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..... |
Put little tiny screws in them. Thats what I did to stud my tires, but I wasn't crawling. |
well, this is what they turned out like..... http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSCN0003.jpg |
I did the same thing. They look kool if ya hit pavement too, cause they start sparking |
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. |
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. |
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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: |
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. |
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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" |
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