fouronereason
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it's some kind of radar absorbing paint, CARC , as far as mud, they do suck, I know first hand, my 1sgt's HMMWV back in the day, had to be pulled out.
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$350 for (4) 37" Goodyear MTs?
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CARC isn't radar absorbant. It doesn't reflect light and I forget exactly how but it doesn't retain chemical/bio/nuclear weapons fallout so the equipment can be cleaned off and decontaminated and put back into use. Look at all the Soviet stuff sitting in large junkyards around Chernobyl to see why this is useful.
Watch it though, it's carcinegenic (sp?) so be careful with the cutter, grinder, etc. Use a breath mask.
I have to say...I'm driving around in an old HMMWV at work as my new work hooptie. Has the 36" bias ply RT/II's and I'm offroading and mud bogging with it all the time. They aren't Swampers but they have been impressive. However they aren't great on the road but my time on the road over 25mph is very low. I know the set on Big Ugly when I got it 4 years ago were horrible. Thumping, bumping, couldn't balance, gave me death wobble, etc etc etc.
Interested to see how our HMMWV's with the 37" MT's do. We have some sticky yet slick, horrible Kentucky mud here and I hope they don't fill up and turn to slicks.
Watch it though, it's carcinegenic (sp?) so be careful with the cutter, grinder, etc. Use a breath mask.
I have to say...I'm driving around in an old HMMWV at work as my new work hooptie. Has the 36" bias ply RT/II's and I'm offroading and mud bogging with it all the time. They aren't Swampers but they have been impressive. However they aren't great on the road but my time on the road over 25mph is very low. I know the set on Big Ugly when I got it 4 years ago were horrible. Thumping, bumping, couldn't balance, gave me death wobble, etc etc etc.
Interested to see how our HMMWV's with the 37" MT's do. We have some sticky yet slick, horrible Kentucky mud here and I hope they don't fill up and turn to slicks.
I can't speak for their mud performance, but the 37's do very well on the road. I have a set mounted on 16.5x9.75's alloys and UNbalanced there's no vibration until I hit 80 or so, and even then it's very slight. Road noise is there but not bad at all. I've driven the 36's on the highway quite a bit and the 37's are a big step up.
I must have gotten a bad set cause mine are way out of balance. Ended up having them balanced internally with Equal since I didn't want half the wheel covered in wheel weights. Now they ride pretty good
Oh, by the way, I bought the blem 37's from Trail Worthy, the guy that sells them on PBB. There was an issue with two of the tires I received. I took pictures and asked what the policy was on blems (or if there even was one). Two more tires arrived on a truck at no cost to me in 3 days. Excellent service.
How can I see it?
Okay, okay...it's light absorbing.
First winter I had Big Ugly I had a Suzuki project in the garage so Big Ugly sat next to the garage for part of it. It was like you couldn't really see it was there at night unless one of the house lights or headlight beams caught the outline or the glass. Kinda cool. No reflection from any of the metal surfaces.
First winter I had Big Ugly I had a Suzuki project in the garage so Big Ugly sat next to the garage for part of it. It was like you couldn't really see it was there at night unless one of the house lights or headlight beams caught the outline or the glass. Kinda cool. No reflection from any of the metal surfaces.
