P500 New toy!

[CBC89]

Finally pulled the trigger on 500 today. Love it so far. Will be testing it at the farm tomorrow. Next step is tires. 25" or 26"???

 

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[sthomp54]

Congrats! You are gonna love it. Im still trying to decide on tires myself, gonna wear out the stockers first...thinking 26" or 27"

 

[ncred02]

26!!

 

[CBC89]

26!!

. What 26" do you recommend? Can you tell a difference in power loss?

 

[CBC89]

Congrats! You are gonna love it. Im still trying to decide on tires myself, gonna wear out the stockers first...thinking 26" or 27"

Thanks! Yea I've read different things about 27s loss of power and some scrub a little. Some i m going to stick to 26" I think

 

[CBC89]

Congrats! You are gonna love it. Im still trying to decide on tires myself, gonna wear out the stockers first...thinking 26" or 27"

Also like your led light bar did you mount it straight to the rollbar? Was it hard to fish the wires?

 

[JACKAL]

Finally pulled the trigger on 500 today. Love it so far. Will be testing it at the farm tomorrow. Next step is tires. 25" or 26"???

@CBC89 Welcome to the club! & congrats on the new P500 just got mine yesterday and so far lovin' it.


I put 26" x 9" x12" STI ROCTANE XD on mine all the way around.

 

[Code54]

All running 26's with out any noticeable power loss

 

[CBC89]

@CBC89 Welcome to the club! & congrats on the new P500 just got mine yesterday and so far lovin' it.


I put 26" x 9" x12" STI ROCTANE XD on mine all the way around.

Looks awesome! What's the advantage of running same size all the way around? Able to rotate them I'm guessing?

 

[JACKAL]

Looks awesome! What's the advantage of running same size all the way around? Able to rotate them I'm guessing?

That's the idea, if you get a 5th tire and OEM wheel as a spare you can put it on any side and keep on trucking. I mean 4x4 pickups don't have wider tires in the back, unless you look like this guy:

 

[sthomp54]

Also like your led light bar did you mount it straight to the rollbar? Was it hard to fish the wires?

I mounted it to the roll bar using some loop clamps. routed the wire going down the back bar and secured with zip ties. here are the clamps, they are useful for attaching anything to the roll bar, mirrors, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LW4CVA?tag=sxsweb24-20

 

[ncred02]

. What 26" do you recommend? Can you tell a difference in power loss?

I went with Sedona Ripsaws.

 

[CBC89]

Got her out on the farm today...hooked up a 10 ft trailer carrying 200lb wooden deer stand along with a loaded 50qt yeti, 120lbs of concrete. Another,100qt cooler full of water, 8 bags of 50lb deer corn, tools, and two 200lb men...pulled like a champ! Love it

 

[JACKAL]

@CBC89 Congrats on the new P500! I am liking mine.

 

[CBC89]

Well ordered a set of 26x9.5x12 tsl vampires to go all the way around. Hopefully get the on early next week! Not a bad price $335 shipped to my house.

 

[SBuckJ]

I went with 27x9 in front and 27x11 in back. No rubbing and I haven't noticed power loss. I will say I do not like my tires (Carlisle Black Rock) due to many sidewall slices recently. I will go 27's again though...enjoy that machine...they are a blast!!!

 

[CBC89]

I went with 27x9 in front and 27x11 in back. No rubbing and I haven't noticed power loss. I will say I do not like my tires (Carlisle Black Rock) due to many sidewall slices recently. I will go 27's again though...enjoy that machine...they are a blast!!!

Thanks for the info I went with 26x9.5x12 all the way around. So far so good.

 

[JACKAL]

I went with 27x9 in front and 27x11 in back. No rubbing and I haven't noticed power loss. I will say I do not like my tires (Carlisle Black Rock) due to many sidewall slices recently. I will go 27's again though...enjoy that machine...they are a blast!!!

Try you some Roctane XD 8 ply radials. They are tougher than woodpecker lips.

 

[p500fan]

I went with 27x9 in front and 27x11 in back. No rubbing and I haven't noticed power loss. I will say I do not like my tires (Carlisle Black Rock) due to many sidewall slices recently. I will go 27's again though...enjoy that machine...they are a blast!!!

No, try a set of Ripsaws! Anybody who doesn't think they're tougher than a $2.00 steak is nuttier than a squirrel turd! ha!

 

[p500fan]

Try you some Roctane XD 8 ply radials. They are tougher than woodpecker lips.

Sorry @JACKAL, I just couldn't resist one (two) upping you! Ha!