tires for the beach???

[kevin097]

what type of tires and foams should i get for a tmaxx and a savage all 4's

[Brian23]

paddle tires

[Bunsincunsin]

Yeah, paddles like these http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAHA3&P=7 .

[ducati777]

stock maxx tires will work pretty well.

[brc358]

On my Savage, I have paddle tires on the rear, and Razor tires on the front.
You need the adapters from Ofna, and a set of white dish wheels to complete the front set-up, but they work great.
You have so much rear traction with the paddle tires, that you actually can get away with the Razor tires.
The very first time I used this set-up, about four truck lined up at the bottom of this massive hill of sand. It had to be at least 200 yards to the top.
My truck made it to the top before the other trucks even got close.
Proline paddles, and Proline Razor tires. Ofna adapters, and the Ofna white dish wheels for the Razor tires. Perfect for the sand!

[kevin097]

would dirthawgs on the savvy and stock tmaxx tires work???

[Brian23]

brc- wouldnt razors in the front jsut spin? i know they would help for steering but wouldnt it put the front ddrive shafts under stress because they are spinning with almost no resistance?

[brc358]

I did not seem to have any problems with tire spin..
They would problably work even better at the beach because the sand by the water would be more compacted.
The sand we were running on was very loose.
Overall, I was very happy with the way the truck ran with the paddles and the razor tires.

[ducati777]

brc- wouldnt razors in the front jsut spin? i know they would help for steering but wouldnt it put the front ddrive shafts under stress because they are spinning with almost no resistance?

no resistance creates stress? Where'd you hear that one. And besides these trucks dont' have a center diff, thus the fronts can't turn any faster than the rears.

[kevin097]

is anyone gonna anwser my question???

kevin097
Member Join Date: 02-20-2006
Posts: 56

would dirthawgs on the savvy and stock tmaxx tires work???

[fifiracing]

is anyone gonna anwser my question???

kevin097
Member Join Date: 02-20-2006
Posts: 56

would dirthawgs on the savvy and stock tmaxx tires work???

I agree with the paddle tires will offer the best performance on beach sand. I wouldn't count on dirthawgs or stock tires doing the job as well since it'll probably get stuck a few times.

[tadium54]

yeah. paddles are a sure way to get decent traction at the very least

[Brian23]

i know more resistance means stress but im going in the direction of like when you truck flips pver and your holding the throttle- the engineis under less load but it reaches such high rpms that i creates more stress than it does under load? ssee where im going?

[mud 4 me]

I have herd that the 40 paddles work better than the standerd maxx size.

Rich

[fuzzy2133]

I perfer "cheveron" style treads for out in the sand. the paddle tires makes the truck push more than I like. I do not like paddles up front due to the ammount of sand that gets kick up. I use the stock tires on my e-maxx when I go to the beach and they work just fine and same with my MGT. what ever tire you go with; you may want to get some bead lock rims so you can break the tire down and get all the sand out when you are done.

[chrisoneal]

And u can also use Maxx mulchers. They work great also.

[Lonnie]

i know more resistance means stress but im going in the direction of like when you truck flips pver and your holding the throttle- the engineis under less load but it reaches such high rpms that i creates more stress than it does under load? ssee where im going?


The engine is always under a load because the rear tires are still loading the engine. If the rear tires don't spin the front tires will not. If the rear tires do spin the fronts will spin the exact same amount but the engine will STILL be under a load.

[Buggyracer28]

I think you should get razors for the front, and take the front drive shaft out so you will only have rear 2wd so dirt doesnt get all in your car because of roost and ruin anything, and it will cause your back 2 wheels to have better grip on the sand and it will be much better.

[GearheadXNT2]

Ur best bet would be from the companies panther tires or imex. They both have at least 2 styles of treads for sand, snow,etc. It all comes down to personal preference

[GearheadXNT2]

brc- wouldnt razors in the front jsut spin? i know they would help for steering but wouldnt it put the front ddrive shafts under stress because they are spinning with almost no resistance?

He has a point. You would just end up straining your engine and the extra spinning at the front of the car would increase gyroscopic forces and the risk of flip-overs.Convert your truck to 2wd and install a wide wheelie bar at the rear if you haven't done so already.

[Lonnie]

He has a point. You would just end up straining your engine and the extra spinning at the front of the car would increase gyroscopic forces and the risk of flip-overs.Convert your truck to 2wd and install a wide wheelie bar at the rear if you haven't done so already.



I don't see how you would think the front wheels would spin. They are directly linked to the rear tires. If the rear gets traction the fronts cant spin. If they do spin it's still all four tires spinning.

[ducati777]

All in all sand isn't that tough to drive on. You'll have fun with pretty much anything with tread. You could try 2wd, but don't leave the parts at home. With MT's I've used stock maxx tires, and they worked well in both 2 and 4wd. On 8th scale buggies I've only run in fine dirt, and anything pinned works fine on buggies. With the rc18t in sand I've used stockers, worn smooth stockers, and those proline... dunno the name. Big blocky tread.

The worns smooth tires just took a while to get up to speed. The big blocks worked the best on the RC18T.

Its just good old Newton's 2nd law, you're reacting against moving the sand. Paddles will throw the most and give you the best forward movement. But anything that will throw the sand will work.

[kevin097]

thanks alot guys gonna be down at virgina beach on the week of the 23rd probably gonna take down my savage if i can find a beach they will let me drive on

[Rtsbasic]

When I was at the beach at the weekend I was using my 40 series bow-ties, and they gave suprisingly good traction. One of the cvds was damaged so I converted it to RWD for the beach. It could have done with a bit more steering response - at high speeds you couldn't really turn much, but other than that it was fine.

Having said that, next time I will be trying my stock emaxx tyres, and my stock savage ones. Maybe the deeper tread will work better.