Anyone running 34x9.50 or 34x10.50 swampers
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I haven’t seen anyone with a set of those in a very long time. Are they still available?
I had a set of Narrow TSL's (16" wheels) on my lightweight. They were relatively good mannered on the road, not really noisy and a smooth ride I thought for the type of tire it is. I had to pay attention to stopping distance and tight curves on wet roads as they are slippery in wet conditions. Very good off road on typical tractor rutted farm roads and logging roads in the Northeast. Unsure how good they would be on wet rocks, I would say definitely not as good as a modern mud terrain.
They are very heavy, but you probably know this already...
I think they look fantastic on a Rover!
They are very heavy, but you probably know this already...
I think they look fantastic on a Rover!
blueboy
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Yes they have like many other items! Was surprised when looking at the TSLs. They were comparable to BFGs when I bought them.
I 34x9.5x15s TSLs on my 109 years ago.
On road, once they warmed up, they would round out and be ok. I ran them with BBs inside to try and balance them out. They would kinda balance out once up to speed and flat spots removed.
They were noisy. By comparison, I cannot ever hear my worn out BFG MTs but these puppies...yeah.
Off road there is no better tire below 35". Traction forever. I never had to use my winch when I had these puppies on and aired down. Mud, no problem. Gripped well on rocks. Just, fantastic. Loved them off road.
If you are looking for a 2nd set of tires for off roading, yes. If you gonna daily drive on them, life is gonna suck on pavement. Oh and they do look awesome.
Medium Pimpin' by Max Thomason, on Flickr
On road, once they warmed up, they would round out and be ok. I ran them with BBs inside to try and balance them out. They would kinda balance out once up to speed and flat spots removed.
They were noisy. By comparison, I cannot ever hear my worn out BFG MTs but these puppies...yeah.
Off road there is no better tire below 35". Traction forever. I never had to use my winch when I had these puppies on and aired down. Mud, no problem. Gripped well on rocks. Just, fantastic. Loved them off road.
If you are looking for a 2nd set of tires for off roading, yes. If you gonna daily drive on them, life is gonna suck on pavement. Oh and they do look awesome.
Medium Pimpin' by Max Thomason, on FlickrThose were OLD SCHOOL 15x7 wagon wheels from that reseller in like, New Mexico or Arizona? They also did the quick release door tops. This is circa early 2000s.
With the 9.5" wide tire, I did have issues with losing air at like, 15psi or so. I did weld-on beadlocks (the worse) to try to prevent this. Once again, fantastic off road at 8 psi but on road, lawd. Also FML when the stupid bolts loosened up...
With the 9.5" wide tire, I did have issues with losing air at like, 15psi or so. I did weld-on beadlocks (the worse) to try to prevent this. Once again, fantastic off road at 8 psi but on road, lawd. Also FML when the stupid bolts loosened up...
Bias ply.
Only experience I've had with Radial TSLs is 2nd hand. A friend of mine ran them for like, 3 months and swapped them back out for BFG MTs.
In all honesty, I think the tech in the radial TSLs is so old now that it doesn't hold up well to modern MTs. The Bias ply TSLs just have that off road secret sauce that make them grip to anything off road. The radials seem to lack it.
Also 2nd hand experience on the LTBs (are those still around??). My roommate back in the day had them on his Wrangler TJ. Great except in the rain. Apparently they got squirrely in the wet.
Only experience I've had with Radial TSLs is 2nd hand. A friend of mine ran them for like, 3 months and swapped them back out for BFG MTs.
In all honesty, I think the tech in the radial TSLs is so old now that it doesn't hold up well to modern MTs. The Bias ply TSLs just have that off road secret sauce that make them grip to anything off road. The radials seem to lack it.
Also 2nd hand experience on the LTBs (are those still around??). My roommate back in the day had them on his Wrangler TJ. Great except in the rain. Apparently they got squirrely in the wet.
evilfij
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Ya. I need to make up my mind on what I want to run. I was all set to run 7.50x16 BFG MT, but I found out I had tubed wheels. I have a few sets of alloys, but I would need to convert the axles/hubs (or run spacers which I don’t want). Then Frank got these five 15inx7in wheels which have 4in off the face (he is running wolfs on his 130) and I thought back to my early days in the hobby and remembered the 34x9.50x15 swampers and thought they might fit well. And if I am honest I drive almost no miles a year.
MTs on tubed wheels are fine. Take some JB weld and cover the wheel rivets in the middle of the rim. Let it dry, paint, good to go. Oh and check that your valve stem hole is actually round and not rust-shaped. That'll cause slow leak issues. I've got one slow leak. I put a few PSI in that tire every few weeks (Milwaukee M12 air compressor FTW).
I've been running tubeless BFG MTs on my 109 Tube wheels for...20 years? Its fine. Don't drop your air pressure below 20 psi and it won't burp air. I mean, I guess if you go full effing sideways at 20 psi on a downhill with a fully loaded rover with the sidewall against a rock shaped exactly like a tire bead breaker, it'll probably burp air but otherwise its fine.
Yeah go BFG MTs. Its fine.
I've been running tubeless BFG MTs on my 109 Tube wheels for...20 years? Its fine. Don't drop your air pressure below 20 psi and it won't burp air. I mean, I guess if you go full effing sideways at 20 psi on a downhill with a fully loaded rover with the sidewall against a rock shaped exactly like a tire bead breaker, it'll probably burp air but otherwise its fine.
Yeah go BFG MTs. Its fine.
I’ve had several sets of tires and wheels that are riveted and have never had a leak. My wife’s d1 has had riveted series wheels for 3-4 years now
Contractor
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Same, I’ve run tubeless tires on riveted wheels on probably 5 series trucks with 0 issues. I’ve never even lost air pressure.