Originally Posted by ribka
Originally Posted by high_country_
I put some new shoes on my 5500 4x4 today. I have $1375.00 in 6 new Otani 650's. These are about the perfect mix for a forest service road / snow tire in a 19.5. Softish tread compound, lots of sipes, studable and decent voids.....and not Chinese.

I added a set of centramatic balancers while I was at it which imo should be factory for any truck that will see gravel roads.

The poor guys at the tire joint were not able to get the duals free...so I had to take it home and put a strap and chain fall on it to break it loose. All done now and I am happy with it.


Never heard about balancers and dirt roads

When you drive on gravel, you always end up with rock stuck in the tires. The centramatic will dynamically balance it.

Originally Posted by BrentD

I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.