Interco has been reproducing Ground Hawgs under the Cobalt name for a while BUT they just released a non ghetto, old school size - a 15/38.5R15 radial!
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Ground Hawgs Back From The Dead!
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Better swap out those new boggers!
I read through the comments last night and there is a 16.5 version coming and a 17/40 in both 15 and 16.5 by the end of the year.
Ran a set of ground hawgs back in the 90's. So cool looking, so freaking loud!
Some big ones on my H1 beadlocks would be sweet.
Some big ones on my H1 beadlocks would be sweet.
I was never really a GH fan but I always thought the 17/40 size had a fantastically sticky look for a big tire.
I won’t be getting rid my Boggers but if I ended to replace them I would probably get the 17/40’s, especially if they turn out to be radials.
I won’t be getting rid my Boggers but if I ended to replace them I would probably get the 17/40’s, especially if they turn out to be radials.
I should get a set to daily the blazer.
I'm very happy for the nostalgia niche group that I'm in that can appreciate this.
There's dozens of us!!!
I'm very happy for the nostalgia niche group that I'm in that can appreciate this.
There's dozens of us!!!
I wish I could have bug they financed about half of my new set up.
I still have these (cut) (44”) Ground Hawgs on here.
They are radial sooooooo still no
Do we need to make another trip to Rayne, LA ??? For thirty-five years you have been drool’n over a 17/40 fat-n-round ( well, supposed to be round ) sized tire - it will be the late 80’s & early 90’s all over again but with radial Hawgs ! Damn, we’re gett’n old…
@tarussell She would kill me… and not even wait until I’m asleep.
The 38.5 weighs 120lbs and seems to be load range E, which makes you wonder how stiff the sidewall is. 1 size available for 15s, 1 for 17s, but don't worry...the nostalgia crowd is covered with multiple sizes for 20, 22, 24" wheels
. Looks like the knobby sidewall treatment is only for the sizes that have sidewalls (sarcasm intended), because there are clearly 2 designs pictured.
@nvrenuf just swap them out someplace else, she might not notice.....
bock bock bock bock
The 38.5 weighs 120lbs and seems to be load range E, which makes you wonder how stiff the sidewall is. 1 size available for 15s, 1 for 17s, but don't worry...the nostalgia crowd is covered with multiple sizes for 20, 22, 24" wheels
Yeah, I don't understand making these tires in 20"+ wheel sizes. They are clearly a nostalgia design.
Martin
This does not address the radials but might shed some light on the offering of 10-ply E-Load Range 15” & 20” rim sizes - several of our Al-terrain four wheel drive hydraulic extendable boom lifts and man-buckets at work use a Interco TSL 39.5’s with a 15” wheel. These have no wheel area mounted brakes and are driven by individual hydraulic pumps/electric motors with planetary gear reduction at each wheel so they fit inside with no problem - the really big ones with 120’ boom reach use 20” wheels and come with real damn aggressive tread patterns ( some look very close to G/H’s tread pattern) but minimal sidewall for less deflection and no use of outriggers when possible.
Might explain the ghetto sizes on such a purpose driven tread design and why it’s marketable to offer them nowadays…just a thought…I’ve been wrong before.
Good golly I hope the 16.5's come to fruition!
I remember seeing the smaller GH’s on offroad forklifts. The 3 wheel kind that mount to the back of construction materials delivery trucks.
