tires. Drive smart and you can go almost anywhere with a good tire and a competent truck.
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10-01-2008, 04:26 PM
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RE: ultimate trail rover
I think wide tires are done more for looks than off road capability. They have their place, but it may be overstated how useful a huge contact patch is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1pi2rbMSE
These guys have fairly wide tires and don't have much traction on those rocks. Unfortunately there are no skinny tire examples in this video.
Cheers,
Pete
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1pi2rbMSE
These guys have fairly wide tires and don't have much traction on those rocks. Unfortunately there are no skinny tire examples in this video.
Cheers,
Pete
#23
10-01-2008, 05:05 PM
RE: ultimate trail rover
I wish I hadkept it, but I had a video of a '95 Disco doing a trail in northern CA. It was 100% stock, a aff road magazine had bought it to mod. They ran it with street tires on this trail and then again after the mods.
They said that the only difference was that they were able to do the same trail in less time with the mods than with out, and that without the mods you really had to pick your line and it might have taken 2-3 attempts but the truck went everywhere they pointed it, with street tires. They were very impressed with the capablities of the Disco.
The trail started with sand, rock, gravel, some mud, and ended with snow. It had alittle of everything in it.
They said that the only difference was that they were able to do the same trail in less time with the mods than with out, and that without the mods you really had to pick your line and it might have taken 2-3 attempts but the truck went everywhere they pointed it, with street tires. They were very impressed with the capablities of the Disco.
The trail started with sand, rock, gravel, some mud, and ended with snow. It had alittle of everything in it.
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10-01-2008, 06:58 PM
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RE: ultimate trail rover
Read this. This is what the Pete's are trying to say. Skinny for Most situations, Wide where there is no solid ground... http://www.expeditionswest.com/research/white_papers/tire_selection_rev1.html
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RE: ultimate trail rover
ORIGINAL: Spike555
I wish I had kept it, but I had a video of a '95 Disco doing a trail in northern CA. It was 100% stock, a aff road magazine had bought it to mod. They ran it with street tires on this trail and then again after the mods.
They said that the only difference was that they were able to do the same trail in less time with the mods than with out, and that without the mods you really had to pick your line and it might have taken 2-3 attempts but the truck went everywhere they pointed it, with street tires. They were very impressed with the capablities of the Disco.
The trail started with sand, rock, gravel, some mud, and ended with snow. It had alittle of everything in it.
I wish I had kept it, but I had a video of a '95 Disco doing a trail in northern CA. It was 100% stock, a aff road magazine had bought it to mod. They ran it with street tires on this trail and then again after the mods.
They said that the only difference was that they were able to do the same trail in less time with the mods than with out, and that without the mods you really had to pick your line and it might have taken 2-3 attempts but the truck went everywhere they pointed it, with street tires. They were very impressed with the capablities of the Disco.
The trail started with sand, rock, gravel, some mud, and ended with snow. It had alittle of everything in it.
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ORIGINAL: Spike555
"Deep mud" is the key phrase. I'm not talking about mud bogging, I'm talking about a muddy trail, like in the spring after the thaw or after the April monsoon's.
"Deep mud" is the key phrase. I'm not talking about mud bogging, I'm talking about a muddy trail, like in the spring after the thaw or after the April monsoon's.
p.s. I like skinny tires over wide too.
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10-01-2008, 08:51 PM
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#29
10-01-2008, 09:13 PM
RE: ultimate trail rover
Tires are like women, we want to try them all and the one that we take home needs to have plenty of life left in them.
or
Tires are like women in that no two men can agree on which one is better.
or
Tires are like women, they will run you over every chance they get.
I could di this all night.
or
Tires are like women in that no two men can agree on which one is better.
or
Tires are like women, they will run you over every chance they get.
I could di this all night.
