Maxxis Competition Trepadors

[CAJJ93XJ]

If your not racing and just doing rock crawling have you tried water in your front tires. At least to the top of the hub, or to the top of the rim. Water and stickies is like cheating.

if I live in a snowy area should I run 50/50 coolant instead of water

 

[87manche]

if I live in a snowy area should I run 50/50 coolant instead of water

You'll need some sort of antifreeze.

Farmers always ran calcium chloride, but it's hell on wheels, so you need to put it in a tube. I'd not run antifreeze because if you cut a tire you're going to spill it out on the trail.


lately I've heard guys talking about this stuff.
http://www.rimguard.biz/

it's made from beet extracts or some such. I talked with the guy at the local fair last year and it sounded like maybe the perfect tire ballast for offroad.
no corrosion, heavier than water, good to go on freezing down to -30 or some such.

 

[ashmanjeepxj]

if I live in a snowy area should I run 50/50 coolant instead of water

even in az we run some coolant, If you do get a puncture, you can not plug a wet tire, full beadlock de-bead is needed to get all the water out or your plugs will never hold.

If you have steel wheels you can weld a large NPT bung in your wheel and use a 1/2 or 3/8in hose all the way to the bottom of the tire. keep filling with air from the top and the water will push out from the bottom. You can also weld in a bulkhead fitting and keep the 10in hose inside the tire.

Also if your single beadlocked run two rings of ductape on the back on your rim spaced correctly for the tire bead thickness you run.

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

after googling about tire ballast, I see that people are sharing how much water they run but not really the benefit. added unsprung weight? no one really mentioned how this would help a huge amount at crawl speeds/ low PSI

 

[a1racer]

It helps by adding weight directly to the area in contact with the ground. Having the weight in the tires won't do well at speed. But crawling will add a lot more traction and weight down low where needed.

 

[chris420]

I was at an event recently and noticed the MTR,s doing just as well as the Treps on the rocks. I have since purchased a set of MTR,s and am hitting the Rubicon Thursday. I have a true trac front and Grizzley rear and was spinning my BFG AT,s on dusty slick rock were the Treps and MTR,s were grabbing.

 

[chris420]

Toyo tires suck don't by them had a set of AT,s that were the heaviest tire I have ever owned and sucked on every terrain.