Hey Fred glad you made the round trip safely, you are right about Shane's Mudbugs. Those came off the 950 I sold him, along with the 980 they are shown on. EZ, if you are going to shell out some cash for new tires anyway, do yourself a gigantic favor and get a set of bead lock rims as well, you will be glad you did! I initially ran 22" RHIIIs on the 950 and it would not swim at all. I added a full body angle band and a heavy brushguard with warn 3k winch, plus a few other things. All together the combined weight contributed to the machine setting very low in the water and it didn't swim at all. Then I found a set of 25X12X9 Bugs, which would swim only slightly better, but after adding them the difference in mud was drastic. The original hustler rims would not hold the RH tires and coming home with unseated tires full of mud, leaves and water was a regular occurrence. So I learned the best way to clean that out was a shop vac. I traded the 22"RH to Matt O for a set of his 9" beadlock rims, which was the best use I ever found for the Rawhides, (not a RH fan)! Now, those rims Matt traded me held the mudbugs as though they were welded in place, I actually pulled the valve cores and let all the air out of the tires and ran them through the same terrain that I had run the other setup for over 2 weeks and NEVER popped a bead loose. I can't say enough GOOD things about Matt's bead weld rims! Also I'm of the impression that the sprocket bump under the bottom of the hustler tub is equal to an anchor, so: don't add any weight to your 950 that you don't absolutely need and don't expect to break any speed records if you do...
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