About Monster Truck Tires
Monster trucks often stand 11 feet tall and are equipped with engines pushing 1,500 horsepower. What monster trucks are most notable for are their massive tires.
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Size
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Most monster trucks use agricultural tires designed for D-12 Cats. The most common size used are 63 inches tall and 43 inches wide.
Price
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Monster truck owners for the most part buy Goodyear or Firestone tires. The price tag on these tires comes to around $1,800 each.
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Weight
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When tires are bought for a monster truck, they are often too heavy. There is not a large market for monster truck tires, so tire companies do not build the perfect monster truck tire. The tires monster trucks use have to be shaved of excess weight. A tire usually weighs around 1,000 pounds and must be shaved to around 850 pounds for peak performance.
Shaving
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The shaving process for a monster truck tires is usually done by hand. A large razor is used to trim off excess weight. The tread of the tire is shaved down by about 1 1/4 inch. This shaves about 160 pounds off each tire.
New Method
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A Goodyear dealer in Indiana has designed a new tire-cutting machine that can shave monster truck tires to a given size in about 3 hours. The machine had to be modified from a retreading machine designed for regular-size tires.
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Eric Worthen
Jan 26, 2011
A d-12 is a bulldozer, they have tracks not tires.
