Yeah I know its a rockville but has anyone had any luck with putting bigger tires on one. :puzzled:

I have a descent place to buggy on some dunes about 2 miles from my house but the sand is too soft. I buggied with flecht and he has bigfoot tires and they worked great.

I would love to find some bigger tires that fit until my real bigfoot dreams come true.

Same goes for anything that can be done for a landboard to help it float on soft sand. :puzzled:

I miss the beach

The back wouldn't be a problem. The wheels are available with 12, 15, or 20mm bearings, so they would bolt right up to the back.

(my cross-post from the "Bigfoot Tire" thread)

Hmmmm...for the budget minded....switch conventional buggy tires with 2 bigfoot / balloons on back and squeeze a narrower, one-ribbed sand tire in front.

Sound's doable to anyone else? :dunno:

I have a set of 16 x 6.50 turf treads that I used last year. Really helped with flotation but I ride on the beach and found the tread too aggressive for good power slides.

I keep looking at my local landfill at the tire drop off area for different treads.

I probably will try to mount them again this year for a second try.

The front can not be changed by that nuch due to the narrow forks. I figured I could get maybe another inch of tread on the ground.

Besides- I am still trying to make a decent seat for my Rockville and that is challenging enough!!:roll:

a couple of days on the beach and my seat is thrashed. POS but it still works. I am going to have to get some new tires soon after those few days so I am hoping someone has some tires that worked. If I find some I will let people know so they can benefit too.

Keep in mind that bigger tires will also put more strain on the bolts. I don't know what size bolts are on a rockville but if they are 12mm be careful you might snap the bolts off!! If they are 20mm you can bolt almost anything on and have no problem.

Are you saying...GASP! That something could break on my Rockville??!!! IMPOSSIBLE!!

The reason I know it is impossible is because I have replaced almost all the parts but the frame!!:frog:

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Originally posted by Krohn1999 Keep in mind that bigger tires will also put more strain on the bolts. I don't know what size bolts are on a rockville but if they are 12mm be careful you might snap the bolts off!! If they are 20mm you can bolt almost anything on and have no problem.

That might be true if you are jumping or dropping off ledges and stuff, but I've had my Flexi for about 8 months now with its standard 12mm axle bolts with no problems whatsoever. I have about 25 miles on it with the new bigfoot tires which should place even more stress on parts. Mind you I'm no lightweight at 230 lbs on average. I don't always ride on tabletop smooth areas either. I'm usually in bumpy grass with inland wind conditions so I'm scooting along jiggling everything over the bumps and then sliding on the uneven surface to slow and turn around. In tame conditions one of my 90 or 100 lb boys will be riding on the rear deck on the buggy which places their weight directly over the rear axle. I think the 20mm axle bolts are fine but I don't think not using them is inviting failure.

I didn't say that they would fail only that the chance is greater and it should be taken into concideration. I have managed to bend a 20mm bolt that was not tight enough and know of people with 12mm that threw there buggy into a nice drift only to loose a rear wheel half way through. It doesn't have to happen but it can.
another friend of mine managed to pull the 20 mm threaded insert out of the rear alxe, it was actually pretty funny because his rear wheel was hanging by a sliver of metal and the whole buggy started vibrating. he was lucky nothing happened and the rest of us got a good laugh.

Well loose axle bolts or the end of the axle coming out would definitely add some risk there.

bolt strength is something to think about. I was thinking about useing some tires I found at harbor freight but I was going to have to use longer bolts. I imagine that could change the leverage placed on the bolts quite a bit. I am not exactly a light weight at 205lbs on a good day and I don't want to break anything. I was hoping to find some tires that I wouldn't have to use longer bolts.

Thanks for the info