What beadlock to run on the T?

[silvrzuki77]

I agree with you. On rock buggy i would run 5psi with 37 bfg kralwers. That was pure rock crawling. For trail riding i would never take my T below 15 just dont see the need.

Rather have the stauns at least if you sliced a tire you could hobble somewhere easier to change it.

 

[4speedfunk]

Tire technology has come a long way in just the last five years. Even as late as the 90s there was no such thing as dual-purpose tire. You either had a mud tire...or a street tire. And you gave up performance in one of these categories to gain it in another. Back then you HAD to run beadlocks because you HAD to air down to get anywhere. However, with modern mud tires...you can drive states away on 37"s and still have a nice handling, braking, steering rig. Highway noise is nothing compared to what it was back then, and off-road performance is the same if not better. I rarely air-down unless I know I'm wheeling for the entire day (softer ride)..OR if I'm getting into some loose sand. When I do air down...I run 18-20 psi in my 37" KM2s and they will grab ahold of anything. No beadlocks needed.

No doubt the cool-factor of beadlocks will always be there. I'm just sayin they don't have the "bang for the buck" that they use to (before radials). I got other stuff to spend money on that yields a more drastic improvement. I'll save beadlocks for the same day I buy the trailer -LOL.

 

[Sethmark]

The trails I used to run regularly there was a risk of running too much pressure as well as too little. Too much pressure and the tire would puncture like a balloon instead of conforming to the rock like a soft tire.

Bead locks were cheap insurance. With that said, I ran a 37" krawler without bead locks over Upper Helldorado in Moab. Quite possibly one of the hardest trails there.

 

[RamRod]

for now I decided to put the beadlock thing on hold, I could get the system for the same price that they were quoting all day long so there is no savings... one day, but for now its just not worth it.

Going for a black steel rim on Pro Comp MT2's

 

[gfbh3t]

Good luck trying to find a steel rim that will fit with the rancho lift, I tried several brands and could not find any that would fit.

 

[Sethmark]

Why steel anyway? Where a steel wheel bends, an aluminum wheel does nothing.

Yes, I've heard all about pounding a steel wheel out if it gets bent. But I've never seen an aluminum wheel fail so catastrophically that that argument matters. The steel wheel is all bent and buggered. The aluminum wheel is usable.