Hopefully simple tire questions?

[disturbedwelder]

I'm looking at Pro-line Trenchers or The Bandlands cuz they the cheapest belted tires I can find I'm leaning towards the Badlands because I've heard the trenchers don't have enough forward traction
I don't know whether to get the 2.2 or the 2.8? The 2.8 monster truck tires I have on seem too big but my 2.2 stock tires are too small for the conditions I drive in sometimes I run in low traction I/E snow mudd, as well as grass and gravel a lot sorry for the long question I just don't have a local hobby shop

 

[RustyUs]

If you got the body to accommodate anything larger than normal 2.2/3.0" short course truck wheels and tires... I say do the monster SCT thing. 2.8" wheels and tires it shall be.

I know they don't make 2.2" stadium truck Badland tires let alone belted. I believe your only option, for belted Pro-Line tires, is the 2.8" Trencher or Badlands. I prefer the more rounded profile of Badlands for aggressive off-road action.

 

[RustyUs]

What SCT are we talking about? That extra weight of larger belted tires is going to need some muscle

 

[disturbedwelder]

I'm running the XC10 with a 3S battery. I'm ballooning tires already I even had to turn the punch down on the motor from default to keep the front end down on my Traxxas Slash. Only reason I was maybe considering a smaller than 2.8 was cuz I accommodated it well with the body but if I bottom out the suspension it will rub but I refuse to cut it away anymore body. But with this set up alone I can't run my RC again until I get belted tires, coda racing motor mounts and a chassis stiffener a handful of runs has twisted motor mounts and loosened that screw to the bulkhead above the spur gear

 

[ahr43]

Belted 2.8 Trenchers wear well. But (1) they're expensive and (2) they're heavy. Run a full set of four on my MT10 from time to time. Adds one full pound (16oz / 453g) to the weight of the truck - all unspring weight. O.K. if you go in a straight line without a lot of ruts and jumps. Also, Trenchers won't hook up on grass well if you dabble in that terrain medium.

14mm hex inserts seem a better compromise that 12mm if you can adapt 14mm to your application. The weight and mass of the belted Trencher is a bit much to ask of 12mm hexes in my opinion.

Hope this helps. Good luck. -AC