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 | kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina 
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2007-01-08 138565
You may have seen it but Michelin has a new tire design that does not use air. Makes me think of the old steel trator rims.
I wonder how well they will hold up to say a long snake crawling into the tire or a stick or such. No doubt they have tested that.
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2007-01-09 138627
they will have to cover that side wall! It's ugly! ....
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 | earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan
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2007-01-09 138628
Skid steers have been using something like this but much more robust for years. Some have replaceable segments, others are one-piece. And you can see right through the sides of them, which is their claim to fame to take the rigidity out of them. Pricey too at about $3500 for 4. ....
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| kthompson
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2007-01-10 138639
Art, I could not find a link to the car driving with them. It will freak you out as the car looks to be clear of support.
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| earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan
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2007-01-10 138640
Oh boy! This will be the next rage with the wanna-be gang-bangers and tuners. I can still rmemebr the first time a few years ago when I saw hose spinning wheel covers on a car that had just stopped at a traffic light to my right. I almost crapped my pants and hit the brakes approaching the light (I was focused on the cars ahead of me) 'cause my brain could not reconcile seeing a car stopped BUT the wheels still turning! I thought we were gonna crash! Once I realized what had happened I felt like such a fool! And I could only laugh out at myself. ....
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