Goodyear MTR Stickies?

TacomaJD · Apr 21, 2016

There's no way a 43 SX sticky measures 40". :****: They are way bigger than 39 reds and 39 reds measure true to size.

How are you measuring these tires? Proper way to measure mounted on a rig would be from one side to the other, not from the ground up. As when running low air pressure, of course a tire is not going to measure the correct height from the ground with the weight of a rig on it.

02Jimmy · Apr 21, 2016

Ok I did miss by 1/2 inch, story of my life! NEW 43 Sticky mounted at 12 psi. Best I can tell its 40 1/2 max. This is OFF of rig no weight.

infamous1 · Apr 21, 2016

Re:

I'm calling BS.............I'll measure mine tonight

mckeddie · Apr 21, 2016

42 mtr and 42 irok are the only 42'' sticky for a 17" rim too. You couldn't pay me to run an irok ever again.

muddinmetal · Apr 21, 2016

mckeddie said:
42 mtr and 42 irok are the only 42'' sticky for a 17" rim too. You couldn't pay me to run an irok ever again.

Bogger

TacomaJD · Apr 21, 2016

mckeddie said:
42 mtr and 42 irok are the only 42'' sticky for a 17" rim too. You couldn't pay me to run an irok ever again.

I have rode with a guy that had a set of "sticky" iroks and they didn't seem to do much better than than regular ones.

matlock · Apr 21, 2016

Great tires, true to size, not baby sized BFGs, not heavy as hell SXs. :dblthumb:

I thought I would hate 'em, but quickly recognized them as the BEST tire I've ran since cut TSLs

Video does no justice, I was running 30psi (seriously) that day so Gus & Timmie keep up ;D

There even great in mud :smoke:

https://youtu.be/KD2L5E1MRzo

https://youtu.be/HcsCkiZcqkw

TacomaJD · Apr 21, 2016

Dang, don't you know heroes s'posed to air down?! :flipoff1:

smbroady82 · Apr 21, 2016

I just took a tape measure outside to check on the treps.... I was a little dissappointed

Chris S · Apr 21, 2016

My 43's measured within a 1/4" of called size mounted with 10lbs of air in them off the rig

02Jimmy · Apr 21, 2016

My 4 New Stickies must have been run on the 40 inch day? They sure say 43 on the outside though. All I have checked have been short from the floor to the top of tire, No big deal just the nature of the beast.

sledneck · Apr 21, 2016

40" treps measure 38"ish mine are about 1/2 tread and measure 37.5" :****: I had some goodyear stickies years ago and they were real good tires. I might say they were better than treps.

kbebs · Apr 21, 2016

Agree with Matlock- I ran a set of 39 BFG reds on my ranger truggy for 4 seasons and they were great on dry rocks-struggled in slop- worst in freezing thawing early spring rides. Went with the 40" MTR stickies a few seasons ago. Much better in the mud and close to the reds in dry rocks. I wish I had gotten the 42's when I got the 40's-they were available then........ On the rig at 10psi the MTRs are almost a true 40. The reds were 37" on the rig at 10psi when I sold them.

5BrothersFabrication · Apr 21, 2016

kbebs said:
Agree with Matlock- I ran a set of 39 BFG reds on my ranger truggy for 4 seasons and they were great on dry rocks-struggled in slop- worst in freezing thawing early spring rides. Went with the 40" MTR stickies a few seasons ago. Much better in the mud and close to the reds in dry rocks. I wish I had gotten the 42's when I got the 40's-they were available then........ On the rig at 10psi the MTRs are almost a true 40. The reds were 37" on the rig at 10psi when I sold them.

Nice Ranger! drool Any more pics or thread?

smbroady82 · Apr 21, 2016

sledneck said:
40" treps measure 38"ish mine are about 1/2 tread and measure 37.5" :****: I had some goodyear stickies years ago and they were real good tires. I might say they were better than treps.

That's about what I was coming up with earlier today

oh well, taller than the 37in reds were I ran for years and did just fine

jp fan · Apr 21, 2016

May want to give Desert Rat Off-road a call they show them online :dunno:

02Jimmy · Apr 21, 2016

I called them, said they havnt had them in over a year. They are supposed to be checking on them though.

FlatlandFSJ · Apr 22, 2016

kbebs said:
Agree with Matlock- I ran a set of 39 BFG reds on my ranger truggy for 4 seasons and they were great on dry rocks-struggled in slop- worst in freezing thawing early spring rides. Went with the 40" MTR stickies a few seasons ago. Much better in the mud and close to the reds in dry rocks. I wish I had gotten the 42's when I got the 40's-they were available then........ On the rig at 10psi the MTRs are almost a true 40. The reds were 37" on the rig at 10psi when I sold them.

derail...Could you notice a difference in the reds before and after slicing the tread blocks?

kbebs · Apr 22, 2016

[Nice Ranger! Drool Any more pics or thread?]

Thanks-built it in '08/9. Mainly just trail runs. Let me know if you want a specific shot of build-some pics of it but not many.

[derail...Could you notice a difference in the reds before and after slicing the tread blocks?]

I can't take credit for that tire- it was my spare and came from a comp team back in the day. I remember talking with them about the said rape of the tire- Their comment was "we were sponsored and wanted to take "siping" to the next level.!! Supposedly, it improved noticeably the dry rock performance but wore much worse than normal red wear!! I also remember them talking about some extra chunking as well- midwest/west coast comps with that deal.