39 Reds VS. 43 SX swampers

Sawzall said:

Someone should set up an 43 vs Red shootout at one of the "Rock" crawling parks to settle this.

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Something like this ^^^^^ was talked about at Mountainside one time... 3-5 similar rigs on all the sticky tires crawling a flat dry slab, followed by them all taking the same line after the slab was soaked would be

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tyldyl12 said:

I think the only way this could be done, fairly, is to use the same rig, and just change tires/wheels out.

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If I remember correctly the amount of work that would entail is why it never happened before... Tire newness would really mess everything up too

Do it at Chocco on boat ramp! a flat, slick rock with water running down it!

zukimaster said:

Do it at Chocco on boat ramp! a flat, slick rock with water running down it!

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Yep, then blast showtime hill. And finally a comfort test back to camp for the trail kings. laughing1

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tyldyl12 said:

I think the only way this could be done, fairly, is to use the same rig, and just change tires/wheels out.

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the KORE buggy that I used to have seen all three tires mentioned above:

39 reds
43 SX stickies
42 reds

I would rate them in that order - I'm not a fan of 42 krawlers, they just don't work well

the weight was my biggest complaint on the 43 SX - but overall traction didn't seem as good as the 39 krawler.....but the 43 SX made up for some of that with the extra ground clearance

the extra height that the 43 has made a huge difference with big ledges, ruts, and undercuts....but I still wouldn't trade the extra traction that the 39 reds have

I will run BFG's until someone makes me stop, but I don't think you would be dissapointed with either tire

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rednecklights said:

Jon Piper

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Making them mad just makes them work even better.

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Daniel, we're just fanbois because we like the best tire made for CRAWLING. Lol

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rednecklights said:

Jon Piper

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Your just jealous cause your **** wont hold up to them!

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BUG-E J said:

Your just jealous cause your **** wont hold up to them!

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Says the man that has finished how many races? Who also has a bolt broken on his beadlocks. Bahahaha maybe you should get some.

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kmcminn said:

Says the man that has finished how many races? Who also has a bolt broken on his beadlocks. Bahahaha maybe you should get some.

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hahaha not even BUGE-J's tires. I figure hell I got like 30 something more bolts what is one gonna hurt

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kmcminn said:

Says the man that has finished how many races? Who also has a bolt broken on his beadlocks. Bahahaha maybe you should get some.

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I was top ten 2 years ago going into the finals. I'm sorry I don't have endless amounts of money to throw at one. If you woulda seen me at rbd you would know I'm almost back!

Someone asked earlier in this thread. Snapped a decent comparison pic from this weekend. The rig with the Krawlers is mine. Jay (guy with the sticky SXs) and I rode together all day and evening. It was wet and nasty. I always pay attention to how tires hook. I felt like it was pretty even all day with him making some obstacles a little easier than me, and me hooking on some things a little easier at times. Great ride overall.

Good comparison.

I say the SX looks like it needs the center treads opened up a bit. Maybe one groover blade with off the front of each center tread block...

I ended up getting the SX's and we rode AOP this weekend. They were freaking BADASS it was muddy as hell and I climbed **** that some of my buddy's got denied on and we had reds,treps, pit bull rockers, stickey iroks.

Good choice

nealcj8 said:

I ended up getting the SX's and we rode AOP this weekend. They were freaking BADASS it was muddy as hell and I climbed **** that some of my buddy's got denied on and we had reds,treps, pit bull rockers, stickey iroks.

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assume you are talking about the sticky SXs?

Yes the SX's

nealcj8 said:

I ended up getting the SX's and we rode AOP this weekend. They were freaking BADASS it was muddy as hell and I climbed **** that some of my buddy's got denied on and we had reds,treps, pit bull rockers, stickey iroks.

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You definitely spanked my arse at the AOP ride, but it was not a wore out red label kinda weekend. You got tha horses and big knobbies for sure. Boggers would have been my tire of choice this weekend. Maybe we can get another shoot out at Hale Mtn. in Feb.???

offroadwerks said:

You definitely spanked my arse at the AOP ride, but it was not a wore out red label kinda weekend. You got tha horses and big knobbies for sure. Boggers would have been my tire of choice this weekend. Maybe we can get another shoot out at Hale Mtn. in Feb.???

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There's a big difference in wore out red labels vs new tread red labels when it's wet and nasty. New tread Red's dig a lot better in the soft stuff than people realize. I run a new set every year so I never really go under 80%.

TBItoy said:

Good comparison.

I say the SX looks like it needs the center treads opened up a bit. Maybe one groover blade with off the front of each center tread block...

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I agree the centers need to be cut , just not sure what cut would do the best.