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Fat tires vs. Skinny tires in the mud

Lotsa_Faith

Lotsa_Faith

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What opinions do you have on having pizza cutters or fatties in the mud? From my experience, flotation and a big footprint is most important. I feel like my 33x15.5 SX's got through stuff more easily than my 37x13 boggers.
 
I'd rather go wide to float over the stuff.

I've heard too many farmers and jackasses around here claim skinny is better to dig down to solid ground and get traction. Problem is, what happens if you don't reach solid ground and the mud just keeps getting deeper and deeper?

Go wide. Floating is easier and better than digging.
 
sx to bogger is not compairision.

sx will go great most any place.

boggers will dig to china.

this is prob why you have problems now.
 
Well, I'm one of those farmers. I want a skinny tire that will just slice through and grab something firm under the mud that will allow me to turn easier and not slide around. This is our theory on our harvesters.

On a 4x4 that is in the mud for fun, I'd say wide. If you've got good HP, might as well have some meat down in the mud. Another thing is the type of mud your in, if it's tacky, and not soupy, a wide tire might be just enough to keep you on top without making ruts. But, if you're out there for fun, you probably want soupy anyway.
 
It depends on how deep the mud is and the type of mud etc. If you CAN get to solid ground without sinking so far in you are doomed, a skinny tire is better. But if you can't reach solid ground you want as wide as you can handle to sling more soup and stay on top.

In "no" traction situations the more mud/sand/snow you can sling the fastest while maintaining forward motion, the further you will move, unless you are digging down, then STOP!

Same thing goes for snow, if it's on the road, skinny tires are usually better in snow because they reach the road surface and don't hydroplane and float on top the snow. But once you hit the real deep stuff skinny tires get left behind.
 
folkenheath said:
It depends on how deep the mud is and the type of mud etc. If you CAN get to solid ground without sinking so far in you are doomed, a skinny tire is better. But if you can't reach solid ground you want as wide as you can handle to sling more soup and stay on top.

In "no" traction situations the more mud/sand/snow you can sling the fastest while maintaining forward motion, the further you will move, unless you are digging down, then STOP!

Same thing goes for snow, if it's on the road, skinny tires are usually better in snow because they reach the road surface and don't hydroplane and float on top the snow. But once you hit the real deep stuff skinny tires get left behind.
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That is the perfect full explanation answer. :waytogo:
 
folkenheath said:
It depends on how deep the mud is and the type of mud etc. If you CAN get to solid ground without sinking so far in you are doomed, a skinny tire is better. But if you can't reach solid ground you want as wide as you can handle to sling more soup and stay on top.

In "no" traction situations the more mud/sand/snow you can sling the fastest while maintaining forward motion, the further you will move, unless you are digging down, then STOP!

Same thing goes for snow, if it's on the road, skinny tires are usually better in snow because they reach the road surface and don't hydroplane and float on top the snow. But once you hit the real deep stuff skinny tires get left behind.
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Bingo.

In Michigan I generally favored narrower tires for my trail runs because you could always find the bottom.
Here in Kentucky I'm thinking about wider tires because if it's got grass growing on it or if it's 5' down it's snotty, slick yet sticky, clay mud that just sucks you in.
 
I kinda like the skinny's more. If you go skinny you can generally fit a taller tire than you would with wide tires.. Which also means a lil bigger contact patch, and more ground clearance, and better aproach/departure angles.. Also skinnies are a lot easier on front end parts..
 
Here in Colorado where it's the "Rocky Mountains" the mud isn't going to be very deep before you start getting into some rock and harder terrain. I want a <WIDE> tire so that I have a bigger foot print on the rocks and in the deep snow, which seems to happen quite often around here, I can float on it and drive through it better. But that's just us High Country Colorado boys.......those that live in the front range and out on the flats might have a different theory!:whistle:
 
Wider is better in the swamp.

Skinnier is better on the high ground.
Im tired of seeing you tube videos saying deep mud and its nothing but a water hole.

If you step in it and your shoe comes off when you pull your foot out... You have mud.
 
As much as i hate wide tires, my vote goes to wide tires in the mud, case in point, me and a buddy went out in the mud awhile back, im running TSLs in the 40 inch flavor, and he had those mickey thompson baja belted 39.5-19s......they floated like a MUTHA ****ER, his bronco might as well been a boat, it also helped he has a 429 cobra jet motor:rolleyes:
 
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