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Hanging Tree Campout 19Aug2012

jinxspot

jinxspot

~ Bush Eater's Offroad ~
Location
Salt Lake Utah
Maverick said:
Did the sight of my punctured tire help make the decision to pack a spare? What happened?
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It sure did... I had 2 flats at EJS this year and we also had a big issue at Chainsaw a month or so back, so after seeing the sidewall puncture on the Irok and haveing 5 rigs with 8 lug we decided to load one up on my roof. I always have a inner tube and tire irons, but it was just easier to grab the whole shebang!!!
 
Maverick

Maverick

old-school
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Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
jinxspot said:
It sure did... I had 2 flats at EJS this year and we also had a big issue at Chainsaw a month or so back, so after seeing the sidewall puncture on the Irok and haveing 5 rigs with 8 lug we decided to load one up on my roof. I always have a inner tube and tire irons, but it was just easier to grab the whole shebang!!!
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I never thought of carrying an inner tube and tire irons. I had an inner tube in a spare 39 many moons ago. Would you ever run one in a regular tire? I toyed with the idea with my punctured swamper when I learned that new ones are now $516+shipping. We tried patching it but it didn't work very well. We could have used a bigger patch but I'd still be nervous if I had a big rock stick it right there, plus on the highway. I haven't thrown the punctured tire away yet...but I did just have my spare one mounted.
 
jinxspot

jinxspot

~ Bush Eater's Offroad ~
Location
Salt Lake Utah
Maverick said:
I never thought of carrying an inner tube and tire irons. I had an inner tube in a spare 39 many moons ago. Would you ever run one in a regular tire? I toyed with the idea with my punctured swamper when I learned that new ones are now $516+shipping. We tried patching it but it didn't work very well. We could have used a bigger patch but I'd still be nervous if I had a big rock stick it right there, plus on the highway. I haven't thrown the punctured tire away yet...but I did just have my spare one mounted.
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I ran 2 different 42" pitbulls this year with inner tubes due to the fact they had the sidewall punctures form EJS. I did put a boot over the gash and then ran a 12.50x16 tube with no issues... However, I had 2piece beadlock wheels and would never run them on the road.

HF has some nice, cheap, small tires irons and an inner tube is like $15... I figure that would get me (or anyone with similar flat tire issue) off the trail and probably through a weekend if need be. I also carry an additional trailer tire that could be swapped with irons if I was in dire straights too.
 
sswens1

sswens1

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Location
Millcreek
Thanks Steve, its been a long time coming, and like any project still needs a LOT. Its been fun so far. I'm uploading the HT pictures I have to photo bucket right now, I'll put them here later today hopefully. I have a video of Ryan on the waterfall I'm uploading right now as well, only problem is my camera ran out of memory right as he broke over the top! Literally right then.

Thanks a ton to Ryan for lending me his spare, definitely saved us from a headache. Ryan I really like your innertube idea I'm going to start carrying one. At the KOA I used good old fashioned tire irons Monday morning and removed the tire from the bent rim, there wasn't much air in the staun innertube, I guess it had a hole in it. Wish I would have known before the trail and the bent bead may have still held air if it had some pressure in the staun. Went to Midstate 4x4 in Richfield after dismantling everything and the guys were very helpful with the use of their shop to heat up the rim so I could pound the bead straight and sand off the burrs. I purchased some spare parts since they wouldn't take any money. After patching the staun innertube, I helped the guy at Pearson tire in Richfield mount the tire, they had never seen a staun beadlock before and I like getting my hands dirty so it worked out. Held air great and we continued our trip from there. The people of Richfield were all super friendly everywhere we stopped.
 
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Maverick

Maverick

old-school
Location
Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
sswens1 said:
Thanks Steve, its been a long time coming, and like any project still needs a LOT. Its been fun so far. I'm uploading the HT pictures I have to photo bucket right now, I'll put them here later today hopefully. I have a video of Ryan on the waterfall I'm uploading right now as well, only problem is my camera ran out of memory right as he broke over the top! Literally right then.

Thanks a ton to Ryan for lending me his spare, definitely saved us from a headache. Ryan I really like your innertube idea I'm going to start carrying one. At the KOA I used good old fashioned tire irons Monday morning and removed the tire from the bent rim, there wasn't much air in the staun innertube, I guess it had a hole in it. Wish I would have known before the trail and the bent bead may have still held air if it had some pressure in the staun. Went to Midstate 4x4 in Richfield after dismantling everything and the guys were very helpful with the use of their shop to heat up the rim so I could pound the bead straight and sand off the burrs. I purchased some spare parts since they wouldn't take any money. After patching the staun innertube, I helped the guy at Pearson tire in Richfield mount the tire, they had never seen a staun beadlock before and I like getting my hands dirty so it worked out. Held air great and we continued our trip from there. The people of Richfield were all super friendly everywhere we stopped.
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Would you do the Stauns again? I keep coming back to them as an alternative to beadlocks.
 
sswens1

sswens1

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Location
Millcreek
this is my first experience with them, only had them since may. I would get them again I just need to beef up the aluminum rim. the lowest I have run is 5psi and watched the tires fold and twist and no de-beading yet. One really nice thing about them is if you did break a bead, which I haven't yet, all you have to do is inflate the staun and it pushes the bead back on. With air and tire irons you could make quick work of a trail tire repair. As long as you don't have a popped innertube like I did then they are fully functional beadlocks as far as I'm concerned. I also like the ability to run any wheel you want.


Here is a link to my hanging tree album on photobucket.

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/sswens1/Hanging Tree 08192012/

Here is a link to the video of Ryan that my camera ran out of memory just as he got it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY23MouQTY0&feature=youtu.be
 
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xjtony

xjtony

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Location
Grantsville, Ut
Here are some more unedited videos.
Tylers Yota
[video=youtube_share;0fBc2Ww1J9U]http://youtu.be/0fBc2Ww1J9U[/video]
Ryan making the last waterfall look easy
[video=youtube_share;qpX8zuCSJMI]http://youtu.be/qpX8zuCSJMI[/video]
Scott making it up
[video=youtube_share;ftw8umyG7oI]http://youtu.be/ftw8umyG7oI[/video]
 
flexyfool

flexyfool

GDW
Location
Boise, Idaho
The Stauns don't work with all types of rims. I know a guy who could never get them to seat against the bead until he changed the type of rim. I think the problem rims were steel Black Soft 8's.

Also, if you don't catch a flat tire quickly, the Stauns gets ripped, punctured, and spun. I've seen this happen 3 times. They work great until a tire gets punctured. Then, there's a good chance you have a tire off the bead and a wrecked Staun.
 
sswens1

sswens1

Active Member
Location
Millcreek
flexyfool said:
The Stauns don't work with all types of rims. I know a guy who could never get them to seat against the bead until he changed the type of rim. I think the problem rims were steel Black Soft 8's.

Also, if you don't catch a flat tire quickly, the Stauns gets ripped, punctured, and spun. I've seen this happen 3 times. They work great until a tire gets punctured. Then, there's a good chance you have a tire off the bead and a wrecked Staun.
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I haven't had them very long but I could see that is possible. I would think carrying a spare staun would solve the problem if that was to happen.

I still cant believe how slick that waterfall was
 
jinxspot

jinxspot

~ Bush Eater's Offroad ~
Location
Salt Lake Utah
XJtony said:
My carnage for the trip
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Holy crap tony talk about a fuseable link!!!! That thing could have potentially saved you hundreds, if not a thousand buckaroos.
 
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jinxspot

jinxspot

~ Bush Eater's Offroad ~
Location
Salt Lake Utah
Oh yeah, the more I watch the video when I go up the launching pad how do ya like the sling-shotting action of the rear steer to get my azz end up the last 8" of ledge!!!
 
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