Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Well, I run tall skinny tires with open diffs out at the sand pits and
the folks with the fat tires laugh at me. Once......

Then they spend the rest of the day trying to get to where I am taking
pictures of them trying and trying and...... Jeeps locked front and
rear with the fat tires can 'almost' keep up, almost....

Here is one example:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Jon wrote:
>
> I see a number of posts from those in Southern California -- can anyone
> confirm whether or not a 31x10.5 AT on a TJ will get me through when
> aired down in the sand? I don't need to climb the lee side of a hill
> or be a desert hero in a Glamis hole, I'm just trying to gauge the lift
> & tires I need to get around in the soft stuff....I'm doing the Jeep
> thing to go in, have fun, and still get home, but if I don't need 12.5
> width tires to do the job, I'd appreciate the flexibility of a smaller
> tire to handle snow.
>
> ...as well as the price point.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Well, I run tall skinny tires with open diffs out at the sand pits and
the folks with the fat tires laugh at me. Once......

Then they spend the rest of the day trying to get to where I am taking
pictures of them trying and trying and...... Jeeps locked front and
rear with the fat tires can 'almost' keep up, almost....

Here is one example:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Jon wrote:
>
> I see a number of posts from those in Southern California -- can anyone
> confirm whether or not a 31x10.5 AT on a TJ will get me through when
> aired down in the sand? I don't need to climb the lee side of a hill
> or be a desert hero in a Glamis hole, I'm just trying to gauge the lift
> & tires I need to get around in the soft stuff....I'm doing the Jeep
> thing to go in, have fun, and still get home, but if I don't need 12.5
> width tires to do the job, I'd appreciate the flexibility of a smaller
> tire to handle snow.
>
> ...as well as the price point.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Well, I run tall skinny tires with open diffs out at the sand pits and
the folks with the fat tires laugh at me. Once......

Then they spend the rest of the day trying to get to where I am taking
pictures of them trying and trying and...... Jeeps locked front and
rear with the fat tires can 'almost' keep up, almost....

Here is one example:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4291718705

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Jon wrote:
>
> I see a number of posts from those in Southern California -- can anyone
> confirm whether or not a 31x10.5 AT on a TJ will get me through when
> aired down in the sand? I don't need to climb the lee side of a hill
> or be a desert hero in a Glamis hole, I'm just trying to gauge the lift
> & tires I need to get around in the soft stuff....I'm doing the Jeep
> thing to go in, have fun, and still get home, but if I don't need 12.5
> width tires to do the job, I'd appreciate the flexibility of a smaller
> tire to handle snow.
>
> ...as well as the price point.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

"Happy Trails" reminds me of a happy time in my life watching Roy
Rogers:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=Roy+Rogers
Thanks, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jon wrote:
>
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

"Happy Trails" reminds me of a happy time in my life watching Roy
Rogers:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=Roy+Rogers
Thanks, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jon wrote:
>
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

"Happy Trails" reminds me of a happy time in my life watching Roy
Rogers:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=Roy+Rogers
Thanks, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jon wrote:
>
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>
> Jon

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Jon wrote:
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>

Actually you'll want to take Bill's advice with a grain of salt. He is a
senile old moron who web searches most topics he replies to and then
quotes the first web site he finds verbatim.

Sometimes the site he finds is accurate and sometimes it's not, but to
be sure Bill himself has no idea what he's talking about, unless it's
flat fender sand rail technology from the 1960's, which is the last time
he owned or operated anything remotely Jeep like.

He is quick with a (more or less) relevant link, but unfortunately he's
also quick to argue about, and act like an ------- over, subjects he has
zero knowledge or working experience with.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Jon wrote:
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>

Actually you'll want to take Bill's advice with a grain of salt. He is a
senile old moron who web searches most topics he replies to and then
quotes the first web site he finds verbatim.

Sometimes the site he finds is accurate and sometimes it's not, but to
be sure Bill himself has no idea what he's talking about, unless it's
flat fender sand rail technology from the 1960's, which is the last time
he owned or operated anything remotely Jeep like.

He is quick with a (more or less) relevant link, but unfortunately he's
also quick to argue about, and act like an ------- over, subjects he has
zero knowledge or working experience with.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

Jon wrote:
> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>

Actually you'll want to take Bill's advice with a grain of salt. He is a
senile old moron who web searches most topics he replies to and then
quotes the first web site he finds verbatim.

Sometimes the site he finds is accurate and sometimes it's not, but to
be sure Bill himself has no idea what he's talking about, unless it's
flat fender sand rail technology from the 1960's, which is the last time
he owned or operated anything remotely Jeep like.

He is quick with a (more or less) relevant link, but unfortunately he's
also quick to argue about, and act like an ------- over, subjects he has
zero knowledge or working experience with.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?
 

I wonder how many people on here ever saw his movies or the TV series.....

Nelly Belle
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/232...43594114wPLLgT

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:456535C1.C1773559@cox.net...
> "Happy Trails" reminds me of a happy time in my life watching Roy
> Rogers:
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=Roy+Rogers
> Thanks, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jon wrote:
>>
>> Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --
>>
>> Jon