Do your super swampers ride like crap

[ccmf22]

i recently cut open one of my dick cepek all terrains and picked up a set of super swamper tsl's 38.5" well lets put it this way when i go over 40 my truck feels like its bouncing, granted there probably off balance but has anyone had similar issues??

 

[johnmc]

we pick a vib.with our 35" boggers but we can do 60 to 62 mph

 

[crazy4offroad]

Mine ride like a trampoline when cold but once they warm up they smooth out. I've heard of people cutting out the balancing pad inside the tire (looks like a thick pad of rubber) and putting half of a large can of airsoft bbs in each tire to balance them out. If all else fails they could be a bad set, out of round.

 

[hirschdalechevy]

My 44's I used the balancing pad's and had the tire's shaved (they were a little out of round) and that helped out big time.You will alway's have some vibration until they warm up though. But anyway you need a tire shop that will spend time on them to get them right , most shop's just give up.With 38's you might be able to use a combo of clip on and stick on wieght's with a shave and be all good. The down side is they sometime's come off in the mud. Find a good tire shop that deal's with big rubber , (good luck).

 

[ccmf22]

thanks guys i appreciate it. i guess since it vibrates so much ive just been to afraid to go faster than 45 lol

 

[bucket]

I see in the other thread that you have SX's, they are known to be out of round. Might as well fill them with concrete, lol. I had a very shaky set too, I ran them on the freeway once, and since I didn't feel like adding lock washers to every bolt on the truck, I chose not to run them on the freeway ever again.

Mine were really bad though, there's no way I could of had them shaved... there would be no tread left on one side of the tire.

...They did ride nice when you weren't on pavement though.

 

[sean1960]

I just bought a set of 44" PitBull Rockers. If I don't have at least 16 psi in each tire they bounce like basket balls. None of them are balanced and I expected to have have a little out of round trouble. I now run 18 to 20 psi in each tire. After they warm up they ride a lot smoother and the truck handles way better than it did with the Ground Hawgs. I have had the truck over 80 mph out on the highway. The faster I went the smoother it got (scary smooth, trucks like mine don't ride smooth, comes with the territory). Try playing with the air pressure.

 

[sean1960]

New tires

 

[crazy4offroad]

Those feet look great man, have you ever considered getting AGs? From the videos I've seen they make what we struggle in look like a cakewalk.

 

[sean1960]

Those feet look great man, have you ever considered getting AGs? From the videos I've seen they make what we struggle in look like a cakewalk.

Thanks... Yes I have considered AG's but some of those tires are very heavy. If I ever put my 2 1/2 ton axles under the truck I will definitely run tractor tires in the mud.

 

[johnmc]

semi truck tire shops sell bean bags you brake the tire down and throw it in. it will disburse and balance.

 

[sean1960]

semi truck tire shops sell bean bags you brake the tire down and throw it in. it will disburse and balance.

I know people using them and I've heard mostly good reviews. The only negative thing I've heard is that until you reach about 35 mph they don't help. They need time to distribute themselves were they need to be. I may still try them.

 

[ccmf22]

I know people using them and I've heard mostly good reviews. The only negative thing I've heard is that until you reach about 35 mph they don't help. They need time to distribute themselves were they need to be. I may still try them.

this actually what might be in mine because i finally got the courage to go above 40 and when i go faster than 45 its wicked smooth like sketchy smooth

 

[bucket]

I must have had a defective set of tires then. I ran 16oz of bb's in each... didn't smooth out at any speed.

 

[delsolkm14]

I have the airsoft bb's in my 39.5" Super Swampers. I recently put them in there and the baggies haven't broken yet so can't give you a 100% that it works, but from everywhere I read, that's what works for tires above 36".