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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:00 PM
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Michelin has developed this airless tire which has built in compliance for running over rocks etc. The military has been testing these and they are supposed to hit the market early next year. All of the obvious issues in supporting air tires are gone.
Maybe they will give David K a set to test on his Toyota?

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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:02 PM


WOW, can only imagine what they have developed ...



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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:07 PM


Gonna need a mouth piece and kidney belt on Baja washboard with those rocks for tires!!



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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:15 PM


Fun stuff... I will need to test it on Shell Island's bottomless sand beach and the Mision Santa Maria road to give it the two extremes I put my Tacoma through!



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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:34 PM


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Gonna need a mouth piece and kidney belt on Baja washboard with those rocks for tires!!


The inner portion looks like it has some flexibility. How much would be the question. Weight of vehicle etc. would be a factor.

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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:47 PM


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Fun stuff... I will need to test it on Shell Island's bottomless sand beach and the Mision Santa Maria road to give it the two extremes I put my Tacoma through!


Very interesting design for the 'rim' with the honeycomb look. Since one cannot air down with these that honeycomb design might help you get out of soft sand. It would be fun to test them out, for sure.




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[*] posted on 11-23-2011 at 12:53 PM


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Fun stuff... I will need to test it on Shell Island's bottomless sand beach and the Mision Santa Maria road to give it the two extremes I put my Tacoma through!


Very interesting design for the 'rim' with the honeycomb look. Since one cannot air down with these that honeycomb design might help you get out of soft sand. It would be fun to test them out, for sure.


That is the going to be the problem for sand driving... to 'float' you must have more tread contact on the sand...this spreads the weight over a wider area and reduces the sinking in.




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