Tire siping

[high country cruiser]

Tire grooving

I posted in many areas and did lots of research, but not many replies? I was going to sipe the tires, then I changed my mind and I decidecd to groove them. This looks like it will work well and if anyone wants to use it please let me know. No charge if you pick-up. This is a #2 because I wanted a small groove, but it came w/ the #4 and 12 each so there are plenty of blades if someone wants to use it?

 

[high country cruiser]

more pics.

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[JohnnyC]

groving works really well...good job on the tires

 

[Wildman]

Have you run them ungrooved? I noticed a 200% improvement in my SX's after I got about 5lb of rubber off them. Increased flex, better ride, better footprint, and TONS more traction. My rig only weighs about 5K too.

 

[high country cruiser]

O'yea

This is my 2'nd set of Krawlers, but out West the rocks are much more dry and I didn't want to buy new TSL Sx's when I have so much tread left, so this was the cheapest alternative. I will see and if I need to groove more I will.
If I bought new tires it would be the 36" TSL Sx.. I like'em.....

 

[Krazyfj]

How deep did you go?

 

[high country cruiser]

small groove

1/4" deep and 1/8th" wide,small groove I just wanted extra biting edges. I might sipe the center of the tire as well for the wet rocks. I'm not sure just yet until I get some testing in.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Very cool. How about on-road driving? Any notable improvements?

 

[high country cruiser]

Testing required.

I really need to get them out for a trip and see about on road manners?
I'm more interested in the wet rock performance. The say that grooving lets the tire run cooler and also helps w/ wear. If anyone has details on what they have done, please chime in.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I really need to get them out for a trip and see about on road manners?
I'm more interested in the wet rock performance. The say that grooving lets the tire run cooler and also helps w/ wear. If anyone has details on what they have done, please chime in.

I didn't know if you drove them on the road or not. I've been torn on what to do with my MT/Rs, whether or not I should groove / sipe them. I DD my rig so on road and offroad traction are both concerns of mine.

 

[high country cruiser]

To the trail and back

I drive mine to the trail, but for a dd I would sipe for sure no draw-backs to that.
It improves traction on wet and snowy surfaces. I was looking @ siping, then decided to groove.
My first set of tires were TSL's then( Goodyear Wrangler) MT/R's and on to the Krawlers. I liked the MT/R's good tire (soft compound)

 

[Krazyfj]

Looks time consuming, how long did it take to do each tire?

 

[rblank]

Grooving my SX's were the best thing I ever did. I hated those tires until I grooved and siped them.Then I sold them for stickies.

Took me about two beers per tire.

 

[high country cruiser]

Not long @ all.

Looks time consuming, how long did it take to do each tire?

If the knife is nice and hot, it goes through like butter. Change the blade every 2 tires.
I took my time to follow the pattern and still only 15 to 20 minutes per tire.
It looks worse than it is.

 

[Krazyfj]

Hummmm, would like to do mine,,,but got toooo many other things to do