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Campfire Kahuna
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Last time that I checked, in Texas, all the vehicle tires must be covered by fenders. Mostly for the protection of other drivers , maybe. If those funny rigs are run only off road, who cares? Otherwise, they are a public nuisance and danger on paved public roads.
Off road? With twice the width hitting the dirt, it would be a flat fixer's dream come true... 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I think a narrower tire works better in snow and ice. No think about it, they do.  Was on a journey, trying to retrieve a travel trailer abandoned at elk camp, where we had the opposite experience. The narrow-tired rig struggled as the wide-tired rig ran circles around it. So, I gotta give it a not always and depends.... Pizza cutter tires effect, lol
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I'll bet that truck has never even been off road. Going for the "cool factor" only. That's the "macho" factor kicking in. Another example being the Ram guys with the mirrors tilted out, permanently - not towing. A young lady I know calls them "elkhorns" All for look - not for function.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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It's not just the 20" tires that suck
It's the actual wheel offset that pushes 'em out......
Totally fuggin' stupid
Like to see it running a rocky dry stream bed in Utah @ 16PSI
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I'll bet that truck has never even been off road. Going for the "cool factor" only. Clear your cards, folks; we have a bingo. Yup. Might be interesting when one of those rear bearings slips and the wheel and axle start running in the next lane over. Are you talking about irreducible complexity? ^^^Definitey irreducible complexity^^^
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Seen 3 such rigs this weekend and it drives me nuts. I don't get it, either get a lot taller lift, do something with the fenders, or get tires that fit your damn truck. Only thing that gets me more in the road is the Honda Civic with the 100 db muffler that makes the owner think he's a race car driver. ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/f8/f9/9bf8f9810673f5166af5d5b81fcb365c.jpg) Do you ever drive in soft sand? If you did you would like those tires. every tire has its use for sure! I don't like big wide ones. Had a set in my teens. Went to skinny tall ones since then and so far so good.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Campfire Outfitter
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Seemed to be a thing in hawaii, super wide tires sticking way out. I see a few bro diesels around here like that, generally with truck nuts on the back 
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid"
John Wayne
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I'll bet that truck has never even been off road. Going for the "cool factor" only. That's the "macho" factor kicking in. Another example being the Ram guys with the mirrors tilted out, permanently - not towing. A young lady I know calls them "elkhorns" All for look - not for function. Nephew does that. I call it lil dic syndrome. Dumbest damn thing. Well maybe not. He was the fool that put truck nuts on his truck and wife cut them off. I just tilt his mirrors in every time. Funniest part is he has hit more chit and both mirrors are broken. Pull em in you idiot.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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