Any thoughts on a good sticky soft 2.2 crawling tire. The ones I have are stock and arnt grippy enough. I'm looking at a set of x locks. Would like to get people's opinion on these.
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I hear Chisels are real nice
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While not a crawler tire I've had good luck with a set of Badlands on my AX10. The knobby is tall enough and firm enough to give some good grip on steep rock
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Get one of these 3, only. 2.2 HB Rover (soft/white compound), 2.2 HB Sedona's, or Losi Boss Claws. The boss claws will be the ones that come with the best stock foams also. Any of these three tires are the best there are and trump the competition.
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You dont like the Chisels/Hammers SNG? I've read some folks recommending these in other places. Just curious what your thoughts are on them.
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So.is the x lock a bad choice? Has anyone ran the tires?
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Just bought the rovers. See if they run good.
They will, the 3 that SNG mentioned, are the 3 most popular tire for 2.2
Pitbull makes an awesome 2.2 but they are very wide.
Pitbull makes an awesome 2.2 but they are very wide.
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The x-locks are a bad tire, hard compound, they dont hook up.
@greywolf74 The chisels are real good on wet rock, but they are a bit hard and dont do as good as the other main three. The hammers, well they are a good tire but really really out dated, their really short, like 4" or something and all the others are 5+". Leopards is another good choice too, always forget them when the question arises though.
And yeah the pitbulls are good too but really really wide imo, I liked them when I had them but not as much as the main three still.
@greywolf74 The chisels are real good on wet rock, but they are a bit hard and dont do as good as the other main three. The hammers, well they are a good tire but really really out dated, their really short, like 4" or something and all the others are 5+". Leopards is another good choice too, always forget them when the question arises though.
And yeah the pitbulls are good too but really really wide imo, I liked them when I had them but not as much as the main three still.
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Well I got them on. Going to a friends rock garden (hopefully) today and see if there good. So far I'm liking them, real soft and gooey. Thanks guys ill let you know how they run on my maxstone.
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These tires rock!
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@slowngreen so if I wanted to build a submersible crawler with a FPV cam and lights on it would it be fair to say chisels would be a good tire for that particular build or would you still use something else?
Also out of the 4 tires you mentioned, which ones would you say are your favorite?
Also out of the 4 tires you mentioned, which ones would you say are your favorite?
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Rovers/boss claws are my favorite, I go back and forth with them all the time.
Bad thing about fully submersable is if you have vent holes, which you need to get the tires to conform while still holding a bead, you will get water in your foams which can get real gross, they mold and crap.
Bad thing about fully submersable is if you have vent holes, which you need to get the tires to conform while still holding a bead, you will get water in your foams which can get real gross, they mold and crap.
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But if you used beadlocks and closed cell foams then you can just take them apart to clean them and let them dry out yes? I'm assuming here because I've never actually spent the money on a set of beadlocks but if I understand them correctly theres no glue involved with them.
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Graywolf, there is no need for glue when useing beadlocks. The outer rings hold the bead to the tire, and you can take them apart at anytime with distroying either the tire or the rim.
