RTV vs. Small pickup

[darkday]

When you add weight to tires/wheels (read unsprung weight) you're going to significantly slow things down. For instance I had some 24-25 pound tires on my car last year (vs 18 or so stock) and I could feel a decent slow down. The tires were the same outer diameter as well.

That said I would really like the have a 4-wheel like he has. That T-rex thing half way down the page is amazing.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

yes but if you make a gear reduction in a lift kit to compensate for the big tires then it will be like your turning the same small tires . thats what his t-rex kit does too.the tire you ghanged on your car were different you just changed tires you didn't changes gears he's lowering the gear ratio on the lift kit now you might wear down the brake pads faster stopping but as for as take off power you won't notice any diference it's just like if you put 44"mud tires on a 4x4 truck and you change the gears in the transmission to match them you still have all the power to turn them because you dropped down the gear ratio . .

i wanna see the mule transport with the 33"and the 14"lift thats gonna be wicked.i would like to see my hpx with 14"lift too.lol i just removed the rest of the lift kit ut of my hpx and i'm getting it ready to sell.after i sell it i'll probably take a step back for a week or too and look at all the utv's and decide me and the wife passed in front of the ranger dealer on the way out to eat tonight and they had a few 700xp's out there . i sure would like to just try one for a year or too.

 

[darkday]

Oh I was thinking the gear reduction kit was so you kept the same gearing not to compensate for the added weight. Well then your stuck with a slower top speed

But really if you got one of these for rock crawling or the sorts who cares about speed ?

 

[keving]

I bought a small toyota pickup to replace the RTV and now I find that I'm going to keep both! Nice financial decision... I bought the truck ($4K) to replace the RTV ($15.5K). My wife, kids and even I just "like" driving the RTV out in the woods and around the property. We also like the ability to drive the toyota around to augment the RTV during wood cutting season. My 15 year old has been driving toyota around on the trails to get familiar with driving a stick.

For now, I'm keeping both!

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

Oh I was thinking the gear reduction kit was so you kept the same gearing not to compensate for the added weight. Well then your stuck with a slower top speed

But really if you got one of these for rock crawling or the sorts who cares about speed ?

yes from what i understand the gear reduction is to compensate for the added wieght and size of tire it's so you can still keep up you average speed without doing harm or bogging down the engine. from watcking the mud bogs them machines sure ain't any slower..

and Keving.. i knew the toyota would fit on most of the same trials as the rtv because we would ride the toyotas and nissans on the same trails as the utvs and 4 wheelers down here . it's just sometimes you gotta do some hard turning in the corners but i wish i had both like you i could use a little 4x4 truck too.

 

[darkday]

What I want to do is take an old 4 wheeler and put some tractor tires on em. But that would probably end up costing a ton.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

put you some of these . i bet the hpx would bite in some mud with these too.



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