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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Technical Discussion - Beginner / Repair => Topic started by: 4xoddic on May 05, 2011, 07:10:49 AM
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2002 Vitara 4-door 4WD OME 1.5" Suspension = purpose of dirt 2-track & gravel, mud on occasion. Highway to route, ~ 70% DD; 3-5K miles/yr.
Purpose: using a Curt Class III Receiver Hitch w/Warn M6000 on winch cradle, 3/8" Plasma 12 Strand, to winch ~ 1,000 lbs limestone blocks; aligning blocks into position to winch up ramps into my Tundra's bed w/Warn's Powermate (bed-mounted winch) w/ U2500 lb, 3/8" Amsteel blue.
I also may use a similar Warn utility winch on a 1/2 steel plate mount chained to anchor & load block into an ATV trailer behind the Vitara (not highway, just dirt) & winch entire trailer into Tundra.
Need advice on 1 of 2 tires (would consider similar tires in similar sizes, but these are available locally).
Kumho Road Venture MTs in LT205/85R16 (28.9", 35 lbs.) Load Range XL
Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar LT245/75R16 (30.7", 50 lbs.) Load Range E
Goodyear has a promotion on: $80 rebate on 4 MTRs w/Kevlar ($160 w/Goodyear card).
Concern is the performance drop going with the heavier & taller MTR.
Purpose for limestone?
Likely landscaping. I have my eye on some 16 X 18 X 36 blocks used back in the late 1800s for retaining walls around a railroad track to hold back glacial silt. They would weigh ~ 750 lbs. IF I can winch them into place, they would make an easy rock wall to block my view of the neighbor's 5-car driveway (3 Dodge Caravans + Ford van on blocks & Chevy 2-door ?). We had a 3rd 40YO pine removed this week due to pine wilt disease, so now have an open view.
We also have quite a few glacial erratics, I'm fond of the purple-pink quartzite boulders. Wife wants some bigger than I can get her to lift into the Tundra's bed. ??? Road graders have knocked them out to the sides of the ditches over the years. I have my eye on one ~ size of a lawn tractor. KS is not as geologically mundane as one would think. Limestone was cut from outcrops & used as fenceposts prior to the arrival of trees.
THANX for your input &/or reading the post. I'm aware not too many 2.0L Vitaras are built for this purpose, but there are some creative D>:Ds on this forum.
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No comment about most of the above, (seems like a TON of work) but i have a set of 30" x 9.5" x 15" Wrangler MT/R tires on my 1996 Geo Tracker and they are one tuff tire and have been know to do some heavy lugging. I use this geo as a utility vehicle around the farm and it also has a fifth wheel hitch that mounts in the back where the rear seats would go, I use this to move campers and trailers around for our storage business. I would say some of those fifth wheels have a tongue weight of 800+ lbs and it moved them around with ease in 4LO and the tires held up well.
Good Luck :)
Also, MT/R's are one kickass mud tire... just sayin
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Yeah, I think that's an accurate assessment (~HALF-TON of work). Your storage work is down the alley, only with wheeled inert objects.
I've seen a few threads re: spacers & 15" wheels/tires instead of OEM 16s = much wider range of tires, diameters & weight.
I can put a Blue Ox tow plate on the Vitara, & tow it ~ 45 miles to rock site & neither tire would play a part in getting there. It's the 70% DD duty for the Vitara on the MTRs = concern.
I've parked the Tundra on backroads, loaded the bed w/quartizite bowling balls & had to apologize to farmers for being in the road. Their answer = no problem, just be sure you get all of those rocks out of here. A few years back, HomeDepot had a pallet of similar rocks for $40 each. New limestone blocks would be pretty high $ & wouldn't have the 100YO hand-quarried touch.
THANX for the reply!
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Now considering the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac in 225/75R16 (29.3", 39 lbs.) Load Range E.
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duratrac tires are good tires, not as agressive as the MT/R's but will last way longer on the road.
I must not have seen the 70% DD the first time, sorry....
I would say the MT/Rs don't last as long as one might like on the road, they are a softer tread compound, I had them on 1/2 ton chevy that was a DD and they lasted about 29,000 miles. In comparison, I have a set of the exact same size Hankook Dynapro AT/M tires and they have about 25,000 on the same vehicle with a little over half tread left on them.