06-22-2004, 11:26 PM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mesa
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| BB's in tires?
How many BB's are people putting in there tires as a starting point? Thanks for the info, Fireman |
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06-23-2004, 12:27 AM | #2 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: BB's in tires?
I tried 1.5 35mm film canisters in each tire and found it to be too much. I think that with a Clod too many bb's really hurts because you only have one motor driving the front axle. With a shaftie and dual motors you can get away with more bb's. I plan to try one film cannister in each tire and see how that does. Good luck! |
06-23-2004, 09:45 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: BB's in tires?
I had a pound of bb's in each tire and recently went to 2 pounds, which really proved to be too much. I am going back to one pound in the fronts and a half pound in the rear. My god.......it sounds like I'm ordering meat from a deli!!!!!! One last note: I may ditch the Kongs in favor of the new KROCK tires. I can't wait to try them out to see if they are worth. I have big plans for change if they work well. |
06-23-2004, 10:30 AM | #4 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mesa
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| Re: BB's in tires?
I am going to try the clod "D" tire when it's available. For know I am going to use narrowed clod tires. I am going to try the BB's. Fireman |
06-23-2004, 11:42 AM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Riverside IA
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| Re: BB's in tires?
so how you getting the bb's in and out of the tires if they are glued? other that breaking the glue bead.
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06-23-2004, 11:47 AM | #6 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: BB's in tires?
My bb tires are MGT's with only the inner bead glued to the rim. The tire fits tight enough that they do not slip even without glue, but I left it unglued so that I could experiment with the bb's. |
06-23-2004, 12:34 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: BB's in tires?
Not that I am doing this every day to add and remove bb's but I just cut a very small slit into the tires tread, squeeze it open a bit and pour them in or out. Break out the IC-2000 and patch it up when done! Never had it tear back open.
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06-23-2004, 12:35 PM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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| Re: BB's in tires?
C-section bb removal! You don't pass up any chance to cut,mame and glue up tires do ya? :P |
06-23-2004, 01:24 PM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: BB's in tires?
Exactally!! |
06-25-2004, 03:29 PM | #10 |
Diggin' the new SCX10 II! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norcal
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| Re: BB's in tires?
I use 1,658,492,023 bb's in my front tires and 45,822,576 bb's in my rear tires. I am running low in my red rider bb gun so the rear tires might be getting a little lighter! |
06-29-2004, 12:01 PM | #11 |
Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004
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| Re: BB's in tires?
what do bb's do to the tire? and dont they get annoying when they keep rolling around with the plastic or aluminum wheels
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06-30-2004, 07:29 AM | #12 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: BB's in tires?
They add weight that sits directly on the ground. They are not annoying when they help you climb vertically!!!! |
07-14-2004, 04:39 PM | #13 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary AB Canada
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| Re: BB's in tires?
Has anyone tried using wheel weights. the stick on type? I'm going to try it tonight.
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