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Old 06-22-2004, 11:26 PM   #1
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How many BB's are people putting in there tires as a starting point?

Thanks for the info,

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Old 06-23-2004, 12:27 AM   #2
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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.

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Old 06-23-2004, 09:45 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 06-23-2004, 10:30 AM   #4
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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.


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Old 06-23-2004, 11:42 AM   #5
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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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Old 06-23-2004, 11:47 AM   #6
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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.
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Old 06-23-2004, 12:34 PM   #7
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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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Old 06-23-2004, 12:35 PM   #8
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C-section bb removal!



You don't pass up any chance to cut,mame and glue up tires do ya?

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Old 06-23-2004, 01:24 PM   #9
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Exactally!!
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Old 06-25-2004, 03:29 PM   #10
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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!
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Old 06-29-2004, 12:01 PM   #11
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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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Old 06-30-2004, 07:29 AM   #12
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They add weight that sits directly on the ground.

They are not annoying when they help you climb vertically!!!!
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Old 07-14-2004, 04:39 PM   #13
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Has anyone tried using wheel weights. the stick on type? I'm going to try it tonight.
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