miller
Rock Crawler
Let me start by saying this is the sweetest looking tire ever. The main reason I bought them was for the added height and was hoping to gain some extra performance.
The verdict:
What I found was that this tire is NOT a rock tire. It did very well in moss/grass/dirt covered rock...but when they get to bare rock they don't bite like the rocklizards.
Overall for my terrain there is lots of moss covered rock and bare rock. I'm going back to my lizards untill I can try the sticky compounds because overall the axials take me further.
If this tire is made with a thinner carcass and softer compound I think they'd be unreal. I'd love to see how the new softer compound rockstompers do as well as the Krawler-looking tire. Maybe I'll be able to get a test set ;-).
Review
All rims have 1/8 holes drilled in them:
Stompers with no foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmaK576SeE
Stompers with rocklizard foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4ekg0wQ0g
Rocklizards with stock foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a6hPwJqRFI
Ax10 lowered ride height, stock rocklizards and foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxE9isX5zq4
Mine stretched with stompers, no foams and same line as above:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byeUPSPpms
Rocklizards ledge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5q9gU8ijw
Rocklizards same ledge different line that the stompers couldn't do, didn't get any video of the stompers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSs1obwGNgo
Stompers same ledge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMG48hThWFE
Thought I'd try the stompers in the dirt to see if they were any better (no video but the lizards were worse in the dirt. The stompers have a slight edge in the dirt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el2fbQoeUKc
Where the stompers did do very well was on mossy rock or grass (no video to compare but the lizards had a hard time on those spots):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJlDZ45jEc
Stompers did really well in this type of stuff (first pic is not as steep as it looks because of angle):
The stompers also dig really well in the dirt..butstill don't get anywhere because the dirt is slippery...but alot better than the lizards for digging but about the same in actually getting somewhere unless there is rock underneath the stompers dig down to it and hook up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTR-uxxaGKk
No video but the lizards can pull off this climb where the stompers slip. This was placed for the photo.
Joe
The verdict:
What I found was that this tire is NOT a rock tire. It did very well in moss/grass/dirt covered rock...but when they get to bare rock they don't bite like the rocklizards.
Overall for my terrain there is lots of moss covered rock and bare rock. I'm going back to my lizards untill I can try the sticky compounds because overall the axials take me further.
If this tire is made with a thinner carcass and softer compound I think they'd be unreal. I'd love to see how the new softer compound rockstompers do as well as the Krawler-looking tire. Maybe I'll be able to get a test set ;-).
Review
All rims have 1/8 holes drilled in them:
Stompers with no foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmaK576SeE
Stompers with rocklizard foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4ekg0wQ0g
Rocklizards with stock foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a6hPwJqRFI
Ax10 lowered ride height, stock rocklizards and foams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxE9isX5zq4
Mine stretched with stompers, no foams and same line as above:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byeUPSPpms
Rocklizards ledge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5q9gU8ijw
Rocklizards same ledge different line that the stompers couldn't do, didn't get any video of the stompers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSs1obwGNgo
Stompers same ledge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMG48hThWFE
Thought I'd try the stompers in the dirt to see if they were any better (no video but the lizards were worse in the dirt. The stompers have a slight edge in the dirt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el2fbQoeUKc
Where the stompers did do very well was on mossy rock or grass (no video to compare but the lizards had a hard time on those spots):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJlDZ45jEc
Stompers did really well in this type of stuff (first pic is not as steep as it looks because of angle):
The stompers also dig really well in the dirt..butstill don't get anywhere because the dirt is slippery...but alot better than the lizards for digging but about the same in actually getting somewhere unless there is rock underneath the stompers dig down to it and hook up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTR-uxxaGKk
No video but the lizards can pull off this climb where the stompers slip. This was placed for the photo.
Joe
