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Welcome to the forum tinneyc ~~~~</p>
GET YOUR EYES CHECKED ~~~ ( just kiddin' )</p>
From the way I look at it, nothing ischeap witha RTV ,the OEMwheels are stronger than just about any other after market rims. Steel is stronger than aluminum ~~~ You must really be pounding away on that machine to be bending rims like that. How many rims have you gone threw ?My only suggestion would be maybe go to another tire that will not give as much. They are many great tires on the market. Myself, I run ITP 589's in the 27" inchers .....</p>
Now Essex Surefoot makes a tuff one, they ride rough, but if you can take hitting them stumps like that, you can take this tire . </p>
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>Essex Surefoot</p>
Built with a Belt of bullet proof Kevlar for maximum puncture resistance, reinforced sidewalls for stability, 6 ply rating and a load limit of 1150lbs per tire !!!!</p>
Try out this link: </p>
http://www.allterrainonline.com/index.php</p>
Give 'em a call, they should help you out with the tire situation.</p>
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GET YOUR EYES CHECKED ~~~ ( just kiddin' )</p>
From the way I look at it, nothing ischeap witha RTV ,the OEMwheels are stronger than just about any other after market rims. Steel is stronger than aluminum ~~~ You must really be pounding away on that machine to be bending rims like that. How many rims have you gone threw ?My only suggestion would be maybe go to another tire that will not give as much. They are many great tires on the market. Myself, I run ITP 589's in the 27" inchers .....</p>
Now Essex Surefoot makes a tuff one, they ride rough, but if you can take hitting them stumps like that, you can take this tire . </p>
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>Essex Surefoot</p>
Built with a Belt of bullet proof Kevlar for maximum puncture resistance, reinforced sidewalls for stability, 6 ply rating and a load limit of 1150lbs per tire !!!!</p>
Try out this link: </p>
http://www.allterrainonline.com/index.php</p>
Give 'em a call, they should help you out with the tire situation.</p>
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fpr that much money i would just go with a regular itp 589 and put 17lbs of air in them to make them hard as a rock plus a bottle of slime in each one and i think that would take care of the rim issues and hole issues. them kevlar tires are nice but for the money a bottle of slime in each tire would do the same job plus save you some money. i haven't checked up on the price of them essex in a while but i do remember them to be pretty pricey just like my outlaws.</p>
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"that would take care of the rim issues and hole issues" </p>
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............ get you a pair of electronic curb feelers ..... everytime you get close to a stump, the " feeler " touch stump, and sends a message to a " buzzer " up in the cab !!!! Got 'em on ebay</p>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WSW-Electric-Curb-Feelers-NOS-Ford-Chevy-Mercury-Ratrod_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1171Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem35a25503b5QQitemZ230356747189QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories</p>
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............ get you a pair of electronic curb feelers ..... everytime you get close to a stump, the " feeler " touch stump, and sends a message to a " buzzer " up in the cab !!!! Got 'em on ebay</p>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WSW-Electric-Curb-Feelers-NOS-Ford-Chevy-Mercury-Ratrod_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1171Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem35a25503b5QQitemZ230356747189QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories</p>
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keep hitting stumps </p>
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May I suggest getting in touch with the member Tommy.... he has the Boot-Savers for the RTV's. They are great protection. For the way you are hitting the stumps, wouldn't be a bad idea to get a set, for the OEM plastic, will not protect you from much ....</p>
Also, the tree cutter, might want to get him to cut the trees closer to the ground.</p>
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May I suggest getting in touch with the member Tommy.... he has the Boot-Savers for the RTV's. They are great protection. For the way you are hitting the stumps, wouldn't be a bad idea to get a set, for the OEM plastic, will not protect you from much ....</p>
Also, the tree cutter, might want to get him to cut the trees closer to the ground.</p>
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My baby brother once "high centered " a small tracked dozer on a large hidden tree stump that was hiding under some brush. The dozer didn't have a winch either. Watching him get that thing off the stump was as much fun as watching an upside down turtle getting back on its feet. If you've never done it, I can assure you its agood way to waste some valuable time and energy. Stuff happens.</p>
Based on reports from other knowlegable RTV owners, Iwould also recommend Tommys 'stick stoppers' to protect some of the undercarriage and CV joints. </p>
Keifer, a RTV wannabe</p>
Based on reports from other knowlegable RTV owners, Iwould also recommend Tommys 'stick stoppers' to protect some of the undercarriage and CV joints. </p>
Keifer, a RTV wannabe</p>
no bootsavers right now but give me a few weeks to get the new one made and sent out for testing then i'll have some. i just been getting pulled in every direction and can only do a few things at a time right now. the new ones will be alot better then the old ones because of the rear protectionand the steeringstopper all made into one.i should have one finished and some pictures of the new desgn hopefully by the end of the week.</p>
Tommy: The sun is up and shining strong by 6:00 AM and does not set till 9:00 PM. That is 15 hours of fabricating time per day. You have to focus and use these hours more efficiently! Stop worrying about running through cane fields and get at it!!</p>
Thanks everyone. Even you guys with the watch where you are going jokes. Ha. There is very tall grass where I ride and seem to sideswipe hidden "Things" I can't believe the OEM steel rims bend as easy as they do. They bend pretty good and the bead then leaks fast. I get out an 8 lb plastic mallet hammer it back, put in a bottle of slime and air and it is good until the next time. This has happened 4 times. Guess I will watch where I am going if the OEM rims are the best I can get. The factory ATV tires seem ok as Once I went quite a ways on the flat and it's still a good tire. You guys are great and a good source of info. Thanks.
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Want to add my welcome to the forum, Tinneyc. It is a fantastic source of information, to be sure. And a great bunch of guys to boot, so long as you can cope with a bit of rather bizarre humour from time to time!</p>
Adding my own two cent's worth of experience, I learned the hard way about going fast through tall grass. Many years ago I was the proud owner of a '51 Willy's jeep pickup. I took it everywhere and anywhere. One time I was tearing across a field of tall grass and ran right across a 2' ditch which I had no idea was there. It broke the engine right off the motor mounts and just about broke my two friends and my necks (no seatbelts in those days) as we hit our heads on the roof of the cab. Ever since then, if I am going through grass or brush which obscures the path, I go tenderly and slow. You just never know where a ditch or stump or sharp pointed rock might be hiding.</p>
I cannot speak for the strength of the OEM rims, but have not had any difficulties in my own experience and do not recall any similar issues coming up on the forum.</p>
Good luck!</p>
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Want to add my welcome to the forum, Tinneyc. It is a fantastic source of information, to be sure. And a great bunch of guys to boot, so long as you can cope with a bit of rather bizarre humour from time to time!</p>
Adding my own two cent's worth of experience, I learned the hard way about going fast through tall grass. Many years ago I was the proud owner of a '51 Willy's jeep pickup. I took it everywhere and anywhere. One time I was tearing across a field of tall grass and ran right across a 2' ditch which I had no idea was there. It broke the engine right off the motor mounts and just about broke my two friends and my necks (no seatbelts in those days) as we hit our heads on the roof of the cab. Ever since then, if I am going through grass or brush which obscures the path, I go tenderly and slow. You just never know where a ditch or stump or sharp pointed rock might be hiding.</p>
I cannot speak for the strength of the OEM rims, but have not had any difficulties in my own experience and do not recall any similar issues coming up on the forum.</p>
Good luck!</p>
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man onfoot you just brought back some memories i did the same thing you did butonly i was on a honda bigred three wheeler and it was a canefield that hadbenn left to over grow with weeds . but anyways i hit a 2' drainage ditch and flew over the bars and landed about 20 feet away just far enough for the 3 wheeler to flip a few times and land right on me man was i soar for a few weeks.</p>
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Tommy: The sun is up and shining strong by 6:00 AM and does not set till 9:00 PM. That is 15 hours of fabricating time per day. You have to focus and use these hours more efficiently! Stop worrying about running through cane fields and get at it!!</p>
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15 hours man you crazy i have trouble doing stuff for 15 minutes i got 6 ruptured disc and i had a few neck surgeries. i ain't no speedy rabbit no more i be laid back and do what i can when i can .sometimes there are a few days that i just can't even do anything shoe if i was healthy i could really do some stuff but this is something to mess with when i feel good enough to do it. when i'm feeling allright i fiddle around with stuff and make this and that and just put it on the side and when someone wants it it there . but right now i'm changing the whole desgn of the bootsaver so i don't have anything pre made and ready or atleast cutout and ready to assemble.i'm also redoing triggers for peoples ak47's that have been hanging up . with thisgun run some of the ak's have been havin trigger problems but i figured out how to fix it and now it seems people want thier ak's fixed too.i can post some pictures of the fix if anyone has a ak that it hanging up on them it seems the hammers are riding a little to high and it rubson the bolt carrier and stops the gun from cycling properly what i do it put a blod of weld on the hook inside the trigger group and then dremmel out a new hook but lower .i done two of mine and they cycle smoother now.</p>
Tommy: The sun is up and shining strong by 6:00 AM and does not set till 9:00 PM. That is 15 hours of fabricating time per day. You have to focus and use these hours more efficiently! Stop worrying about running through cane fields and get at it!!</p>
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15 hours man you crazy i have trouble doing stuff for 15 minutes i got 6 ruptured disc and i had a few neck surgeries. i ain't no speedy rabbit no more i be laid back and do what i can when i can .sometimes there are a few days that i just can't even do anything shoe if i was healthy i could really do some stuff but this is something to mess with when i feel good enough to do it. when i'm feeling allright i fiddle around with stuff and make this and that and just put it on the side and when someone wants it it there . but right now i'm changing the whole desgn of the bootsaver so i don't have anything pre made and ready or atleast cutout and ready to assemble.i'm also redoing triggers for peoples ak47's that have been hanging up . with thisgun run some of the ak's have been havin trigger problems but i figured out how to fix it and now it seems people want thier ak's fixed too.i can post some pictures of the fix if anyone has a ak that it hanging up on them it seems the hammers are riding a little to high and it rubson the bolt carrier and stops the gun from cycling properly what i do it put a blod of weld on the hook inside the trigger group and then dremmel out a new hook but lower .i done two of mine and they cycle smoother now.</p>
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man onfoot you just brought back some memories i did the same thing you did butonly i was on a honda bigred three wheeler and it was a canefield that hadbenn left to over grow with weeds . but anyways i hit a 2' drainage ditch and flew over the bars and landed about 20 feet away just far enough for the 3 wheeler to flip a few times and land right on me man was i soar for a few weeks.</p>
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Stories like that remind me how lucky we are to be alive--shoulda been, coulda been dead more times than once!</p>
man onfoot you just brought back some memories i did the same thing you did butonly i was on a honda bigred three wheeler and it was a canefield that hadbenn left to over grow with weeds . but anyways i hit a 2' drainage ditch and flew over the bars and landed about 20 feet away just far enough for the 3 wheeler to flip a few times and land right on me man was i soar for a few weeks.</p>
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Stories like that remind me how lucky we are to be alive--shoulda been, coulda been dead more times than once!</p>
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[quote user="Onfoot"]Stories like that remind me how lucky we are to be alive--shoulda been, coulda been dead more times than once[/quote]</p>
Cheating fate....sometimes its just not your turn to go. Just last week a group of 3 fishermen at a lodge in north west Ontario were killed when a f2 tornado hit. The wierd thing is though twisters are not unheard of in these parts, they are infrequent in comparison to our southern neighbours. The 3 fisherman were American from Oklahoma where twisters were probably dodged by them all their life. They go on vacation to a lowtornado area and get hit by one while the other people at the lodge aren't touched...Bizzare</p>
Cheating fate....sometimes its just not your turn to go. Just last week a group of 3 fishermen at a lodge in north west Ontario were killed when a f2 tornado hit. The wierd thing is though twisters are not unheard of in these parts, they are infrequent in comparison to our southern neighbours. The 3 fisherman were American from Oklahoma where twisters were probably dodged by them all their life. They go on vacation to a lowtornado area and get hit by one while the other people at the lodge aren't touched...Bizzare</p>
Yep. When it's your time, it's your time, I guess. That is reputedly how Stonewall Jackson got his name in the American Civil War--he believed that he was more or less invulnerable until his time was up. So he walked about during battles, encouraging the troops and giving orders as if he was on a Sunday stroll in the park, oblivious to the bullets and shells whizzing around him. Ironically, when his time was up, he was shot by one of his own soldiers--a friendly fire incident.</p>