Barrow Tires

I've been through a lot of tires. I like running tubeless tires and no Slime.

The OE tires were Deli brand and made in Indonesia. I really liked those tires. Then I had 2 sets of no name China tires. Heavy, wore down fast, and all were easily punctured by stickers/thorns. Not to mention they weren't very round. Then I had a set of Nanco slicks; made in Indonesia. I really liked those tires. They slowly leaked down every few days from the time they were new. 3 years later; when the buggy was particularly dirty and I was cleaning it up; I discovered the source of the leak. The right side "screw" imprint from where the nameplate in the tire mold goes. Same spot on every tire including the spare! I contacted the company who imports those tires and he wanted those tires back. Tire Easy also wanted them back. They wound up refunding the tires 60% of cost. Not bad after 3 years of use. All I wanted was the tire issue fixed so if in the future I buy more; they won't leak like that. You can bet if I ever have another of the same brand; I will leak check them when I first put air in them. I'd still be riding those tires had they not leaked.

So now I currently have a set of Carlisle's; made in China no less; but they seem to be really nice. Hold air better than any.

I got ribbed tires this time to change things up. After being on those slicks for so long and slip sliding around; the grooves in these are actually nice for a change. If you ride on grass and you want your buggy to slide around easier; definitely look into some smooth tires.

That brings me to the subject of 2 ply and 4 ply. I did some searching around and someone asked the same question for a different application. The response was "how much load carrying capacity do you need?". I looked into some more. The tread cap is the exact same on a 2 ply or a 4 ply. The extra plys are in the tire casing. When you burn through the tread and cords are showing; how much further do you continue to go?

2 plys weigh less and are less expensive. 4 ply; more weight, more money.

I've had both numerous times and for my application I just run 2 plys. I found the 4 plys to last no longer, nor be more puncture resistant.

So if on your next set of tires; if you want to save weight/money; consider the 2 plys.

That's just my take on the matter.

I've got a set of "bigfoot lites". Ran them for a little while. Made the buggy feel like a monster truck. Also made it feel like a tank. Really ate up a lot of power trying to get around. A must have though on certain beaches though(why I originally got them).

I have yet to experience the midi tires though. Someone here has them and does 360's on the grass and said they slide easier.


Here's the Nanco's with some tire mounting solution on them so the leak point would foam up:






And when it was a monster truck:

Last year, I was thinking about tires myself, and I went to a golf cart repair shop and got 2 barely used tires (Golf Pro). They are treaded unlike most buggy tires, but essentially bare (or slick) in the middle. I don't ride as hard as most, but these are big and pretty substantial. They kinda seem like they will last forever in this application. They are 8.5x18-8 so once you put them on the 2.5" buggy wheels they end up being pretty big, somewhere between Midis and BF's. They were too big for my front fork so I ordered a Nanco 6.5x16-8 ribbed.



Altogether I think I spent like $26 changing g out all my tires. Only thing is, I'm starting to think the Golf Pro tires are a little heavy.