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Nov 1, 2003 | 10:30 AM

gotstuk

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49" swampers

how much weight do they support and would they survive under my 8ooo lbs truck

Nov 1, 2003 | 06:44 PM

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i am pretty sure they would hold up, more worried if the truck will hold up to the tires. wish i could fit/run those tires!

Nov 1, 2003 | 06:52 PM

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Re: 49" swampers

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how much weight do they support and would they survive under my 8ooo lbs truck

Well, to be honest with you, you may have to run above five or six PSI ~at all times~ to support a truck that heavy on 49" swampers.

Nov 2, 2003 | 12:10 PM

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its not the weight per say but the terrain. i wheel in lots of stumps and other sidewall killers. due to the weight of the truck when i slide into a rut i usually pop the sidewall on lower thickness carcass'. my bfg's only lived about 20 000 miles coming second only my michelin xml"s

Nov 2, 2003 | 12:31 PM

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i think the better question would be how will your axles hold up to the tires..... unless your already running 2.5 tons

Nov 2, 2003 | 01:44 PM

gotstuk

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there on the rack right now with my full four wheel steering(hydrulic) just working on the t-case issue and then they go on. thats why i need the large tires

Nov 2, 2003 | 05:09 PM

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Nov 3, 2003 | 12:27 PM

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I dont think the BFG's hold a candle to the swampers. I used to do Rock crawling competitions with my Jeep... I saw many sets of BFG tires get wasted on jaged edged rocks, then a swaper come through without a scratch. Are you running bead locks?
The rig sounds like its gona be KILLER! I second the pics

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Nov 3, 2003 | 07:51 PM

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gotstuk

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i'm not sure if i eally need beadlocks. i'm lookin too save as much cash as i can cause this swap is killin me. the axles i bartered for and i stole the steering off a trashed zoom boom. i built the guy the waterpump with the zoom boom engine and got the steering gear for free. i'm running little mich's right now but can only one set of tires for a while so what i pick HAS to work for a while
ps i'm workin on getting a digital camera

Nov 4, 2003 | 04:34 PM

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The 49" Swamper Iroks will handle 8000 lbs. just fine. Heres a link the the spec page on Interco's website. http://www.intercotire.com/html/irok.htm They are rated for 3640 lbs. each.

I have two questions regarding your bead popping problem.
1. What pressure are you running when they get popped off?
2. What wheel diameter are you running? If you are on 16.5" wheels, that explains your bead issue.

Nov 4, 2003 | 10:27 PM

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it's not beads i'm poppin but blowin sidewalls. they get shredded so bad i can't even plug them.

Nov 6, 2003 | 03:35 PM

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it's not beads i'm poppin but blowin sidewalls. they get shredded so bad i can't even plug them.

OK, I understand now. About the best two choices I know of then would be some 44" TSL/SXs or some Michelin XMLs like you mentioned earlier. The TSL/SXs are supposed to be near bullit proof but I don't know if a 44" is big enough for you.

IMO, the jury is still out on the sidwall strength of the IROKS. There has been some good feedback over on pirate4x4 so far but I think it's still too early to give them a reputation one way or the other.

Nov 8, 2003 | 11:58 PM

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i got bad news today it seems i'm not allowed to put anything larger than the 39" ,ichelins on my truck. it seems the rockwells are a bust due to frame height restrictions. i'm getting my money back on the rockwells but thank everyone for their help ,i appreciated it thank you all