step-pins

[MaxxZilla]

Has anyone tried these? I thought of this a while ago and I saw them on mud cows video.

[MudCow]

Yeah I have won about 3 comps on them now.

What do you want to know about them?

They have earned the nickname "Velcro Tyres" down here.

[MaxxZilla]

I was just wondering if they were better than all the other tires.

[MudCow]

I'm yet to find a tyre with better traction. The proline Giant Traks are the closest but they don't have as good lateral traction. Only drawback with the maxx pins is that they are a slightly smaller diameter so the under diff clearance suffers a little, but if you aren't crawling on terrain where this is critical, they are very very hard to beat and this has been proven quite convincingly in our crawling comps here.

I still use the cut Juggys for the diff-catching courses, but for the Juggys to hook up it needs to be bone dry.

The step pins hook up well whether it's wet / dry / hard pack / soft / dusty / sandy / you name it!

If they came in a 7" dia they would be the perfect crawling tyre traction + clearance wise, just that they don't have the looks of a normal tyre.

[MaxxZilla]

Sorry to keep dragging this on, but do you think the new Imex tire will be better?

[MudCow]

You mean the one that looks like a BFG Krawler?

In my opinion, no.

[MaxxZilla]

Damn, Sounds like I may have to try them, we will see. Thanks for your info mud. I wasn't all that impressed with the Bft's myself.

[MudCow]

I will be interested in your comments when you try them. I am surprised that more guys aren't running them. They may not look scale crawler like but performance-wise they are the bee's knees.

[DirkDigler]

If they were only 8 inches tall.

[MudCow]

Originally Posted by DirkDigler

If they were only 8 inches tall.

Oh... stop teasing. :P

But seriously, if they were that big, you would need a seriously beefy driveline. Maybe hybrid axles using 1:8 buggy diffs + CVD shafts and a TC or similar centre tranny. With all that traction they would seriously stress everything. They do turn better than the wider (4" or so) tyres as the pins deflect a little and let the tyres turn.

[MaxxZilla]

Well, I gotta trust ya mud, but it may be awile before I try them I do have to get my maxx running first. I will drop you an e-mail or something once I try them.

[MaxxZilla]

Which one are better the panther or the proline step pins? does it matter?

[MudCow]

Have only tried the Proline (Med Compound) and IMEX (Soft Compound).

Both work really well. I probably prefer the Proline ones over the IMEX. The softer compound pins tend to squirm more which can reduce traction a little in difficult off-camber situations, but having said that, they are still MILES ahead of anything else!

Softer compound tyres seem to wear a little better as well.

[MaxxZilla]

Alright, thanks again mud, I want my chassis soo bad hurry up monday.

[MaxxZilla]

How come you have never tried these Dirk? You seem to have tried allmost every tire that might have crawling worth.

[DirkDigler]

Too short for me.
Great traction though.

[MaxxZilla]

Man dirk, you must run on some diff scraping courses. I think I may just buy a set of these babys once I get my truck running.