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I have watched several videos here and on you tube with 6x6ers in lakes and rivers. It was about 50-50 with the direction of tire tread. My question is: For swimming shouldn't the v pattern (point) face the rear so that there is more of a paddle effect by having the open v end hitting the water first ?
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As stated in another thread:
"This is correct. Though any lack of "digging" can only be a direct result of clogged treads. I mean otherwise. If there is no mud in the treads the V is going to work just as good forward or backwards. But essentially run them backwards for water. Since they are "grabbing" the water. Run them forwards to expel water and mud to keep tread clean and traction high. There is a LOT of relative stuff going on here though and it's never as simple as it first appears. One good example is I tear up my yard in the winter a lot less with snow chains. Even though snow chains are the ultimate digging tire tread possible. The reason is: If you don't lose traction you don't spin you don't dig holes. Even a bald tire always getting stuck spinning can dig ruts eventually. That said considering all the types of mud and muck it's hard to know what any given combo will do at any given wheel speed. All I know is the 26 Inch Goodyear Super Terra Grip are the only tire I've seen enough used in forwards and reverse operation to understand. Max IV’s us them in reverse and TerraJets Forwards. The TerraJet swims faster backwards then forwards and the MaxIV faster forward than reverse so that confirms the idea that having the tires reversed increases swim speed. That said the Max IV has incredible traction off road, but I think the Terra Jet has even more (some of the things TerraJets climb up boggle the mind) Also with the V tread pointing forward and with the 2-stroke in the TerraJet I have never seen those tires pack with mud they must be the ultimate self cleaning tire because I have seen everything else get slick in similar conditions including all of the most Outrageous ATV and R2 rice and cane tires. . I would seriously like to see one of those 60+ HP Polaris Highlifter ATV with a set of 26 Inch Goodyear Super Terra Grips."
By forward I mean traditional V pointing to ground viewed from front, and reverse as the ^ pointing up like on AATVs
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