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Goostoff
Sep 02, 2015Explorer
Its an old truckers trick that made it into the commercial market. Dont use powder though. If it gets damp from humidity or moisture getting in the tire from putting air in it can clump up or freeze or whatever and make things way worse.
This trick has also spilled over into the off road community. We use BB's like you would shoot through a BB gun in our jeep tires. This serves a few purposes, Big mud tires usually take a lot of weight to balance. If the weight is inside it cant get ripped uff by a rock or stick. If you have a chunk of mud or snow get trapped in a rim the BB's will automatically compensate for it untill you can get to somewhere to get it cleaned out.
Another option is the airsoft gun BB's but they dont weigh very much so it takes a lot of them per tire.
This trick has also spilled over into the off road community. We use BB's like you would shoot through a BB gun in our jeep tires. This serves a few purposes, Big mud tires usually take a lot of weight to balance. If the weight is inside it cant get ripped uff by a rock or stick. If you have a chunk of mud or snow get trapped in a rim the BB's will automatically compensate for it untill you can get to somewhere to get it cleaned out.
Another option is the airsoft gun BB's but they dont weigh very much so it takes a lot of them per tire.
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