Skinny 35's?

[badmuthatrucka]

Well, after reading that article, as well written as it is, I still disagree. But to each his own. Maybe I'll start a thread in tech, then we can hash it out. Thank you IBCRUSN for the link, it is much appreciated.

 

[third coast cruisers]

well my experience with mud tires on a vehicle as heavy as the 40, 60, 80 series we have here in the states is that no matter how wide the tire is a cruiser does not gain in the pluses of a wide tire IE: floatation mostly. our vehicles are so heavy and let's be reasonable a bit under powered, that a cruisers does not blast through mud holes rather they settle in and dig for traction. i have had much luck with the old school buckshot mudders, narrow special service swampers, 33x10.5 bfg mt's. all have proven their worth in our deep gumbo louisiana mud some of our club members may disagree, but they just like the looks of large 12.5 inch wide tires. our trails are just wetter and stay that way. i am taken delivery of a truck this weekend with 35x12.5 inch tires on it......guess what i have them sold and i have a set of stock rims and a set of narrow "pizza cutter" swampers already ordered.

in that article i like the chart of weight of vehicle and the tread width, our theory and experience shows we are not to far off base. i think most 4x4 owners are just sold on the look of wider tires. in our environment the 10.5 inch tread width is sufficient, however when hitting more rocky trails i could see how the wider tire presents a better contact patch when aired down. just depends on your environment.....

let me add you some links on my favorite tire buckshot radial mudders (not the maxxis trash) ck out the sizes i like the q78-15:

http://www.d-90.com/tire/denman.html

http://www.ntwonline.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=48&CATID=10&Product_ID=1327&count=2&Pcount=3

http://www.ntwonline.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=48&CATID=10&Product_ID=1327&count=2&Pcount=3&DETAIL=1

http://www.intercotire.com/site32.php

 

[mr_manny]

Any idea what those 35x10.50 SSRs weigh?

Bogger 35x10.5R16
34.8 x 11.12, 66lbs, skid depth 28/32

TSL Q78-16LT
35.5 x 10.8, 66lbs, skid depth 27/32

SSR 35x10.5R16
35 x 11.6, 70lbs, skid depth 21/32

LTB 34x10.5-16
33.6 x 10.7, 59lbs, skid depth 22/32

Special Service TSL 9/34-16LT
33.8 X 9.1, 56lbs, skid depth 27/32

 

[Tool Pusher]

I have a set of 35x10.5x16 Super Swamper SSRs on black rock crawler wheels that I got for my 40. I got 4 inch backspacing on the rims so they work on my 80 also. They will work on the 40 since I do not have stock steering arms any more. The tires are actually a little over 35 inches tall. I have not tried them on the 40 yet but I put them on the 80 and ran the Rubicon during Rubithon this year and they seemed to do well. There were a couple of spots where I might have aired down a little more. In a heavily loaded 80 I think about 15 psi in the rear and about 12 psi in the front would be good for running rocks. The tire noise on the road is greater than the ATs I usually run on the 80 but they are not too bad. The sway is a little more also due to the taller side wall. Maybe more air would help there.

David Sword

 

[FZJ80_YV]

SSR 35x10.5R17

 

[RHINO]

instead of looking for size specific, have any of you looked for dually specific??? i see a handfull of duallies running around here with 35 or taller tires,,, they are all BFG MT style treads and so far are all metric.

also on the skinny vs wide,,,, i like skinnier to wider myself. mostly i think that my rig doesnt make enough power to float or skim accross the serface of anything soft, but i have plenty of torque to cut though it. plus on the highway they have alot less drag and friction. dunno if it helps that much but it feels like it rolls and tracks better.

 

[Fjcasey]

Any idea what those 35x10.50 SSRs weigh?

70lbs