- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Who is running Comp Treps in 40" variety and how do they perform as compared to the BFG Reds? Are the sidewalls of the Treps significantly beefier?
Maxxis Competition Trepador experience?
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RockChucker
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Highland
I haven’t run treps, but used to have sticky creepy crawlers. They worked great, were super heavy and probably almost indestructible. But they burped the inner bead horribly. I started running them at 18-20 psi because they constantly burped. I think it is an artifact of the bias construction. I ultimately sold them because I got a fantastic deal on a set of sticky kr3s. They are radials and haven’t burped even a little.
I run the sticky treps on my CJ and sticky reds on my moonbuggy. The treps are awesome and last longer but it took 4 layers of gorilla tape on the inner bead before they didn't burp air and leave me with flat tires. The first time I went out I lost 2 beads within 45 minutes. The treps will outlast the reds by far and have similar performance.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
That good to know. I've got a good friend in Albuquerque who was planning on Reds, but the sidewalls get trashed pretty quick on their local trails. It seems like similar rock to our 5 Mile Pass trails.
kmboren
Recovering XJ owner anonymous
- Location
- Southern Utah
Love our 37 trepadors stickies. Like mentioned a couple of layers of Gorrilla tape fixes the inner bead burp. Plan on running 40s on the buggy build. I believe the sidewalls are better than the BFGs.
This is why I wont run them on my moonbugy, having $6000 dollars worth of wheels and tires and the only thing keeping it together is 7 dollars worth of gorilla tape is ridiculous.
You're spending too much on your Gorilla tape.
It took 2 rolls to do all 4 wheels.
TG wheels apparently don’t have the burping issue. I bet there are others as well. I know for a fact they don’t work well on Racelines 🤣When I had bias 40 Treps, I burped inner beads on Trailready wheels, but not on......the other rims I can't remember now.Never killed a sidewall though.
kmboren
Recovering XJ owner anonymous
- Location
- Southern Utah
I only had ot leak on my old used trepadors. Not never had a problem with the new set but they do have the tape just in case.
I've always heard of issues with people slashing the sidewalls on Reds but I've never seen it at a comp or in person rec wheeling. It makes me wonder if it's really that prevalent or if people just talk trash. I have however personally experienced treps coming off the bead and it seems like that is kind of swept under the rug somehow. People act like it's not a big deal but in reality it SUCKS to deal with.
Buuuuut I've seen both tires perform incredibly well, most of the time on almost identical vehicles- thanks to the comp side of things. I guess my only advice is don't buy into what a Trep fanboy or a Red fanboy have to say because people are so tribal and weird about tires
Buuuuut I've seen both tires perform incredibly well, most of the time on almost identical vehicles- thanks to the comp side of things. I guess my only advice is don't buy into what a Trep fanboy or a Red fanboy have to say because people are so tribal and weird about tires
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
Rotella.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
It's a matter of specific terrain.I've always heard of issues with people slashing the sidewalls on Reds but I've never seen it at a comp or in person rec wheeling. It makes me wonder if it's really that prevalent or if people just talk trash. I have however personally experienced treps coming off the bead and it seems like that is kind of swept under the rug somehow. People act like it's not a big deal but in reality it SUCKS to deal with.
Buuuuut I've seen both tires perform incredibly well, most of the time on almost identical vehicles- thanks to the comp side of things. I guess my only advice is don't buy into what a Trep fanboy or a Red fanboy have to say because people are so tribal and weird about tires
Two of my friends wheel together near Albuquerque. The JKU ran Milestar Patagonias until recently switching to Reds. He killed probably 6 Pats in the past two years and finally stepped up to the Reds. He's had them since August and has become quite concerned about the damage the sidewalls are taking, so he and my other friend (who is ready to step up to Reds or Treps) want to see if the sidewalls of the Treps will take the abuse better.
Neither is a fanboy of anything. They wheel hard and very often, but the rock they are on is razor sharp. They are both very good drivers and definitely not the "send it" type of drivers.
Well good on them. I've been blown away by how crazy people get about tires. For example, people will defend Pitbull Tires. That's just a level of insanity nobody should ever get to.
I was also going to say earlier that Reds or Treps will work infinitely better than Milestars
so it's funny that your buddy was running them.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Any of them will do just fine at Sand Hollow, but Pitbulls (the tires, not the puppers) are just too ugly to consider.Well good on them. I've been blown away by how crazy people get about tires. For example, people will defend Pitbull Tires. That's just a level of insanity nobody should ever get to.
I was also going to say earlier that Reds or Treps will work infinitely better than Milestars
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
Reds suck in the deep sand compared to treps that is all I know for certain.
Benjy's TJ climbed the sand mountain in St George so good with treps.
I've also ruined sidewalls on TSLs sooo anything can be ruined if you try hard enough LoL
Benjy's TJ climbed the sand mountain in St George so good with treps.
I've also ruined sidewalls on TSLs sooo anything can be ruined if you try hard enough LoL