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Tyke:

--- Quote ---wider tyre equals better footprint

more tread on the ground

and more grip on the road and in the mud

--- End quote ---



Are we sure about that?

I've always thought narrower tyres are better at cutting through the slop to find grip on the harder stuff below the mud. Wide tyres can 'float' over the slop.

Depends on the type of mud and underlying surface really. No hard and fast rules I think.

Wide tyres generaly look better though . . . . . more the part :lol:

iianorthants:
Bigger wider tyres = more time fixing too

was watching Jonathon with his simex and they find grip some how in places other wouldn't touch, so having bigger tyres don't always help but having the right tread pattern makes for the terrain you want to conquer makes more of a difference.
 But just carry lots of spares with you  :wink:

muddymart:
was the same about 10yrs ago when a few of us had rs turbo's xr3i's soon as winter came off came the alloys&wideys and on the standard rims with thin tyres on, i never got stuck once !!!
must be the same for mud baths etc... thinner tyres normally do the trick

hence this pic

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chuggaman:
i got to stick to my guns on this one.

lots of the new harvesting machines used by the forestrys adopt the same principle.

the tracks or tyres are made a lot wider.

with some of the american machines the weight is transferred so well over the traction areas that a 24 ton harvester has roughly the same surface pressure as a man.

mike

thumbs:
does a standard gearing disco with 33s fitted pull away ok?

was planning this size tyres once ive lifted it

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