Bias truck tires

[Guswhit]

Well... to get necessities of course... like, beer and pretzels for the football game
Hey man, we drive in snowstorms 'round here... businesses don't close for snow, ya' still haf'ta get to work, your dentist appointment, tax appointment, auto service appointment, check in on the mother-in-law, etc. and whatnot.
If'n ya' don't get there, it may be weeks, maybe months before you can get another appointment.
Heck, even when they start closing roads the businesses stay open... life goes on.
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Spidey, you forgot to mention helping people out. Small towns are great!
I get called by the local road commissioner every other storm it seems to weld something else up for them, or to go get the grader out and pull there trucks out of the ditch, they know I'm around.

 

[Steve NW WI]

That is true, The only tires I have seen where the tread was the same is on tractors and the radials are better in that off road environment too, they are just stupid expensive.

Stupid expensive, yes. But they still pay for themselves by getting more work done with less fuel - Spidey, that's done because the tractor slips LESS, and more of it's power is used to actually do it's job. Man, that argument sounds vaguely familiar.

I might also mention that the US military, which spends a fair amount of time off road, ditched bias tires back in the 90s.

Spidey, did you notice them Miller Lite cans come with a new paint job now? Straight outta back in the day, look just like they did back when **** Butkus and Bubba Smith were arguing about Tastes Great - Less Filling. Yet another argument that no one ever won.

 

[Whitespider]

Yeah Guswhit,
"Round here, near every small town boy with a 4-wheel drive carries a recovery strap... mine is 30 feet long, lost count of how many it's pulled out'a the ditch and snow.
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[AIM]

I did also read that for some reason bias ply construction allows them to make a larger more open tread design than is possible with a radial. (I didn't really understand why though)

As for the digging in versus staying on top. MY OWN OPINION,,,, is that I would rather stay on top. I am fairly confidant that I would get stuck fewer times with large wide tires than narrow ones. Yes i get the idea behind digging in but generally when I get stuck I am down to the axles and hard ground is still a foot down.

 

[AIM]

I have 2 30' straps tied together and have found it to be alot better most of the time vs a single 30'. You guys should try it sometime. I think you'll be like me and find it to be alot handier with 60'.

 

[Whitespider]

Spidey, that's done because the tractor slips LESS, and more of it's power is used to actually do it's job.

Yeah, tractors have their place and time... but, most ain't got a good place for a beer cooler

...I would rather stay on top. I am fairly confidant that I would get stuck fewer times with large wide tires... ...when I get stuck I am down to the axles and hard ground is still a foot down.

That's 'cause you're runnin' those wide-azz radials
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[Whitespider]

Well... the longer those straps are, the more "snatch" power (rubber band effect) ya' have.
I actually have/carry a second one (band new, still in package) 'cause ya just never know when one will break.
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[Steve NW WI]

Yeah, tractors have their place and time... but, most ain't got a good place for a beer cooler

See, there you go with the blanket statements again. Lots of new tractors can be had with a built in mini fridge.

60' of strap is a good way to drag a car along the steep ditches we have up here, and just bounce em off fenceposts, trees, and whatever else is down there. My 30' is often doubled up to get a better pull angle and get a ditched car back on the road.

 

[Pelorus]

Bias ply?

 

[cre10]

Some of you guys are crazy. Bias gives you a lot more traction whether it be on a truck or tractor. We bought a tractor with radials on it and we couldn't wait to burn the tread off them so we could buy replacement bias ply rears. With the radials it was about as worthless as tits on a boar.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Some of you guys are crazy. Bias gives you a lot more traction whether it be on a truck or tractor. We bought a tractor with radials on it and we couldn't wait to burn the tread off them so we could buy replacement bias ply rears. With the radials it was about as worthless as tits on a boar.

I'll bet you were running them at max inflation like you would a bias tire, either that or they were those worthless DT710s...

 

[cre10]

I'll bet you were running them at max inflation like you would a bias tire, either that or they were those worthless DT710s...

You would bet wrong.

 

[Steve NW WI]

You should try steel wheels then. You'll like them even better than bias.

 

[Whitespider]

We bought a tractor with radials on it... With the radials it was about as worthless as tits on a boar.

I've been told that more than a few times by farmers... they friggin' hate 'em.
But I wasn't gonna' bring those stories up... we were talking light truck tires, not ag equipment tires.
Actually, most of the guys run bias ply on the pickups they use in the fields and crushed limestone roads, radials on their "Sunday morning, go-to-town" pickups.
Back before I knew better I'd get stuck out hunting in their fields. Because I know most of 'em personally I could walk in to the farm yard and ask for help... more times than not they'd pull me out with their field trucks wearing skinny tires rather than fire-up a tractor. The second time I had to ask one, he spit a big wad of tobacco juice out, looked at me sort'a irritated like, and told me to get rid of those worthless F'ing, wide-azz radials on my truck. So I walked over and took a good look at what they were runnin', ain't never went back to radials for mud and snow and ain't never been stuck since (shrug).

 

[KenJax Tree]

Who needs tires?

Sent from my Autotune Carb

 

[CTYank]

And ... some folks will tell you that vinyl recordings sound better than cds. In spite of their hearing deficiencies, or because of.

 

[Whitespider]

And ... some folks will tell you that vinyl recordings sound better than cds. In spite of their hearing deficiencies, or because of.

Vinyl recordings do sound better than CD's, the sound is richer, fuller and warmer... and they're making a comeback.
Digital music tends to bite the ear, rather than caress it... believe me, I own hundreds of both.
While sales of CD's fell in 2013, vinyl sales were up 33%.
Here ya' go, read all about it.

http://www.voanews.com/content/vinyl-records-making-a-comeback/1757080.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/arts/music/vinyl-records-are-making-a-comeback.html?_r=0
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[kodiak]

While sales of CD's fell in 2013, vinyl sales were up 33%.
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A more complete comparison would also include the numbers for digital music that is downloaded.

 

[AIM]

and told me to get rid of those worthless F'ing, wide-azz radials on my truck. So I walked over and took a good look at what they were runnin', ain't never went back to radials for mud and snow and ain't never been stuck since (shrug).

Well I gotta say that you must not go some of the places I have found myself in. When your sittin on your axles i don't care what your runnin for tires. YOUR STUCK!
I get stuck a few times every year while out cutting wood. Pull in the woods while a good layer of frost is still in the ground and by the time your done the frost has left and you've added another 2000 .lbs to your truck you hit a soft spot and "plop" you just sunk. Seems like I do this at least twice a year. Bias plys wouldn't help a lick. This is where I "THINK" big wide tires might help me stay on top and not sink to my ass. Take note I said "THINK". I've never owned big swampers before so I really don't know.

 

[les-or-more]

Well I gotta say that you must not go some of the places I have found myself in. When your sittin on your axles i don't care what your runnin for tires. YOUR STUCK!
I get stuck a few times every year while out cutting wood. Pull in the woods while a good layer of frost is still in the ground and by the time your done the frost has left and you've added another 2000 .lbs to your truck you hit a soft spot and "plop" you just sunk. Seems like I do this at least twice a year. Bias plys wouldn't help a lick. This is where I "THINK" big wide tires might help me stay on top and not sink to my ass. Take note I said "THINK". I've never owned big swampers before so I really don't know.

I have found the bigger and better the tires the deeper the hole is that I get stuck in and anyone who tells me they never get stuck is telling me they never leave the highway.