Rockstomper Beadlocks (pics)
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Vonski
nothing to see here...
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- Payson, Utah
OK, as I mentioned above, the rings w/o hardware are $28 ea. Counter-sunk holes are an extra $25 per ring. Carl welded up his 17" DIY beadlocks ealier today. 
muleskinner
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- Enoch, UT
Have you had them on the road yet? I just wonder if they can be run at speed? Are they even close to balanced? I've heard of puting BB's in you tires to help. (not sure if that really works)
I've been running them on the road since Monday. I can tell they are slightly out of balance, but no more than they were before. I was cruising 65 pretty smooth yesterday on the highway just to see how they would do. I approve!
And they hold air too! No leaks at all!
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- Sandy, Ut
Don't know about BB's but Equal seems to really work great... I run my MRT's with nothing..they seem to balance OK... I can't imagine the DIY ones would be much different if assembled correctly... If I could do it over, I think I would do the DIY kits from RockLogic... The MRT ones are a bit pricy and take forever to show up. JMO...
muleskinner
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- Enoch, UT
Awsome. Lets see some pics!
MD11Fr8Dog
Fa Shizzle my Dizzle
- Location
- Steamboat Springs, CO
I plan on going with nothing, then trying golf balls! If that doesn't work, my local tire guy wants me to go with Equal (lots of packets of artificial sweetener??
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MD11Fr8Dog
Fa Shizzle my Dizzle
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- Steamboat Springs, CO
Vonski
nothing to see here...
- Location
- Payson, Utah
I would think that the only ones who care are the UHP. The last time I was pulled over, the UHP officer said nothing about my beadlocks. He was more concerned about nothing covering my rear tires. I'm not convinced that they care a whole lot about the rims. However, your results may vary.
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- South Carolina....no public land
Originally posted by MD11Fr8Dog
I plan on going with nothing, then trying golf balls! If that doesn't work, my local tire guy wants me to go with Equal (lots of packets of artificial sweetener??). He's got lots of experience with large trucks using the stuff!
Please tell me you're joking about the golf balls.....Have you ever seen a truck tire that has run golf balls in it? Have you ever seen the golf balls after running in a truck tire?
Here's an idea, just go to your local hardware store, and buy a bag of playground sand. you'd have a never ending supply of stuff to throw in your tires. Why spend $10 plus for a 4oz bag of sand??
Originally posted by MD11Fr8Dog
I plan on going with nothing, then trying golf balls! If that doesn't work, my local tire guy wants me to go with Equal (lots of packets of artificial sweetener??). He's got lots of experience with large trucks using the stuff!
The problem with using equal for our use is it clumps up from moister, how do you get moister in your tires you ask? Each time you air up you put a little or a lot of moister in your tires...since we air up and down a lot in our sport you tend to get a lot of moister in you tires...I agree the stuff works great for semis and such but they dont air up and down like we do...
I have heard of several different things form the BBs to golf balls to antifreeze...really anything that will shift its weight equally to where it is needed would work...each thing(IMO) has its down side...BBs-rust and clump, Golf balls-limited amount of "adjustment", antifreeze-corrosive, equal-clumping...see what I mean
muleskinner
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- Enoch, UT
Originally posted by supergper
I have heard of several different things form the BBs to golf balls to antifreeze...really anything that will shift its weight equally to where it is needed would work...each thing(IMO) has its down side...BBs-rust and clump, Golf balls-limited amount of "adjustment", antifreeze-corrosive, equal-clumping...see what I mean
How about .177 cal. lead pellets they weigh 14 gr. ea.
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- Sandy, Ut
I assume you are thinking of equal the artificial sweetner... The Equal we are talking about is an assortment of small pellets...made exactly for putting in tires...works great but is rather costly...
I would never put the sweetner in my tires....
Read Seans post for more info on Equal...
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- Sandy, Ut
I'll save you the time of reading through the website for more info...
If Water Is Inside A Tire, Does It Have Any Effect On Equal?
Equal does not absorb moisture in any manner. Equal is a plastic polymer granule, and thus water or moisture will not change its composition. Moisture that accumulates inside the tire will evaporate due to normal driving conditions and therefore is in contact with Equal for a very short time. Equal, when in contact with large amounts of water--to the point where it is actually floating in the pooled water--will do just that, float. This will interfere with the ability of Equal to optimize the given tire in the way that the tire dealer or fleet had intended when installing the product. Simply, this means that although Equal will never damage the tire in any way, if it is in contact with large amounts of water, it cannot perform its job. Again, it is important to reiterate, that in most cases, moisture will evaporate due to the heat build up in normal driving, and once the moisture has evaporated, Equal will perform as it originally did
If Water Is Inside A Tire, Does It Have Any Effect On Equal?
Equal does not absorb moisture in any manner. Equal is a plastic polymer granule, and thus water or moisture will not change its composition. Moisture that accumulates inside the tire will evaporate due to normal driving conditions and therefore is in contact with Equal for a very short time. Equal, when in contact with large amounts of water--to the point where it is actually floating in the pooled water--will do just that, float. This will interfere with the ability of Equal to optimize the given tire in the way that the tire dealer or fleet had intended when installing the product. Simply, this means that although Equal will never damage the tire in any way, if it is in contact with large amounts of water, it cannot perform its job. Again, it is important to reiterate, that in most cases, moisture will evaporate due to the heat build up in normal driving, and once the moisture has evaporated, Equal will perform as it originally did
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
One good thing about wigger street trucks,... they are starting to run the fake beadlock wheels... makes mine look more legal... I drive mine quite a bit on the highway and havn't had an issue yet...knock on wood...
Thats cool, but it isn't what I have experienced with it...they are correct moister will evaporate under normal driving conditions because your tires will heat up but going <5mph is not normal driving conditions...like you said the stuff is expensive and when I used it, it clumped like a mofo
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- Sandy, Ut
Originally posted by supergper
Thats cool, but it isn't what I have experienced with it...they are correct moister will evaporate under normal driving conditions because your tires will heat up but going <5mph is not normal driving conditions...like you said the stuff is expensive and when I used it, it clumped like a mofo
I guess it really depends on how much you drive and such... for a daily driver, all of the vator vapor should naturally evaporate as it is driven, making Equal work just fine...
If your driving 5 mph, why care about balancing your tires at all... its kindve moot subject at 5 mph...
Everyone I have ever talked with about the stuff, has had good luck with it, but most are careful about what compressed air they use, I personally have a water filter on my air anyway, it ruins tools too!... Other than that fill up with CO2 and you shouldn't have any water vapor in there (at least I beleive not)...