Military Goodyears any good?

[406 YJ]

One more.....

Originally Posted by 97SAS'dTaco

Todd

I just wanted to say Thank You for the great wheels.. Everything worked out perfect. I picked them up on my way out to colorado. Once out there I couldn't wait to paint them up and put them on! They worked out so great that two days later I drove 1100 miles from Colorado back to Minnesota on them. Hand mounted, Zero balancing and 70+ with no vibrations!! Cant beat that.

Thanks Again

Chris

[h2_32137]

The WARTIRES.COM Hummer runs these Goodyear 37 12.50 16.5 MT OZ TIRES and I have to disagree with the above stated "they don't pull well offroad" comments. Copy and paste this link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gF3KE_Hbl4

That hummer h2 is not having any trouble in the muck up to the doors! And War Tires only sells top quality 90%+ tread life tires.

[sas'd96TAHOE]

Originally Posted by h2_32137

And War Tires only sells top quality 90%+ tread life tires.

Same with 406yj... And he sells the tires for much less.

[MY2COMA]

Originally Posted by Guinness44

The 8 bolt rim is for bias ply, 30 psi max press. For a fullsized DD, go with 12 bolt. The military OZ tire is tough, about half of them are not very round. Surplus avaiable. The ones with lots of tread are thrown out due to age, nails, bad alignments. They do ride harsh compared to same sized BFGs.

I ran some on my 4Runner for about two weeks in the winter and I found that they tended to be "un-round" till they warmed up, but they still rode like crap.
Needless to say, they are in storage.

[MORK]

Might as well add my opinion. I am running 406's pressed re-centers and the military tires. Obviously, this is not a 6000lb rig.

They are working great so far, but the only negatives to this setup for me are:
- Heavy (but this is just the rims - I also have the PVC inserts)
- You can tell the rubber is stiffer on the rocks and around some turns as they just do not grip like crazy - but for the wear, I figured it was worth it.
- Mine did not balance the best - they took a huge amount of weight to get close
- Mounted up they only measure 35.5. I would have liked to see a bit more but I think that is about average for a "37"

As you can see below, I disagree with the comment that the sidewalls don't flex. They wrapped around the rocks just fine as well. This was still at 15psi.



I will probably buy a new set once these wear out unless I make this a rock only rig. But... spend the money on having him powder coat them (although the color I painted them looks better than any other than I have seen) because they are a bitch to paint.

[CAFlatFender]

anyone have any pics of them on a fullsize dodge?

[BACRAKR]

They are the best bang for the buck tire out there. Don't expect them to bite like boggers though.

[GRUND HOG]

[QUOTE=CAFlatFender;11575278]anyone have any pics of them on a fullsize dodge?[/QUOTE

[GRUND HOG]

I an trying to get the to balance out so I can drive my landcruiser.
And at 142lbs its not fun trying to get them to balance out.
Tod at T.W.F. is trying to help me out with this.
Man I love the way thay look and I have to make them work.

[GRUND HOG]

Originally Posted by GRUND HOG

I an trying to get the to balance out so I can drive my landcruiser.
And at 142lbs its not fun trying to get them to balance out.
Tod at T.W.F. is trying to help me out with this.
Man I love the way thay look and I have to make them work.

[GRUND HOG]

Originally Posted by GRUND HOG

[Humminnboatin]

I have them on my H1.... well kinda. They ride so freakin terrible I pulled them off and put some old worn out toyo m/t's on 18 chrome mazzi's that I had on my previous H2. the Toyo's always rode like glass down the road. But they are far to worn to be effective offroad.

Offroad the OZ's are not bad per say. But I air them all the way down to 12psi. On the H1 they never have problems getting traction. However my H1 weighs alot more than the other trail rigs you guys have them on.

Many of them are out of round and get flat spots. This makes them about impossible to balance. I found that inflating them to 50psi while on the highway did help but was still a rough drive.

I plan on keeping my 16.5 12 bolts and getting a set of pitbull rockers however I like the grooving I am seeing and may try that too.

[sawdustmaker]

Originally Posted by CAFlatFender

anyone have any pics of them on a fullsize dodge?

MTs on my p-pump 24v, stock height. Im planning to groove them like the pic above. i need to get them balanced and need to trim a bit more.


Ive got pics of them on about 7 other full size dodges. The only one looks better than mine is a dually. they look just plain awesome on a dually.

[cgwfab]

i would like to see them on a dually!!!

[Ho Shorts]

I have these on a CJ5. They balanced suprisingly easy for thier weight and seem to ride really well.

Derek

[montanatrout]

ive been running them for years and love em, they are hard and wear like iron, 25k easy. dont balance out perfect imo butfor the price, i live with it

[Corey Young]

I picked these up cheap, grooved them and they have been good tires so far

[sawdustmaker]

Originally Posted by cgwfab

i would like to see them on a dually!!!

Here you go.

[trialbysneck]

hopefully I don't get flamed for asking, but how does one groove a tire? do you just take a heated blade to the lugs, or a angle grinder with a cutting blade?

[sawdustmaker]

Any way you want to. ive seen angle grinders, chainsaws, dremels, skil saws, a torch and a knife... but you can buy tire grooving irons from $60 on up that have a heated blade and they work the best.

[KyleQ]

Those tires we grooved up are below half tread - they are not lasting like everyone states, mostly road driven on an 80's Blazer. They are not chunking though -

[sawdustmaker]

the boggers?

[CadillacTunder]

12 bolt complete with run flats i need to sell

[bigbad80dually]

sawdustmaker what lift and wheel spacer are you using on your dually??