6.2na/TH400/NP205/4.56 = good tire size?

[Ned Kelly]

For mud/snow - no rocks, what is a good tire size for a CUCV with 6.2na/TH400/NP205/4.56 diffs combination? I was thinking 36-38"?
What's a good cruise rpm for these engines?

 

[K5dreamer]

sounds right to me. Ill be running the setup in my sig, almost the same as yours, except ill have the deeper geared NP208 and 4.10 axles.

 

[Ronnie4wd]

I had that before and with 38.5 Boggers I had trouble to spin the wheels when stuck in deep mud.
I went from 208 to 205 big difference when the mud was deep.
Now I have a better life sm465

 

[Ned Kelly]

Ronnie,
Do you recall what kind of mpg you got with that combo?
I could do the LoMax 3:1 in the np205 help out - sounds like that would be a good thing.

 

[K5dreamer]

ahhhh lo max, how i want one. although for the price, you could do an atlas case with deeper gears

 

[Chaddy]

ahhhh lo max, how i want one. although for the price, you could do an atlas case with deeper gears

The AtlasII is like a grand more than the Lomax.

 

[K5dreamer]

damn..... been a while since i did pricing. are you comparing atlas II to the whole lomax case? or just the replacment gearsets? seem to remember that they were about the same last time i checked, maybe ive got it sideways.

 

[oatsk5]

i would think that the 208 will be fine i use to mud mine i killed the 700 long before a 208

 

[Ronnie4wd]

I think he has got a 205
Never looked at the mpg but it should be good.
The LoMax was the thing for me too but I broke my 400 before I bought a LoMax and went to a stick instead.

 

[Ned Kelly]

Yep, my CUCV has the 205. I guess there are pro's and con's to that vs the 208. Nice thing is I have a pto winch that can go on there now.