What's the reason for going to these wheels? Don't know anything about them.
#1 reason (for me) is cheap tires. Military take offs are less than $100 (80%+ tread), and that's for a 37". Considering that you can't find even an AT 35" for under $200, tire prices have gone up a
lot the last 3 years. (I heard somewhere over 20%.)
So in addition to getting a larger tire and access to cheaper tires, I'll be getting dual beadlocks. Meaning I can literally run at 0 PSI and the tire isn't going anywhere. I won't actually run THAT low, but I've heard 6-9 PSI is a good range.
Another factor is the two piece rim. You could disassemble and reassemble the tire on the trail if you had to with less effort and gyrations of a solid rim. So I may be able to carry a couple of tubes, and if the tire is damaged enough that it won't hold air (but is still pretty much intact), be able to slip a tube into the tire and run that to get me back to civilization.
Cost is the big issue for me. I've had two tires go completely out, and one that took damage at McGrew (holds air fine, but would prefer it as a spare rather than a drive tire). I don't blame the tire itself for the problems, first time the tire failed was "on of those things" that *ANY* tire would have had problems handling. Second one is still unknown why it failed. But if I'm replacing just two tires I'm already nearly halfway up to the cost of buying the 4 rims+tires.
So if I keep going through a tire a year, it'll pay for itself in about 10-12 years.
