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bighitbomber1 11-09-2008 01:09 PM

Got Studs?
 
Hi there, sittin here in Alberta waiting for everything to freeze and turn white (@$!#%) and wondering if anybody has studded a set of tires? Summer seems to be WAAAYYY to short up here and i need to crawl, snow or no snow. Any imput would be greatly appreciated.....

mastathug0 11-20-2008 01:50 AM

Put little tiny screws in them. Thats what I did to stud my tires, but I wasn't crawling.

bighitbomber1 11-22-2008 06:29 PM

well, this is what they turned out like.....
http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSCN0003.jpg

mastathug0 12-04-2008 11:11 PM

I did the same thing. They look kool if ya hit pavement too, cause they start sparking

KuJo 12-06-2008 07:29 AM

I made studded tyres of one pair of HPI Geolanders. I've tried it on my WK (WK trans/axels, Widow-chassis, 80mm sprung dampers) on ice/snow heaps. Try it is absolutely great - even if I at the moment only have 2 tyres with studs mounted at front and 2 standard Geolanders rear (LHS is out of Geolanders).
I used 12mm screws, predrilled holes in the tyres, put in the screws and added some rapid glue. I also put some lead in the front tyres, don't know how much.
Now - instead of waiting till spring - I find a crawling course on nearly every streetcorner or parkinglot.

m00nst0ne69 12-06-2008 06:33 PM

I made some for my Blackfoot years ago with thumb tacks. I pressed the tacks into the tread and lined the tires with duct tape. They work amazingly well. Bighitbomber's are great! Did you grind the heads of the screws? I was thinking of using sheet metal screaws for this time around, now grinding necessary.

bighitbomber1 12-09-2008 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by m00nst0ne69 (Post 1461128)
I made some for my Blackfoot years ago with thumb tacks. I pressed the tacks into the tread and lined the tires with duct tape. They work amazingly well. Bighitbomber's are great! Did you grind the heads of the screws? I was thinking of using sheet metal screaws for this time around, now grinding necessary.

Thanks! No, i didn't do any grinding.....these are sheet metal screws. It took 212 #6x3/8'' screws and i found it a little easier to put holes with an awl in the tire before the screw. And they work like a hot damn"thumbsup"

Hildy 12-09-2008 06:07 PM

That is a great idea. Once things freeze over...any and all terrain is grippy with studs. Frozen over creeks and trying to climb the mini 'waterfalls' sounds like its in my near future:ror:

rerock 12-12-2008 11:07 AM

I'd leave the heads on, adds weight; and unlike a real tire, there's nothing to puncture, and the heads are covered in foam.

miller 12-12-2008 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bighitbomber1 (Post 1465677)
And they work like a hot damn"thumbsup"

Lets see some video with and without :-P

bigdodge88 12-12-2008 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by miller (Post 1471227)
Lets see some video with and without :-P

I agree, they look awesome. Video please.

Justin

bighitbomber1 12-13-2008 03:25 PM

Sorry, you guy's might be waiting a while for video....It's currently -25*c with a wind chill of -35*c and doesn't look very nice for the next couple of weeks.:x On the plus side, everything is finally frozen and we got 4'' of snow last night"thumbsup"

BigSki 12-14-2008 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bighitbomber1 (Post 1439831)
well, this is what they turned out like.....
http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSCN0003.jpg

funny this came up, a few members of our club we talking about studding some stock ax-10 tires for some ice crawling when everything freezes over in a few weeks. We usually get the nasty, icy slushy messes between Feb and March.

bighitbomber1 12-14-2008 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BigSki (Post 1473937)
funny this came up, a few members of our club we talking about studding some stock ax-10 tires for some ice crawling when everything freezes over in a few weeks. We usually get the nasty, icy slushy messes between Feb and March.

Go for it.... It's a little time consuming but well worth the effort. Now your rock lizards can do something else besides collect dust;-)


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