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Off Road Round-Rubber Dictionary - Tire & Wheel Special

To the average person, a tire is a tire - simply a necessity to get your vehicle from one place to another. To an off-roader though, a tire is what gets him across the diverse terrain that is his playground. High-horsepower engines, crazy articulations, or long-travel suspensions don't get pushed to full use if the tires used on your rig are ineffective. Your tires and their performance can determine whether you get to the top of a trail hill, get across that dune or mudhole, or allow you to safely haul your boat to the lake for the weekend. There are a lot of variables when it comes to tire talk, but we'll do our best to decipher some of those choices here.

Thursday 27 November, 2008 08:16 AM

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