how would you groove these

Jeff B

Jeff B

Thanos was right
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Sell em and buy some tires for the offroad!!!!
 
these are for the offroad :driver: just not for folks that can't think out of the box:flipoff2:
 
1-My guess those would be hard to groove......equipment tires are tough!
2-Also, I don't think they would grip rocks well. ( Tough usually = hard).
3-Wheel them w/out grooving them....I have thought about the same thing.

:rolleyes:


Matt
 
they are suprising not that hard clost to my tsl's the ones I have are 38.5 O.D. & at 130# pretty heavy the thick side walls I know wont flex to well so I gonne bead lock them I need to shave some weight
 
x2 on them being hard, but they still might work on beadlocks with almost no air in them....

you could also try a tire softner that is used it dirt track racin to soften and sticky up the rubber...

Id say maybe create like a center groove in them, so they could maybe clean out better.... you could also try groovin them similar to the grooves in the new 54" bogger

aimages.fourwheeler.com_techarticles_wheels_129_0706_07_z_interco_bogger_tire_tire_on_rock.jpg
 
so what size are these galaxy tires? you said you had 38" tsl's, and these were close to--height, or softness?

for cheap enough, they might be worth running! if you dont like them, sell them to someone in the construction business, there always lookin for a deal!!
 
the softener is a good idea & the rubber is not thart hard but the sidewalls & face are thick as hell ---- the tsl's I have are 36" the motorgrader tires measure 38.5" x 15 wide for a 19.5" rim still got to get rims & re-center them & I got 5 for a c-note they are brand new just have a slight blemish that occured at where I work

I like the bogger idea
 
yeah that might work ok... i knew that the tread on those tires is normally soft, but yeha you could maybe sipe or use that softner on the sidewalls....

the way the new boggers are grooved from the factory is kinda hard to see but its a \ / type grove in the lugs so that they wrap around the contour of the ground better

the 19.5s shouldnt be hard to get, but id say that gettin beadlocks may be difficult unless youdo it similar to drag racers with the screws...
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
the 19.5s shouldnt be hard to get, but id say that gettin beadlocks may be difficult unless youdo it similar to drag racers with the screws...
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Ya thinking of the drag racer thing Tim (firetoy) did this on the 52"s gotta give him a call see how it's working for him. What about making a staun type with a inner tub & a nylon strap or a cord impreginated rubber strap I still got a vendor that owes me a favor at work. Do you think the inner tube would be to thin of material to get pressure on the inside of the bead & squish out like a small balloon between your fingers?
 
Nope...don't put tire softener on the sidewalls. That can cause really bad things to happen.

Not that I would know. I would never use that stuff on race tires.....it's illegal most places.

And be careful when using it. The stuff is really nasty. Or the good stuff is anyway.

Or so I've been told. :rolleyes:


Matt
 
Not Dot rated so you should not be on the road with them but with a design speed 5 mph that should not be a problem.
Most of the larger ones are rated at 5 mph and smaller go to 30 mph. Don't think I would want to spin them up fast and see a tread come of.
 
I wont be spinning them that fast & they are NHS rated at 20 MPH I'll post some pics when I get them grooved for what I paid for them the hell with it I'm gonna run them
 
grooved

Playin' w/ mspaint.

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I read a thread on PBB a long while back where IIRC a guy took another smaller tire and tube and put it inside the main tire. He inflated the tube inside the smaller tire to act as a beadlock. There was a trick to the valve stems that I don't remember. It was probably a fairly heavy combination, but was cheap and worked well according to the poster.
 
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