I haven’t heard of anyone not running beadlocks with LT tires. If u run low psi like a UTV tire like I do, you most likely will pop a bead but u can try it. An LT tires bead isn’t really designed to run that low as they are for the road and some light off rod use. They also can obviously be used for our application as u can see but not with quite the psi your running. As for the P1 vrs the P5 and a hill your trying to go up in 2wd. There 2 completely different beast and weight. I’ve owned both at the same time and I can tell you there are places and hills one can go easier that the other one can’t so you don’t want to Compare there 2 in that situation or you’ll just get pissed off! Lol.
is there a reason you don’t want bead locks? I once read too much bad things of them leaking then I just did it, and took my time installing them and have never had an issue.
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I guess what I should have said is that I know I could have climbed that hill with the factory tires...
I got the Fuel Anza wheels, non beadlock. I didn't want beadlocks because of the leaking issue, and having to deal with the bolts. Just another maintenance thing that I don't want to deal with. Making sure they are torqued, keeping the air pressure maintained etc. And of course, the price.
If i hadn't found the set of Fuel wheels locally for a good deal, I wouldn't have made the switch to the truck tires. I intended to down the road, but finding this set used was enough motivation to upgrade sooner.
I had not heard that beadlocks were a necessity with these tires. As stiff and thick as the sidewall and bead are, I figured they would be even harder to pop off the rim than UTV tires. They guy I had mount them said he had to put almost 90 psi in one of the tires to get it to pop out on the bead! He said they were all very hard like that.
I ride trails quite a bit, but I avoid any extreme situations or really challenging trails. I guess I'm not really the thrillseeker I used to be and I hate abusing my machines.