Off Road tires
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Off Road tires
Hey all,
Trying to get an idea for what everyone is running and the kind of ride they are getting out of their tires, as far as off road performance, on the highway noise, useful life miles they're getting and what air pressures they are running on and off the highway.
I just got a set of Super Swamper SSR's 33X11.5X16 and they are completely unstoppable in the mud and wet sand. not too loud on the highway but get a vibration at 65+ mph. Not too sure of what mileage I'm going to get from them because they are too new. I'm hoping for at least 30K because they cost me 200.00 a piece. I'm running 30psi on the road but am not sure if I should run more or less in order to get the best mileage out of them. Of road I run 15-20psi.
What about everyone else??
Tom
Pompano Beach, FL
Trying to get an idea for what everyone is running and the kind of ride they are getting out of their tires, as far as off road performance, on the highway noise, useful life miles they're getting and what air pressures they are running on and off the highway.
I just got a set of Super Swamper SSR's 33X11.5X16 and they are completely unstoppable in the mud and wet sand. not too loud on the highway but get a vibration at 65+ mph. Not too sure of what mileage I'm going to get from them because they are too new. I'm hoping for at least 30K because they cost me 200.00 a piece. I'm running 30psi on the road but am not sure if I should run more or less in order to get the best mileage out of them. Of road I run 15-20psi.
What about everyone else??
Tom
Pompano Beach, FL
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What pressure do you suggest? My manual says to run all tires at 30 psi. Should I run more? I can't really go any slower on the highway then 65 mph, not without getting rocks thrown at me.
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Rebo,
Supposedly, the SSR Series Swamper's are radials and were designed for light trucks and SUV's to be ridden on the street. They aren't IROK's or regular Super Swampers. I should feel safe driving at 65/70mph on them. Check out Interco's website and let me know what you think.
http://www.intercotire.com/html/ssr_series.htm
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Supposedly, the SSR Series Swamper's are radials and were designed for light trucks and SUV's to be ridden on the street. They aren't IROK's or regular Super Swampers. I should feel safe driving at 65/70mph on them. Check out Interco's website and let me know what you think.
http://www.intercotire.com/html/ssr_series.htm
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ssr's are radials, running radials at 15-20 psi aint a good idea on the street...that would cause a blowout
id say your in the balpark with 30 psi, to get a good idea of wut to run, draw achalk line across a fornt and rear tire and ride around the block, ajust the psi accordingly to make the chalk wear off even
id say your in the balpark with 30 psi, to get a good idea of wut to run, draw achalk line across a fornt and rear tire and ride around the block, ajust the psi accordingly to make the chalk wear off even
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i've tried that. Because the side lugs stick out so far, and are on a rounded type of tire, I'd have to drop the pressure down to 10 lbs in order to get the road to touch the outer portion of the outside lugs. Take a look at their shape.
http://www.intercotire.com/html/ssr_series.htm
I think I'll just stick with the 30, which is what my truck recommends, and if the center wears out faster than the edges, at least I'll still have the edges available for the mud, which is where most of my traction comes from anyway. I guess.
http://www.intercotire.com/html/ssr_series.htm
I think I'll just stick with the 30, which is what my truck recommends, and if the center wears out faster than the edges, at least I'll still have the edges available for the mud, which is where most of my traction comes from anyway. I guess.
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I run my bias tires with 6000# on them up to 60mph no problems for extended times to and from events/trails with only @26psi in them. 'Course, thats cold so I imagine they heat up to 30psi when they are ripping down the hiway. I mentioned in another thread the chalk trick doesn't work so hot with the swamper tire design
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Yeah, I'm a newbie at the lifting and swamping thing so i'm going to go through alot of trial and error stuff. Plus, I'll probably be seeking advice from you guys alot.
As a matter of fact, I just received my Fabtech lift kit 20 minutes ago. I'm suprised that I got it so quickly. Now I have to wait until Saturday to install it. I imagine it will probably take me and my buddy all day to install, provided we don't run into any problem. Should be fun though. This will be my first lifted truck, so I'm really excited. You can look at my gallery and see what my truck used to look like before the swampers, then what it looks like now, and then I'll post pictures during and after the install. Should be fun. I can't wait!
For now, I'll just run the Ford recommended 30 psi in them, I'll see how they wear and just go from there I guess. I do alot of highway driving, about 20 miles each day to and from work and usually drive around 70mph just to keep up with traffic.
If they don't wear well, I just may have to go with a less aggressive tread. Trial and error I guess. Well, that's part of the fun.
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As a matter of fact, I just received my Fabtech lift kit 20 minutes ago. I'm suprised that I got it so quickly. Now I have to wait until Saturday to install it. I imagine it will probably take me and my buddy all day to install, provided we don't run into any problem. Should be fun though. This will be my first lifted truck, so I'm really excited. You can look at my gallery and see what my truck used to look like before the swampers, then what it looks like now, and then I'll post pictures during and after the install. Should be fun. I can't wait!
For now, I'll just run the Ford recommended 30 psi in them, I'll see how they wear and just go from there I guess. I do alot of highway driving, about 20 miles each day to and from work and usually drive around 70mph just to keep up with traffic.
If they don't wear well, I just may have to go with a less aggressive tread. Trial and error I guess. Well, that's part of the fun.
Tom
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Originally posted by Busa01
I think I'll just stick with the 30, which is what my truck recommends
I think I'll just stick with the 30, which is what my truck recommends
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How can I find out what they recommend? I looked all over their site and couldn't find any solid answers or suggestions. I can run 35 in them, but then I'll definately fail the chalk test 
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Yea, like you mentioned, you have to get swampers down to about 10 psi to get an even chalk wear. If you can find their recomended pressure on their site (pretty sure its there somewhere though) just e-mail them. In the meantime, I'd keep them at cold pressures of 35psi in the front, and 33psi in the rear which should keep you safe untill you find out. Mind you, I'm just pulling those figures out of the air because thats what makes sense to me....so if all four tires explode in wanton carnage in a school zone don't blame me 
Seriously though, I'd keep them up at least @35psi untill you find out or somebody who knows for sure chimes in.
Seriously though, I'd keep them up at least @35psi untill you find out or somebody who knows for sure chimes in.
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