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Hi folks. I know this is splitting hairs, but since there are a lot of "skinny" tire lovers here, I thought I'd run this by you and see what I get.... Redline, oh Redline, wherefore art thou Redline? FIRST, some background info, so you'll know where I'm coming from: I have had a set of...

I don't know much of the story behind these, other than my great-grandpa rode a motorcycle in this "tour" when he was about 19 or 20 years old. About all I know about the tour is that it started someplace in Kansas, and went at least to the Royal Gorge in Colorado. Not 100% sure about the...

In my '92 FJ80 - I'm running OME 861/862 "low lift" springs and OEM (not OME) shocks, lightly loaded, no armor. I've had the springs in for about 3 years, and had developed 1/2" sag on the LF and about 3/4" sag on the LR. I just evened it out with trim packers yesterday, and the truck rides...

I've got a thread going on this over at 'Mud, but thought I'd run it by you guys as well... Background: I'm getting ready to buy an ARB front bumper and an Iron Pig rear and that got me thinking about bumping up my suspension with some trim packers to compensate a little for the added weight...

I want to get my spare tire out of the cargo area and onto some kind of swing-out tire carrier... I've seen the KayMar tire carrier that you add onto the stock bumper, but that looks like it might be problematic in the long term. I've seen Hannah Quality, but that costs more than I want to...

Hey guys, I use a Trimble GPS unit almost every day at work land surveying, but have never used a handheld or vehicle GPS... so consider me a newbie. I'm looking at buying a Garmin Nuvi 1450 and using the gpsfiledepot.com topo downloads, and noticed that the instructions for downloading say...

3-person teepee style shelter. No inner bug-tent or footprint. Area: 65 sqft... Height: 66". Packed in the bag, it's about 6" x 4" x 15" and super lightweight. I set this thing up one time in the front yard, so it's essentially unused. I paid something like $225 for it... Would like to get...

This is not much of a "review" yet, just initial impressions after about 400 miles. I'll add info as I get more miles on the tires... I do land surveying work 5 days a week and sell land out in the boonies on weekends. The surveying truck gets 500+ highway miles for every 50 off-pavement...

I've seen a few ranch trucks running these and the one guy I asked about them REALLY liked them. Kind of "old school" AT type semi-aggressive tread, all steel casing... Look like a good no-nonsense hard use tire for general offroad use on rough rocky roads, but I haven't seen much info on it...

You don't see this every day... This was a little trip I just got back from. It was more or less a "combat biathlon" - running 6 miles across the desert and shooting stuff, but it was 3 days 50 miles from the pavement and the head honcho is a Land Rover fanatic. Not exactly an "expedition"...

First, many thanks to Redline, and most honorable mention to 24HOURSOFNEVADA for helping me make my decision on tires & wheels. Paint color was a no-brainer after seeing this: That's "464 Beige". My original "4K1" was shot. Clearcoat was so bad the primer was showing through and I was...

Question #1 - What kind of 2.5-5 gallon cans are the BEST? Question # 2 - What is a decent way to secure them on/in a stock 80? I've always been leery of carrying jerry cans inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle, but around here I'd even be leery of storing them on a roof rack on a...

Anybody use Dyna Beads to balance your tires? If so, long term likes/dislikes? I heard a rumor that they could break down into a powder after a while and then not work at all. Any truth to this? FYI - the Centramatic thing is out for me because I'd have to use a 1" spacer to clear my calipers...

Does anybody have first-hand experience with the Wild Country TXR? Free shipping from tirefactory.net, made by Goodyear, look like a pretty good "all-terrain" tread design... AND they come in LT255/85R16! Kind of an off-brand though, so I won't be the first kid on the block to try 'em! All I...

I hashed some of this out in the Cooper S/T 255/85 thread, and have gotten a LOT of good input from Redline and 24HOURSOFNEVADA (thanks!), but thought I'd start a new thread with some of my ideas/observations and maybe help somebody else through their decision on tires. I had decided that I...

Can pick up in most of Texas west of I-35... otherwise I'll pay for shipping if your price is right!

265/75 R16 Load Range "E". No current pics, but the 4 on the truck have about 13/32" of tread left and have about 11k miles on them. Fifth tire is a spare and has never been on the pavement. Nothing wrong with these tires, but I moved to the Trans-Pecos region in Texas and went from 99%...

I know the "approved" tire size around here seems to be 255/85 R16. Anybody running this size on a low-lifted or no-lifted 80? Pics? I've about 99% decided to move to this size after trying both 285's and 265's, but there are not a lot of choices in that size for an "all-terrain" type tire...