mightymaxIV and I have talked a lot about tires ( facing forwards and facing backwards ) and also the space each tire has between the one next to it .
My theory is this :
The space a tire has in relation to the tire next to it , will also effect the water speed . Boncrshr,s Huster 950 has 25 inch Vampires that are all facing fowards , and it swims fairly well . He can also control his machine in the water . MightymaxIV had Vampire tires in the middle and front of his Max IV , and Swamp fox Plus tires in the rear , and he told me the Vampires made his Max IV very hard to control in the water . MightymaxIV also runs larger sized tires than what came from the factory . This makes his tires run very close together .
Boncrshr,s tires are spaced apart about the same as my Max IV . About five inches between the middle and rear ,and about three and half inches between the middle and front . MightymaxIV runs 27 inch tires , and this gives him about 3/4 of an inch clearance beween each wheel .
When a tire is really close to the one next to it ,, this will cause turbulance in the water , as the front tire rotates forward , the tire behind it
has a harder time pushing the water downward . This is because of the water turbulance created by the tire in front of it . This cycle keeps repeating itself all the way to the last tire .
I think this is one of the reasons the new Argo,s swim so well , because of large space between . This creates less turbulance in the water for the tires to fight against by the tires in front of them . I also know that the Frontier tires swim well too !
