Goodyear rawhide 111 direction

[Robert]

I have an Argo 6x6 with the rawhide tires an I was wondering which way the v pattern on the tires should face, should the center v point face forwards or should it face backwards , or does it matter
in a lot of pictures I see it face backwards ,but it seems to me that it would be more aggresive facing forwards and swim better

[Noel Woods]

Every machine is different. You'll have to experiment with tire orientation because of the variance in each machine's design. For example, on my Max2, I have Mudbug tires and they are known as non-swimmers. However in playing with tire placement, etc., they do swim at 1.5 mph. However the same tires on a friend's Hustler 950, don't swim at all.

[Bud]

Rawhide IIIs dig better when mounted with the chevron facing down (as viewed from the front of the machine), but swim better mounted backwards.