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07-22-2017, 06:17 AM | #21 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Kristiansand
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
I can't believe this issue comes up again and again. In what situation is a tire with no foam better than, say, a tire with a matching foam from Crawler Innovations? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk |
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07-29-2017, 06:22 PM | #22 |
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams? When crawling dry rock structures and don't want to spend $60-70 on foams.
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07-29-2017, 06:43 PM | #23 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Norway
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07-29-2017, 06:57 PM | #24 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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07-29-2017, 06:58 PM | #25 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NW Indiana
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07-29-2017, 07:49 PM | #26 |
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07-29-2017, 08:30 PM | #27 |
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07-29-2017, 10:44 PM | #28 |
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams? I just moved back from Australia. Foams there were about $60. I haven't priced foams locally. For my purposes.... a light crawler with soft tires and no foams worked well for technical, rocky crawling.
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07-29-2017, 10:47 PM | #29 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NW Indiana
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams? Quote:
well here in the states, the foams are much less costly and for my terrain, no foam tires would never work, rocks or no rocks.. | |
07-30-2017, 06:53 AM | #30 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams? Quote:
Try a good set of CI foams, as the price is a great break from AU. You will feel and see the difference. I don't care, it's your rig, but they really do make a huge difference Hang up and Drive | |
07-30-2017, 09:20 AM | #31 |
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
I also have to wonder how well the tire bead is going to hold up while consistently getting pinched, you might end up with a lot of slices around the bead after so long...
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07-30-2017, 10:23 AM | #32 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
Simple thought..... Do you run your 1:1 tires without air ? Nope, they wont work correctly. Foams in rc tires allow the support the air normally gives. |
07-30-2017, 10:52 PM | #33 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
I don't have foams in my 1:1 tires. If I had beadlocks on my 1:1 I could run pretty low pressures. And I've seen some drive with ambient pressure tires. Granted it was a very light vehicle with tracktor tires. Austar actually sell wheels which have valves so you can adjust the pressure. I have a set in the 2.2 flavour. I think I saw some 1.9 ones too. Might actually make the spare I keep dragging along usefull. |
07-31-2017, 03:22 PM | #34 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
I had bias ply tires on a old wheeler that ran airless even on the freeway they were just that stiff the austar tires air system just plain sucks i riped holes in the sidewalls in the first day then sealed the holes up and got new holes on the next run when they did hold air they bounced like mad and seeing as how foam tire insurts are so easy to make your self i dont see any reason to buy them or run with out them
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03-12-2018, 02:30 AM | #35 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: My mothers basement
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams? Actually in my 1:1 rig I run the tires with 4psi in the rocks. For crawling that's how it's done. Dozens of times I have helped people who were suck get our of their situation just by airing down their tires. It creates more surface area on the ground reducing the psi footprint and givies you much more traction not to mention a way smoother ride.
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03-12-2018, 04:10 AM | #36 | |
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03-12-2018, 04:37 AM | #37 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
Real carcasses have much more strength also. Gotta have foams.... Hang up and Drive |
03-12-2018, 07:45 AM | #38 | |
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03-12-2018, 09:36 AM | #39 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: anyone else run thier tires with no foams?
I already posted but i am running tires with out foams on a few rigs it depends on the tires and rig
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03-12-2018, 11:16 AM | #40 |
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