Tire width

[driver007]

Does anyone run high narrow tires? Around here the tire of choice is tall and narrow. The old pictures of model T's on muddy back roads really amazes me. All of them had real narrow tires. What would the tire size have been on a new 80's jeep.

 

[CJim7]

Does anyone run high narrow tires? Around here the tire of choice is tall and narrow. The old pictures of model T's on muddy back roads really amazes me. All of them had real narrow tires. What would the tire size have been on a new 80's jeep.

235/75R/15...around 29x9.5x15.
I had a friend who used to run 34x9.5x15 TSL's in the mud and they performed amazing. Im really surprised more people dont run them anymore, the tread is flat out scary since they managed to cram all of the TSL goodness into a narrow tire. The downside is these things wear super fast and sound like muffled chainsaw coming down the road.

 

[1986cj7]

Does anyone run high narrow tires? Around here the tire of choice is tall and narrow. The old pictures of model T's on muddy back roads really amazes me. All of them had real narrow tires. What would the tire size have been on a new 80's jeep.

When I bought new tires for my jeep I still had the orniginal rim for the spare the tire size was 30/9.5/15 I don't know if this was stock, but I was told when I bought the new tires and wanted to put one of the old 33/12.5/15 that the old spare rim was a 6" rim not sure if that was true or not but one of the guys at the shop knew a guy with a rim that would work, and it was only $10 so I said go ahead and replace the rim.

 

[AussieCJ7]

I run 285/75R16 which is a 33" x 11" tyre on 16" rims they are not super skinny but are about an 1" narrower than a standard 33 and for me a nice compromise

To me its about 2 factors size of friction surface/friction generated and force per sq mm (or sq inch )

 

[RangerRick]

My Jeep has Super Swamper TSL bias ply 32x9.5x15's and I like the narrow tire. Classic Jeep good looks with great traction in the terrain I wheel. Tires stay under the body nicely tucked. If I change to bigger it will be to 34x10.5x15's, the next size up.

RangerRick

 

[Sasquach]

 

[diddy2003]

Does anyone know of a good 33x11.5x15? I wanted to run a duratrac or MTR but they don't make either. I have 31x10.5 now and I don't want a super wide looking tire .

 

[AussieCJ7]

Does anyone know of a good 33x11.5x15? I wanted to run a duratrac or MTR but they don't make either. I have 31x10.5 now and I don't want a super wide looking tire .

If you change to a 16" rim you will have a lot more choices in that size including a MTR which is what I am running 285/75R16

 

[BajaEdition]

Does anyone know of a good 33x11.5x15? I wanted to run a duratrac or MTR but they don't make either. I have 31x10.5 now and I don't want a super wide looking tire .

Check out <-BAD WORD-> Cepek or Mickey Thompson line of tires, great stuff and great reputation with the off road crowd

 

[diddy2003]

If you change to a 16" rim you will have a lot more choices in that size including a MTR which is what I am running 285/75R16

Thanks man. IF I were to get some wheels, these would be the ones I would get. That makes the set-up a lot more money though.
Mickey Thompson Performance 358401 - Mickey Thompson Classic II Alloy Wheel for Jeep® Vehicles with 5x5.5 Bolt Pattern - Quadratec

Check out pinkie Cepek or Mickey Thompson line of tires, great stuff and great reputation with the off road crowd

Thanks! Any models I should look at specifically? I like the aggressive all terrain style, like the duratrac, because it is more of a street jeep with light trails every once in a while.


Sorry for the hijack but it seemed to follow the original topic.

 

[IOPort51]

I have heard of guys in the "permafrost" lands that use the buzz saw tire principal. the thin tire digs down through the mud to something solid, frozen earth. We don't do that a lot in Texas but I can see how it would work in the great white north.

 

[driver007]

In Saskatchewan we have a mud that is like glue. You need some real horse power to run big tires here. The trappers and loggers etc that go into the back woods run narrow tires. Cut down tell you hit something firm. And don't spin. You can get stuck going down hill let alone up a hill. I have had buddies come up from down south and they can not believe how the mud just cakes onto every thing tell you can not move, fill the wheel wells up and you are done. Get a shovel out to clear the mud out of the wells so you can move.