tread types

Jim C

Does anyone have good experience with performance of knobby tires vs mud or a/t tires.

I currently have plain ole knobbies and they often seem to get stuck in mud at the drop of a hat.

I will also be running them on sand roads and some of it gets pretty thick, but I havn't seen yet how the knobbies perform in that.

Thanks

BGW

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pachanga90

The biggest killer of traction on a cart,is the lack of wheel-speed on a stock cart.The more closed a tread-pattern is,the easier it clogs-up.A more open type tread will be better in a stock-configuration.All-Terrains are your worst choice in mud,especially at low-speed.I run Carlisle Trail-Pros'(discontinued),they are an awesome tire,but when the cart had the original motor,they would tend to clog,now with more motor,they clean out just fine.I can't remember the name of the tire,but its' a V-tread with knobs along the sides of the tire(they call it a Chevron-Tread).They are a very good all-around tire.Knobbies work better with more speed as well.Hope this helps.

1moretoy

Carlisle makes one called a Stryker

bokeasmowl

These are called Duro Power Grips and they are the best I've had by far for mud and street riding.

Todd Dolfi

I have nothing bad to say about swamp fox tires..Love mine

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Jim C

Ea time I've been stuck in mud the knobbies are full, I just don't know if I'd a been better with a different traction, these are the only tires I've had. On the same token I've also been surprised at some of the stuff I've gone thru.

It's not a stock motor but right now I'm only runing about 13mph, I need to get into the controller programing and change it, its supposed to go up to about 20, but I don't want to lose much torque either.

Jim C

Do those clean out pretty good in the mud?

88 ez go

I have Bighorns on my toy in my avatar pix they work great the same tread pattern

pachanga90

What I meant by "Stock" also covers your actual power-output.If you are still limited in power to the ground,(not running big-motors,controllers,etc..)your limited wheel-speed and power won't clean tires out easily.Knobbies work decent with more power,but more aggressive tires are much better.The only true clearing of tires,is from wheel-speed(except for the really aggressive Lug/Paddle-treads).

bokeasmowl

Yes they do, they are a knock off of the Big Horn at about half the price. I love these tires. But like Pachanga said, you gotta have to have some ooomph to roll the tire so it'll clean itself. I never had a problem ooomph wise.