AT 101 or Duro's?

[Matt O.]

The biggest problem with those is that no one wants to ship them to ALaska for under $200. The carlisles i can get on amazone with free shipping. How can you tell if you have bead lock rims or not? I thought the ones i had were bead locks???

I have a machine shipping to Anchorage soon. I can talk to Mark a forum member here and see if we can put a set of rims inside the machine. That would save alot on shipping the rims as adding the small amount of weight that rims would be to the machine will not affect the machines shipping cost. PM me if you are interested and I will ask Mark if it is OK to do this.

Matt

[suntiet]

I have a machine shipping to Anchorage soon. I can talk to Mark a forum member here and see if we can put a set of rims inside the machine. That would save alot on shipping the rims as adding the small amount of weight that rims would be to the machine will not affect the machines shipping cost. PM me if you are interested and I will ask Mark if it is OK to do this.

Matt

Thanks for the offer, I emailed Mark at anchorage mudd-ox and he said they had the 9 inch rims available. I still havent decided on which tires to get. Too much information. Not to mention the new axles from whipper took up all of my tire budget (and then some) i am just going to end up running the runamuks i have for now. They are not that bad and they hold air. And i have 7 of them.

Thanks again.

[KBSAK]

HI,
Bearclaw tires ###DONOT SWIM ###

THE REVIEW
Pro's
good to very good forward and reverse traction
The tires were only available in 6 ply good for puncture resistance

Negatives
Very Very bad at swimming ,so poor that any or even the slightest current in a river they would not work
Difficult to turn even after more than normal throttle and little more straight line speed prior to turning
Poor ride quality very stiff ride

Tire fitted to a good condition argo 1987 6x6 2-3 psi in ties

The tire u need to use, or similar is an all rounder eg a DURO HF255 v lug chevron etc [same as AT101 Carlisle ]
The Duro HF255 is an agricultural tire in the Duro cataloge

Remember the fitted size ,diameter is what matters .Many 22 inch tires are closer to 21 inch once fitted.
AS a side note I also have 26/12/12 duro hf255 chevron run at 2-3 psi on a swamp fox .The 22 11 8 versions are softer riding ,both are 4 ply

The Hf 255 review
Pro's
Very good universal tires
swim ok
dirt ok
sand ok
hard surface ok
soft surface ok
turning ability very good [does easily does not load up transmission ]
Better puncture resistance than a stock type tire [4ply Duro hf255 ] [Many OEM tires are 2ply although this trend is decreasing ]

Neg
The tire does not specialize in a particular condition
A 6 ply will have more puncture resistance
Remember many tires donot skid steer [high loads on transmission ]

tomo:
NB
U can always run a chevron v lug either in the swimming direction reverse or the forward direction for more dirt ability .I personally have never compared this .

A lot of guys with the older argos in Alaska go with ITP mudlites or bear claws. I guess swimming isn't an issue for the areas we deal with. Streams that require swimming without tires touching something solid in an argo in here in Alaska, I'm not interested in crossing for the most part. Heard to many stories of guys getting cocky thinking they can cross rivers swimming in an argo and end up losing everything. They had tires that "swim." Some of the rivers and streams you can touch bottom crossing, have enough current I'll contemplate crossing before doing so. We also tend to cross with a line attached to the argo in "bigger" water.