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jimh406
May 14, 2018Explorer III
Siletzspey wrote:
In all my reading, everyone raves about 19.5 tires for load and stability, but curses them for slickness and off road use. Is the rubber really that slick on road surfaces, and are dirt-n-gravel logging roads incompatible with 19.5's? I've also seen posts that the Toyo 18" tires rated at 4080 lbs are sadly slick too.
--SilerzSpey
Probably should read more. 19.5s can have great traction on/off road. They are fine off road except you can't air them down.
Tires aired really high will have less traction in some conditions, but it hasn't been a significant problem for me in 12 years.
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