Low pressure tires - rating of the best and how to do it yourself
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The initiators and legislators of specific rubber were the Americans, Canadians and Japanese. These are BRP, Arctic Cat, Yamaha and others. The most famous manufacturers of low-pressure tires in Russia are the Avtoros and Arktiktrans plants. The rating of popular tires is based on user reviews.
Low pressure wheels are a highly specialized topic for owners of off-road vehicles, swamp and snowmobiles, and heavy motorcycle equipment. However, drivers of simple passenger cars are also paying more and more attention to tires with high cross-country ability. In this article, we present theoretical material on how to make low-pressure tires yourself with your own hands, as well as a rating of finished products.
Which is better - tracks or low pressure tires
The invention of tires and caterpillars ("closed railway track") falls on the 19th century. Both technologies, as driving practice shows, are imperfect. The developers are constantly modernizing the design of chassis elements for special purpose vehicles, but the question of which is better - caterpillars or low-pressure tires in difficult road conditions remains unresolved.
Transport on low pressure tires
Comparison criteria:
- Patency. In muddy mud, the car will get stuck on a normal rubber run. It will be towed by caterpillar vehicles, since the area of its contact with soft soil is larger, the pressure on the soil, respectively, is less. But low-pressure tires in deep mud can provide more traction and better flotation.
- stability and load capacity. Tracked vehicles are more stable and less likely to tip over than wheeled vehicles, for example when excavating.
- Speed and ride quality. Here wheeled vehicles give a head start: they are fast, especially on flat surfaces, and do not destroy public roads. But the tracks can turn around on the spot.
- Ease of transport and weight. Wheeled transport is lighter in weight, it is easier to deliver such a machine to remote places.
- Equipment price and maintenance costs. The caterpillar undercarriage is a design that is difficult to manufacture and repair, the volume of maintenance procedures is greater, and therefore the equipment is more expensive.
- If we compare the working season of tracked vehicles with wheeled ones, then it is longer: from early spring to late autumn.
Rating of the best low pressure tires
The initiators and legislators of specific rubber were the Americans, Canadians and Japanese. These are BRP, Arctic Cat, Yamaha and others. The most famous manufacturers of low-pressure tires in Russia are the Avtoros and Arktiktrans plants. The rating of popular tires is based on user reviews.
Low pressure tire AVTOROS MX-PLUS 2 ply cord
"Plant of Experimental Transport" "Avtoros" has created tires for domestic and Japanese SUVs. The asymmetric checker-type tread demonstrates a wide double longitudinal belt in the middle part, which, in combination with elements of the running part and lugs, provides increased traction and grip qualities of rubber.
The product is distinguished by low weight (45 kg), ease of installation. The ramps perform well at minimum pressure (0,08 kPa), moreover, completely flat tires can be operated.
Specifications:
| Type of construction | Tubeless, diagonal |
| Landing size, inch | 18 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1130 |
| Profile width, mm | 530 |
| Grouser height, mm | 20 |
| load factor | 100 |
| Load on one wheel, kg | 800 |
| Recommended speed, km/h | 80 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
Price - from 29 rubles.
In reviews of Avtoros low-pressure tires, drivers emphasize the resistance of rubber to mechanical damage:
AVTOROS MX-PLUS
Low pressure tire AVTOROS Rolling Stone 4 ply cord
The tire with a unique directional pattern of the running part is made for domestic SUVs and Nissans, Toyotas, Mitsubishis, as well as special equipment: Kerzhak, Vetluga. Due to the increased width of the treadmill, the tire received the largest contact spot among similar products.
Working data:
| Type of construction | Tubeless, diagonal |
| Landing size, inch | 21 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1340 |
| Profile width, mm | 660 |
| Grouser height, mm | 10 |
| load factor | 96 |
| Load on one wheel, kg | 710 |
| Recommended speed, km/h | 80 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
The price of a low-pressure tire from the manufacturer is from 32 rubles.
Users rated the novelty of 2018 as promising:
AVTOROS Rolling Stone
Low pressure tire TREKOL 1300*600-533
All-terrain vehicles with a 4x4 drive formula on a Trekol tire traveled through difficult places in Russia, swamps, and virgin snow. For 15 years on the market, tires have shown themselves to be hardy, strong, ready to overcome water obstacles and rocky paths. The special design allows the tire to fit every unevenness of the terrain, exerting low pressure on the ground, incommensurable with the weight of the machine.
The basis of rubber is a thin, but durable rubber-cord sheath, which makes the slope as soft as possible. The tire is attached to the rim with a secure clamp that prevents slippage on the rim. Sealing the product helps to achieve ultra-low working pressure - from 0,6 kPa to 0,08 kPa.
Technical specifications:
| Type of construction | Tubeless, diagonal |
| Weight, kg | 36 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1300 |
| Profile width, mm | 600 |
| Volume, m3 | 0.26 |
| Load on one wheel, kg | 600 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
Price - from 23 rubles.
Users about tires "Trekol":
TRECOL 1300 * 600-533
Low pressure tire TREKOL 1600*700-635
To the advantages of Trekol serial tires, the manufacturer added even more increased cross-country ability and rubber resistance to mechanical deformations. A strong, reliable element of the undercarriage of the wheel with a displacement of 879 kg allows off-road vehicles to feel confident afloat, to walk on weakly bearing soils.
The tread pattern is made up of large textured checkers of the running part 15 mm high. The mighty tire, however, does not spoil the soil and vegetation in protected areas, due to the impressive contact patch it exerts minimal uniform pressure on the road. A durable tire with a puncture can be restored without removing the wheel.
Performance:
| Type of construction | Tubeless, diagonal |
| Tire weight, kg | 73 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1600 |
| Profile width, mm | 700 |
| Load on one wheel, kg | 1000 |
| Recommended speed, km/h | 80 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
Price - from 65 thousand rubles.
In reviews of low-pressure tires, drivers share their experience with tires:
TRECOL 1600 * 700-635
Bel-79 chamber 2-layer 1020×420-18
The recipients of the light (30,5 kg) tires are UAZs, all-wheel drive Niva vehicles, Zubr and Rhombus all-terrain vehicles, as well as heavy motorcycle and agricultural equipment.
Excellent quality and reliability tire with reduced pressure demonstrates excellent traction characteristics on wet roads, mud ditches. Universal slopes successfully resist punctures, gaps, cuts, and are easily mounted.
Technical data:
| Type of construction | Chamber |
| Landing diameter, inch | 18 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1020 |
| Profile width, mm | 420 |
| Complete wheel weight, kg | 51 |
| Grouser height, mm | 9,5 |
| Displacement, m3 | 0,26 |
| Recommended speed, km/h | 80 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
Price - from 18 rubles.
Ya-673 tubeless 2-ply 1300×700-21″
A tire with exceptional off-road performance has been on the market for over 10 years. Rubber showed a unique cross-country ability, excellent grip and even distribution of weight on soft deep snow, sand, muddy clay. The two-layer Christmas tree structure is not subject to deformation, has a long working life.
The Arktiktrans company produces swamps and snowmobiles, other off-road vehicles, and at the same time I "shoe" my own cars. This has a positive effect on the quality and functionality of products. However, the company's products are often faked, so look for the yellow stamp of the plant's technical control department on the sidewall of the ramp - "Experimental-good".
Working data
| Type of construction | Tubeless |
| Landing diameter, inch | 21 |
| Wheel diameter, mm | 1300 |
| Profile width, mm | 700 |
| Weight, kg | 59 |
| Grouser height, mm | 17 |
| Load on one wheel, kg | 800 |
| Displacement, m3 | 0,71 |
| Recommended speed, km/h | 80 |
| Operating temperature range | From -60 to +50 ° C |
You can buy an inexpensive model at a price of 27 rubles.
Reviews about Arktiktrans low pressure tires:
Reviews of low-pressure tires "Arktiktrans"
How to make low pressure tires yourself
First determine the purpose of the tire: for mud, snow drifts, swamps. Gather tools and materials:
- old tractor tires;
- winch;
- knife;
- awl;
- future tread template made of thin sheet iron;
- strong clamps.
Low pressure tire
Schedule:
- On the sidewall of the tire, make a cut through which you will see the wire cord.
- Cut the last one with wire cutters, pull it around the entire perimeter.
- Then undermine and use a winch to peel off the tread. To do this, fix the tongs on the incised area, pick up the winch.
- Helping yourself with a knife, remove the top layer of rubber.
- Place a stencil of a new tread on the shell, cut out the checkers with a knife.
At the last stage, assemble the disk.
