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Old Mar 20, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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I have to buy at least one new tire now. The front right 28" Vamp blew up. I came out this morning to work on the CV's and found a crater the size of the grand canyon. I aired them up at Fun Wheeler without an airgage (around 40 or 50psi). I just added air until they grew a little. I guess that tire got alot more air than the rest. I didn't really like those tires anyway. They were way too short for 28's. I guess I'll go ahead and buy the big meats, 28X12.50X12 Laws. I've already got the spacers. Since I'm removing the lift maybe it will give me some serious bite.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 10:25 AM
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If you read the #'s printed on the tire sidewall it'll tell you the MAXIMUM safe tire pressure.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 11:24 AM
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You don't even need tire pressure in these big mud tires, I smashed off the valve stem on my outlaws and drove it home like that, the tire did not flex at all. I usually run 5 psi in my tires, not 40.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:29 PM
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Cat500i- Were you at Funwheeler last weekend? Was it you that came by me on the highline last Saturday on the red snorkled 500i with vamps and laws. I was on the green lifted 500i with 28 laws in the back and Zillas in the front parked on the highline with a group of guys with grizzys and king quads. I broke my CV shortly after that so we went home early.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 09:19 PM
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ODB--Yeah that sounds like me. We took the whole family riding that weekend. I had my wife and 3yr old on the wheeler with me. I was ridin with a grizz w/3 as well. We were mainly just camping and letting the kids have some fun. We weren't doing any serious ridin. I broke my left rear CV later in the day Sunday. Cruising around 1st gear just checking everything out. The kids had a blast, they mainly wanted to get off and spalsh in the water.

Were you sitting on the high line where you have to go around on the side kind of through the trees? Next to the dam.
 
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