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Grooovin' man

evolve991

evolve991

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I'm just full of questions this week.
Anyone groove thier tires? Got a line on some MT Baja Claws with about half life left in'em. I'm told you can groove the lugs for more life and more highway friendly....how much BS am I being offered here?
 
I've regrooved some swampers and some bias ply hummer tires, there was only about 3/16 " of rubber before I hit the cords
 
No BS what so ever. Tire grooving is fairly normal. You can buy tire groovers pretty cheap, as well as pretty expensive. :O

Youtube will tell ya what ya need to know if you search something like 'tire grooving'.

You can use pretty much anything you can think of to cut a tire. If it will cut wood, it will cut rubber. Chainsaws, skills saws etc. It just depends on how much mess your willing to deal with.
 
I've watched a few youtube vids but I prefer to ask the diehard Chevy crowd for thier experiences. Not looking to make brand new tires out of wore out maypops just make the offroad tires I've got more streetable in nasty weather.
I'm talking more about grooving the lugs than cutting deeper into the base layer
 
I might try a sawz-all with a blade heated red hot. That might work pretty good. I have also seen videos of people using an air chisel with a sharpened and heated bit, on big mud truck and tractor tires. You can take on of the big lugs off a new 44" bogger in about 5 seconds with that set up.
 
Zeus33rd said:
I might try a sawz-all with a blade heated red hot. That might work pretty good. I have also seen videos of people using an air chisel with a sharpened and heated bit, on big mud truck and tractor tires. You can take on of the big lugs off a new 44" bogger in about 5 seconds with that set up.
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Yeah I thought about that too but wanted opinions on it overall before deciding to go that route or buy a grooving tool. My daughter works at Amazon now and gets a discount :bow:
 
Well, I have a lot of experience with grooving tires actually. I just made this post. Grooved some life and better on-road tread into my Michelins just today. Used a dewalt grinder with 4.5" chainsaw wheel. Link here- https://ck5.com/forums/threads/grooved-michelins-and-a-huge-mess.323533/

And years ago, I made this video of grooving some 42" TSL's with the cheap Ideal groover. It was cold as balls, the propane torch was to soften the tire a bit. I don't know who's youtube channel that is...when I made the video years ago, someone grabbed it up and uploaded it.

 
Phil513 said:
Pretty amazing how many times California is mentioned in that article.

I'm just sayin'. :D
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But they are all a positive from my view......except the no tire grooving part. The DOT requirement keeps them from coming over from Mexico, and the 2/16" on the front is because Californians cant drive with tread, what would they do with bald tires..........
 
LOL. Well I'm going to err on the side of caution with any grooving I do, I'm not trying to cut into the 'base' layer just the thick lugs. As for legal....the police in this county are swamped with the dope epidemic and catching dealers and users. I doubt a K9 sniffer is gonna signal grooved tires :grin:
 
I've used a hand held small router. You set the depth based on existing tread. Can't go too deap then. Two hands to control it. Run at a slow speed to keep the heat down. Works real well.
 
hmmmmm. I'm a drywaller, I've got a rotozip and a cheapie harbor freight dewalt knockoff. The tables for both are long gone but at 20 bucks for the HF compared to 60 and up for the Ideal groover....What kind of bit did you use?
 
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