Tractor Tire Mudder
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From: Coutts Canada
The size of those swather tires are 21.5 - 16.1 which translates to approximatley 41 inches tall by 21 inches wide, and i believe that the rim size was i believe 18 inches but you can get those tires on 16.5 rims.
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From: Spokane, WA
I think that would be an awesome combo. With the gearing on the Rockwells you should be good to go with a 50" tire. If you're running tractor tires and can find something for a 20" rim talk to Stazworks. I'm not terribly familiar with the tractor tire sizes, I know 24" rim is common but other than that I have no clue. Anyhow if you find 20" rimmed R1's Staz makes rims with the Rockwell bolt pattern. Are you planning on a 4 link suspension or will you go leaf?
Do me a favor and keep us updated on your finds and progress. I've been very interested in doing something similar but haven't been able to find much info anywhere. I would like to run a 42-44" tractor tire for mud bogs.
Do me a favor and keep us updated on your finds and progress. I've been very interested in doing something similar but haven't been able to find much info anywhere. I would like to run a 42-44" tractor tire for mud bogs.
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My opinion, if you're planning to use this just for mud (I'd imagine so because those tires and sitting up that high would be a nightmare on the trails) is to stick with the leaf springs. They'll be more stable, easy to set up and it will allow you to fine tune one thing at a time instead of having a hundred new joints and angles to fight with while you work out all the bugs. If you ever decide you want to 4 link it later you can but it's a lot of work and messing around to get it built and get the angles right. 4 link is cool for articulation but that's not going to be so important here. The reason I asked is a lot of guys who go to something as drastic as Rockwells will build a 4 link suspension.
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From: GANS
Originally Posted by proeliator
That, of course, would be hella-cool 
Betcha he's got the motor set up with the wrong compression to drop a blower on though. But if the comps not too high, man, that would be the way to go.
Betcha he's got the motor set up with the wrong compression to drop a blower on though. But if the comps not too high, man, that would be the way to go.
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