The Douglas 8"x12" rims got shipped to the Hotel Plaza Resort in Oceano, and lost in their stuff till Wednesday. I found the Spidertrak 25"x12.5"x12" tires locally. So Wednesday's stock Grizz knifed into the sand pretty easily, and wouldn't climb much of anything. Thursday was a regroup and recoup and re-tire day. Friday the new WideTrack SpiderTrak hit every hill in Pismo and climbed them with ease. I was in 4-wheel drive pretty much all of the time, so I really don't have the "Will it Powerslide" question answered yet. The Spidertraks hook up really well, especially in the wet sand at the edge of the beach (woo hoo) and climbing and racing around the bowls.

Now I know this really isn't the place for a utility, I rode my DS most of the time, (which did just fine with its' XCT's, climbing everything, but getting whupped by anything big with paddles in the drags) and it was way more fun than the Grizz, But this was a good test for the new Grizzly, and the new widetrack treatment. Skyler on his Raptor with stock tires whupped me good too, but the Raptor plus his weight (85) are equal to the DS plus gas. Add my lard *** on there (210) and I didn't stand a chance.
I've got to get the Grizz out into our high speed sandwashes though to get a real feel for it, and to see if it improved high speed stability. That was lacking. And there is no place in Pismo where you can go that fast.
Oh and I did pull a stuck 2wd Ford Explorer out of the sand with the Grizz. That was fun too.
This is phase I. The Douglas wheels were put on backwards so it only widens the rear out to 49" with the Spidertraks. Mounting them the right way would be another 2" out on each side. The valve stems, little ones, clear the hub and A-arms easily, and tire pressure can be checked and adjusted just fine.
The rear wheels need spacers to be used in front. They hit the A-arms on the inside when you turn it all the way over. I put the stock rear tires on the front wheels for a new front width of 45".
That's up from 43.5" front and rear!!
Going even wider means spacers or new front wheels. I can't find front wheels that seem to work. I think it needs about a 3" out, 4" in, 12" wheel. Or just 1.5" spacers. Then you could flip the rear around for a 53" wide track at the rear. Or not.
I'm going to leave it like this for a while. One pair of tires and wheels and a swap on the front is a pretty good bang for the buck.
The tippiness is gone, I need to get it on some familiar fireroads out here for a full test, probably this weekend. We just got back from Pismo, 935 miles one way, and I'm thrashed. I have ridden or driven 8 out of the last 10 days.
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I was just at Pismo. There are plenty of areas to open it up. Just go down past pole 7 by the bird cage and let her rip.

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Not like a sandwash. Full speed, smooth long fast turns, sustained 70+mph. If there was no one there, and no "rangers" you could do it on the beach. You can get it up to speed at Pismo, but only for a very short while. Maybe you could do a half mile stretch in there, but this is only 1500 acres, with 1500 people. I'm used to 15,000 acres with 1.5 people!