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The 365s were rated at 8270 lb (3750kg) each, I looked. Did you mean 335s? Entirely agree re DBL. I would guess that many super single ER owners have “forgotten” about the low speed ratings of MPT tires. What’s top overdrive ratio on the F550 these days? 0.632:1? Times 4.875, times 512 rev/mile...

Yes, you’re correct, Super 60. But why not a “Super 80” (probably doesn’t exist) on that application, with the stresses of much larger than stock tires and much lower offset than original wheels?

Saw this ER at truck tire place in Anchorage, I was just having them swap spare and weather-checked L rear on my U500. It looked awfully humongous but was nevertheless the F550 chassis. New in Feb this year. Owner told me they switched up to 365/80R20 Goodyears because of “tire overheating” with...

So, the rear axle load on an ER can be that close to full load capacity of the Conti 335s? That in itself is strongly suggestive of rapid tread wear and potential overheating. That’s ~94-95% max load capacity of tire. Perhaps, ERs need something like 385/65R22.5s? Of course they’d be even harder...

My experience is that a big heavy vehicle like my U500 camper with 46” XZLs will claw through 3 foot berms of old snow and effortlessly through any depth of fresh snow. I did drive it to work (8.9 miles each way) one winter. Not great on ice but it has ABS. I remember the ABS actually doing its...

The Dalton doesn’t have washboard. The gravel parts (>75% from junction to Galbraith Lake) are perfectly smooth during prime time (6/20 and later). The asphalt has innumerable frost heaves. Advice on both roads: when a heavy truck either begins to pass you or comes at you, pull over to the right...

Yes my RV is registered in Alaska as “MH” = motor home. Commercially produced camper not in Indiana but a small established outfit in SW Germany. But, I have a CDL. Because it’s required on virtually all other continents driving ANY vehicle >7.5 metric tons (Eurasia) or even 3.5 m. tons...

Is everyone 100% sure this is a tire problem and not a wheel problem?. Admittedly I’ve read a fair number of similar posts re imbalance issues with this particular tire. However, I had imbalance symptoms practically from day with stock 395/85R20 XZLs on factory Lemmerz steel wheels. I got a full...

Suggest you post on Benzworld. I have a U500 which has a conventional driveshaft in the open rather than a torque tube. On some vehicles, the driveshaft can be unbolted and moved out of the way, then a big staked nut removed. Then the yoke can be pulled out, which has the machined surface that...

Agile does have one really cool thing they so: I ordered a standard Starlink antenna with the other standard items, and had it delivered to them. They cut the antenna out of the mount, install it into 1.5” thick weatherproof panel 22x13.6” that looks like small white solar panel. Wifi...

Having portals, is retrofitting CTIS a possibility?

https://www.seabridge-tours.de/en/home/ Don’t need a customs broker, shipping with above is easy & painless, leave it registered at home. See my PM. And people shouldn’t pass on the right ANYWHERE. Except RHD countries. And people should drive in the right lane as much as possible. It’s American...

If it’s not a 70 series…. I gave up on Toyota USA in 79 when the BJ40 appeared in Canada but not US. They’re worthless IMHO. Too bad they didn’t continue with 70s (other than the mine pickups) in Canada; I’d have a Troopy with 2H or 1HZ etc in my front yard.

1) If the mud has a bottom, the ground clearance of about 480mm to the lowest point gets it through mud. It is NOT a tundra buggy. It might handle bottomless wet terrain marginally with the largest tire option for the vehicle, 495/70R24 Michelin XM47. Currently the usual 395/85R20. 2) potholes...

Roger on the turning circle; my 4x4 U500 “turns on a dime” (relatively). The white camper 6x6 vehicle that was in my front yard all winter is a MAN. When we traveled to Morocco with 2 other new Unicats in 2006 for a Unicat sponsored “break-in” trip, a 6x6 like this one had to make a multipoint...

Versus 20000kg on 6x6 vs. 12300 on 4x4, tires have similar footprint. And the 6x6 doesn’t contain the mobile shop, parts depot and recovery equipment in the 4x4. But to paraphrase Stalin, “6x6 has a quality all its own”, as far as traction.