HALE mountain annual FEB JAM February 1st-3rd 2019

jccarter1 · Feb 7, 2019

Well it was very good experience the buggy is nothing like anything I have ever wheeled it is a straight technical crawler if you and put tires on dry rock or keep from dragging belly it will climb it but the only downside is the smaller tires and low belly clearance that ledge in the picture is a straight up 6 ft ledge it would crawl up on it fine but the break over hangs the belly and it dosent really make the power to bump over it. I also learned that reds need low air pressure when we got there I was kinda disappointed on how it was working and then we got to talking about and someone asked about air pressure I told them probably 25-30 and needless to say they were shocked dropped it to 3 psi and it was night and day differance.

kmcminn · Feb 7, 2019

jccarter1 said:
Well it was very good experience the buggy is nothing like anything I have ever wheeled it is a straight technical crawler if you and put tires on dry rock or keep from dragging belly it will climb it but the only downside is the smaller tires and low belly clearance that ledge in the picture is a straight up 6 ft ledge it would crawl up on it fine but the break over hangs the belly and it dosent really make the power to bump over it. I also learned that reds need low air pressure when we got there I was kinda disappointed on how it was working and then we got to talking about and someone asked about air pressure I told them probably 25-30 and needless to say they were shocked dropped it to 3 psi and it was night and day differance.

Crazy thought. But can you groove the baja's

CHASMAN9 · Feb 7, 2019

kmcminn said:
Crazy thought. But can you groove the baja's

I believe Dale Larsen ran them cut on his FJ buggy.

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kmcminn · Feb 7, 2019

CHASMAN9 said:
I believe Dale Larsen ran them cut on his FJ buggy.

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Bfg Baja not the MT

jccarter1 · Feb 7, 2019

Are you saying groove as in cut the rubber between the tread blocks to make them lighter and deeper treads or are you saying break the tread into two pieces. I think on rock they are perfect but they dont have deep enough tread for mud they just slick over

kmcminn · Feb 7, 2019

jccarter1 said:
Are you saying groove as in cut the rubber between the tread blocks to make them lighter and deeper treads or are you saying break the tread into two pieces. I think on rock they are perfect but they dont have deep enough tread for mud they just slick over

Groove in between the blocks make them have a deeper lug.

muddinmetal · Feb 7, 2019

You can go 6/32s of an inch deeper on the reds I have done and I'd bet Baja have just as much meat if not much more

Bebop · Feb 8, 2019

jccarter1 said:
Well it was very good experience the buggy is nothing like anything I have ever wheeled it is a straight technical crawler if you and put tires on dry rock or keep from dragging belly it will climb it but the only downside is the smaller tires and low belly clearance that ledge in the picture is a straight up 6 ft ledge it would crawl up on it fine but the break over hangs the belly and it dosent really make the power to bump over it. I also learned that reds need low air pressure when we got there I was kinda disappointed on how it was working and then we got to talking about and someone asked about air pressure I told them probably 25-30 and needless to say they were shocked dropped it to 3 psi and it was night and day differance.

Thank you for the feedback.

On such a light rig, I bet it made a hell of a difference.

Are you running 25-30psi in your big buggy ?

jccarter1 · Feb 8, 2019

Yea on my big buggy I have found that with +20 psi it seems to do better and handle alot more predictable also allows me to hit stuff with more momentum and to be honest it has been so long since I have ever aired down I didn't even think about it