bead locks on a all purpose rig??
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broncodan
For Your Viewing Pleasure
- Location
- Draper, UT
Beadlocks are illegal. A highway patrol officer will nail you everytime. I know that with big rigs it is hard enough to not get pulled over, and this would just add another reason to the list.
Good point, I know they are illegal but with all the new wheels out there with "simulated" locks, I am not very concerned. Thank you mall wheelers!
I'm sure a cop will nail me for no mud flaps or my flairs not totaly covering my tires.
I'm trying to decide if having the ability to air down and not worry about the bead popping is worth the pain in the butt (if any).
BTW, how's the bronco?
I'm sure a cop will nail me for no mud flaps or my flairs not totaly covering my tires.
I'm trying to decide if having the ability to air down and not worry about the bead popping is worth the pain in the butt (if any).
BTW, how's the bronco?
BCGPER
Starting Another Thread
- Location
- Sunny Arizona
You know you can't balance them right?? They blow on the street.
broncodan
For Your Viewing Pleasure
- Location
- Draper, UT
The Bronco is coming along, but slowly. I am currently fixing all the HORRIBLE factory welds, removing shock mounts and such. It is going to be a long project. I have been real busy lately, but my business slows down in the winter (which unfortunately means money slows down) 
. I am ordering the parts this week to get the axles built. The only expensive part coming up is the suspension kit, which I ought to order in the next couple weeks. Things will start going quicker here shortly, I really want to have it ready for spring. I am going to take you up on the sandblasting. I have a TON of small parts I want to clean up. Where are you at in Draper?
. I am ordering the parts this week to get the axles built. The only expensive part coming up is the suspension kit, which I ought to order in the next couple weeks. Things will start going quicker here shortly, I really want to have it ready for spring. I am going to take you up on the sandblasting. I have a TON of small parts I want to clean up. Where are you at in Draper?
PBandCJ
like the "sam-itch"
- Location
- North Dakota
broncodan said:
Ya, that right ,you better just give them to me and I'll get the tickets for you
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
In addition to the legal issues, there are some other headaches that come with beadlocks. Especially with only 16 bolts, they will probably leak quite a bit. You will need to check them and air them back up probably weekly.
jrpcinders
Registered User
- Location
- Provo
beadlocks
I ran my beadlocks on my tj when it was drivving on the road all the time, but you do need to balance them. Also when you air up after taking it wheeling you should check the bolts. Oh it is illigal, but the uhp and city cops don't know about the beadlocks. They also make a street legal beadlock but I think that they are bucks.
I ran my beadlocks on my tj when it was drivving on the road all the time, but you do need to balance them. Also when you air up after taking it wheeling you should check the bolts. Oh it is illigal, but the uhp and city cops don't know about the beadlocks. They also make a street legal beadlock but I think that they are bucks.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Find me a state law that indicaltes beadlocks are illegal in the State of Utah...
I have run my 36 bolt MRT's for 4 years... daily drove it for quite a while, not to mention to all the trails... Never been questioned... I have been pulled over several times by UHP, not a word?
I have run my 36 bolt MRT's for 4 years... daily drove it for quite a while, not to mention to all the trails... Never been questioned... I have been pulled over several times by UHP, not a word?
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
And yes, my MRT's have a DOT stamp on the shell...
http://www.off-road.com/suzuki/press/2005_04/impact.html
http://www.jeephorizons.com/news/highimpact_031805.html
There was another one at EJS that is DOT "tested"
http://www.off-road.com/suzuki/press/2005_04/impact.html
http://www.jeephorizons.com/news/highimpact_031805.html
There was another one at EJS that is DOT "tested"
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Shawn said:Ya but you look like a respectable adult....
So I wear Dickies, hoodies, and doo-rags... makes me a fricken bad guy
toys4rocks
I didn't mean to do that!
- Location
- Lehi
cruiseroutfit said:
Finally, some one actually says it! There is a standing reward for the official PROVEN illegality of bead locks for $1000, on the PBB.
There are also numerous threads on how to balance beadlocked tires.
Kris K
4x4 Addict!
- Location
- Heber City, UT
toys4rocks said:
Do you have a link I need the extra $1000.
toys4rocks
I didn't mean to do that!
- Location
- Lehi
Kris K said:
Ok, not being from the horses mouth, it went from $50 to $1000.
Sorry, should have researched the bounty before posting.
The first link has some good info about beadlocks, the second is rockstompers bounty.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393369&highlight=reward+beadlock+rockstomper
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363606&highlight=reward+beadlock+rockstomper
Kris K
4x4 Addict!
- Location
- Heber City, UT
41-6a-1636-3.
Tires which are prohibited -- Regulatory powers of state transportation department -- Winter use of studs -- Special permits -- Tread depth.
(1) A solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(2) A person may not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having a metal tire in contact with the roadway.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not have a tire on a vehicle that is moved on a highway that has on the tire's periphery a block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. (4) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Department of Transportation may make rules to permit the use of tires on a vehicle having protuberances other than rubber, if the department concludes that protuberances do not:
(a) damage the highway significantly; or
(b) constitute a hazard to life, health, or property.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person may use:
(a) a tire with protuberances consisting of tungsten carbide studs on a vehicle if the studs:
(i) are only used during the winter periods of October fifteenth through December thirty-first and January first through March thirty-first of each year;
(ii) do not project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire more than .050 inches; and
(iii) are not used on a vehicle with a maximum gross weight in excess of 9,000 pounds unless the vehicle is an emergency vehicle or school bus;
(b) farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway; and
(c) tire chains of reasonable proportions on a vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a highway authority, for a highway under its jurisdiction, may issue special permits authorizing the operation on a highway of:
(a) farm tractors;
(b) other farm machinery; or
(c) traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations on the periphery of the movable tracks.
(7) (a) A person may not operate a vehicle if one or more of the tires in use on the vehicle:
(i) is in an unsafe operating condition; or
(ii) has a tread depth less than 2/32 inch measured in any two adjacent tread grooves at three equally spaced intervals around the circumference of the tire.
(b) The measurement under Subsection (7)(a) may not be made at the location of any tread wear indicator, tie bar, hump, or fillet.
(8) A person in the business of selling tires may not sell or offer for sale for highway use any tire prohibited for use under Subsection (7).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
Download Code Section Zipped WP 6/7/8 41_04198.ZIP 4,774 Bytes
Tires which are prohibited -- Regulatory powers of state transportation department -- Winter use of studs -- Special permits -- Tread depth.
(1) A solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(2) A person may not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having a metal tire in contact with the roadway.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not have a tire on a vehicle that is moved on a highway that has on the tire's periphery a block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. (4) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Department of Transportation may make rules to permit the use of tires on a vehicle having protuberances other than rubber, if the department concludes that protuberances do not:
(a) damage the highway significantly; or
(b) constitute a hazard to life, health, or property.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person may use:
(a) a tire with protuberances consisting of tungsten carbide studs on a vehicle if the studs:
(i) are only used during the winter periods of October fifteenth through December thirty-first and January first through March thirty-first of each year;
(ii) do not project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire more than .050 inches; and
(iii) are not used on a vehicle with a maximum gross weight in excess of 9,000 pounds unless the vehicle is an emergency vehicle or school bus;
(b) farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway; and
(c) tire chains of reasonable proportions on a vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a highway authority, for a highway under its jurisdiction, may issue special permits authorizing the operation on a highway of:
(a) farm tractors;
(b) other farm machinery; or
(c) traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations on the periphery of the movable tracks.
(7) (a) A person may not operate a vehicle if one or more of the tires in use on the vehicle:
(i) is in an unsafe operating condition; or
(ii) has a tread depth less than 2/32 inch measured in any two adjacent tread grooves at three equally spaced intervals around the circumference of the tire.
(b) The measurement under Subsection (7)(a) may not be made at the location of any tread wear indicator, tie bar, hump, or fillet.
(8) A person in the business of selling tires may not sell or offer for sale for highway use any tire prohibited for use under Subsection (7).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
Download Code Section Zipped WP 6/7/8 41_04198.ZIP 4,774 Bytes
toys4rocks
I didn't mean to do that!
- Location
- Lehi
I guess I am missing the correlation between studs and beadlocks?? This subsection is talking about protuberences past the "tread", or traction surface.