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Poll: What size tires are you running? (1 Viewer)
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I have to laugh when people say that there 33s or 35s can go where 37s or 40s can go. 
Yes driving skills have a lot to do with it, Yes if your over-landing smaller tires can go were bigger tires go.
If your running hard core trails no smaller tires can't go where bigger tires go.
Yes driving skills have a lot to do with it, Yes if your over-landing smaller tires can go were bigger tires go.
If your running hard core trails no smaller tires can't go where bigger tires go.
I love snow wheeling and tire size i a huge factor in where you can go and what you can do. I'm amazed at how much further rigs on 40s can go that I can with 37s. Likewise amazed at how much further I go than trucks on 35s (assuming similar weights and tire pressures).I have to laugh when people say that there 33s or 35s can go where 37s or 40s can go.
Yes driving skills have a lot to do with it, Yes if your over-landing smaller tires can go were bigger tires go.
If your running hard core trails no smaller tires can't go where bigger tires go.
The 37s will push through damp snow to about the bottom of the bumper with 10psi in the tires and lockers engaged as long as I don't break through (sitting on top in this pic - Snow was about 36- 38" deep). Can push through dry stuff to about the Lexus symbol on the grill, but rapidly have a heat problem from a plugged rad.
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Tahuya? Wheeled there several times when I was stationed in Bremerton.
So before I said I was going to buy 35s for my current project. . . .But I found a good deal on 37s
Ha, bought them from some cool Rising Sun guy.That is a sexy set of wheels!
315's on 4.10 works great with the 6.0
Golden Mountain above Darrington, WA Christmas last year.
I thought I’d be on 35s for a super long time. Then I tried an actually hard trail and my 35s got eaten by a hole made by a 40I have to laugh when people say that there 33s or 35s can go where 37s or 40s can go.
Yes driving skills have a lot to do with it, Yes if your over-landing smaller tires can go were bigger tires go.
If you’re running hard core trails no smaller tires can't go where bigger tires go.
So true !I thought I’d be on 35s for a super long time. Then I tried an actually hard trail and my 35s got eaten by a hole made by a 40
This is the exact story I told my wife when I wanted to go from 35s to 37s and then to 39s
Yeah, there is definitely a "can't even play" factor on some trails. If someone chewed holes, walls, etc. with bigger tires you don't even get to play on something smaller you just get insta-stuck. I remember back in the late 90s with Interco released the Bogger and a number of guys started running 44" boggers on the trails where I used to run on 37s ... I ended up on 44 boggers next year, otherwise pretty well what ever obstacle I entered would get get me insta-stuck in the first 10 feet because the ruts were so huge.
I just bought 37s…. And I’m setting up the car to live with 40s. This is dumbSo true !
This is the exact story I told my wife when I wanted to go from 35s to 37s and then to 39s
The 37's price is rather much for me right now I'm currently just running some 35's
a bit of power steering (rust proofing) and coolant. my old TRAD isnt happy when the temp drop past -20c. Have a new koyo to go in once the garage is cleaned up enough to roll it in. Coopers are great on the snow in 4x4.
Had 33’s (255/80-17) on my last 80, current rig came with 35x12.50’s. I like the aesthetic value of the 35’s but I think when I get around to new skins I am going to split the difference and try out the new Mickies in 255/85-17 which puts me at 34+ but still only 10” wide to get my more on road snow/dig performance back. As the current set up is kinda scary when the roads get slippery.
Truck isn’t just a toy but want it to be able to do most things well other than hard core obstacles trail stuff as most of what I do is deep back country exploring on fire/logging access. I refuse to call it overlanding it’s just a drive in the woods to me
Truck isn’t just a toy but want it to be able to do most things well other than hard core obstacles trail stuff as most of what I do is deep back country exploring on fire/logging access. I refuse to call it overlanding it’s just a drive in the woods to me
I think 40s are the end of the line for a 80.
If you want to go to the next step time for a buggy
Yeah, I agree. I don't want to hack up the 80 and turn it in to a trail s***box. If I had space, a trailer and a tow rig I'd probably have a tube buggy or some kind of truggy on big rubber.I think 40s are the end of the line for a 80.
If you want to go to the next step time for a buggy
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I think 44 and larger is common in Iceland. Wouldn’t fit in my garage, though.
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Arctic Truck 80s ramble
I was going thru the Norwegian LC clubs classified ads and found these two. One is from 1991 the other from 1994 both have driven around 300.000km. Apparently they were both converted at Arctic Trucks when they were new. I Can’t help but admire the toughness of the 80 having covered that many...
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I’m not positive but I think Iceland has a small percentage of Land Cruiser compared to other parts of the world especially ones on 44s
