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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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Hurry up? Worthless? Damn. Did you consider talking to the tire shop? 11.5" is wider than a 285 series, i think that would be tough to fit on anything less than a 8" wide rim, and even that might be tough. Good luck.

Truck tubes are a great idea...too late, already gave Lowe's $40 for woven plastic sand tubes.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wingerak92
I am talking about driving through the Pine Pass man. From Dawson to Chetwynd then to Prince George is killer in the winter. Worse than the Salmo-Creston Pass.

Ya the pine pass between Chetwynd and PG is killer. Scary memory. Dawson to Chetwynd is flat in comparison. I lived up there FSJ and Tumbler. Could be worst, I am curently surrounded by close to a milion people that had never seen snow untill they moved to Vancouver, palm trees and typhoons is not training for Canadian winter. Lets all drive 20k when ther is an inch of slush on the ground.
Back on topic now. Northern BC has it hard in the winter untill it drops below -40c then snow looses its slipperiness and act more like sand good times.

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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by cramerica
Truck tubes are a great idea...too late, already gave Lowe's $40 for woven plastic sand tubes.
40$ are you kidding me?!
that would be 1600 pounds of sand bags from the local landscape supplier
1$ for a 40# bag
****..., sand is $20 a ton...




of course i got my 250# for free so who am i to talk to.. hahaha
 
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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Ill go to the sand pit down the road and shovel it into some bags lol
 
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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that always works haha
 
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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Id call a tire shop but my 10.5 is on a 8" rim. I think a 11.5 will fit on an 8"rim but a tire shop will let you know for sure.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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it may fit, but it will be tight. I have 14.5 on 10 so i don't see why 11.5 won't fit on 8
 
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cramerica
Hurry up? Worthless? Damn. Did you consider talking to the tire shop? 11.5" is wider than a 285 series, i think that would be tough to fit on anything less than a 8" wide rim, and even that might be tough. Good luck.

Truck tubes are a great idea...too late, already gave Lowe's $40 for woven plastic sand tubes.
i posted up that question like 3 times and no reply...i was mad....

Originally Posted by RoaminGnome
Id call a tire shop but my 10.5 is on a 8" rim. I think a 11.5 will fit on an 8"rim but a tire shop will let you know for sure.
the guy has them on a 10 wide and hes blown it off the bead liek 4 times in a month...thats y hes selling


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it may fit, but it will be tight. I have 14.5 on 10 so i don't see why 11.5 won't fit on 8
....that sounds about right...ill check it out......25 bucks a tire and there 50%
 
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 01:04 AM
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Ok this is something snow related. Like they said in this thread tires have the biggest effect. This commercial made me think of this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWO6KaYXfI
 
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