once mounted I will also post what my width is, gonna be huge I think. I do also have my shocks at shock therapy so when those go back on with the taller ride height it creates may skinny me up a little as It will have me at 16" ride height which sucks in the width a little

Matt

 

How wide is the carcass on those 31.5 Rippers when mounted? The one thing I dont care for on my 31.5" 10 paddle haulers is how skinny they are at 10.5" wide.

 

12" wide as im running 8" wide rim, the paddles do wrap the side a bit since they are staggered though

 

Would all these paddle recommendations hold true to the MAX? Or do you guys think the bigger heavier car needs the fat paddles?


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RS or DS? as always your riding location, style and overall goal has a lot to do with the decision. I want to beat all of my friends, some strangers, as many Polaris's as possible and still have fun hauling ass. I don't sit and hill shoot all day, just usually have some grudge matches each time we meet up to settle who is fastest then we move along to our drinking spot


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Heck I'm gonna try a 6" wide wheel next go around

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I am UT also. (X3 2 seater) I recently made a trip to Kombustion and they said a customer of theirs ditched the Skats and went to the STU's. Apparently he likes them 10X more. I have always had the Skats on my wheelers but I don't trust they would hold up over some of that lava rock at St Anthony's. I'm going with the STU since the reviews seem very positive from local guys. Good luck with your choice. I'm headed to Sand Mtn tomorrow but still on the Bighorns :-(

 

1 of them lava rocks got the best of my rear 30x13x14 ten paddle extremes. 1 more time and I will have to jump ship.

 

Bighorns do nearly as well as some of the heavier molded paddles. Run em ~9psi in 4wd

 

I would rather run stock tires than a Molded tire for sure. [emoji106][emoji106]

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That's exactly what I have been doing. Now that I have about 2400K miles on them they are looking pretty worn. They still work well but they can't be as good as a fresh set.

 

I've seen them. Very thin and soft blades should last a long time.

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I'm probably going to keep my front stock Bighorns and run the 29" Sedona Dunatik's this fall in Little Sahara, OK.

https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/723/74091/Sedona-Dunatik-Rear-Tire

 

I would still just run stock Bighorns,

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That's what my buddy just put on his YXZ and we're riding today. He also installed the Packard supercharger. He seems happy.


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You guys are nuts for running all those paddles.

 

Why? Have you tried them? They work great.....sand is a lot different in Oregon but they also worked great in Idaho. FYI, the small center paddle is the "Oregon" cut, since there is a lot of either gravel or pavement to get from parking/camping here, leaving this small center paddle gives support so full paddles don't wear so bad. Friend who cut tires in Portland has done this for a while now with good success.

 

what rpm were you getting at St Anthony or did you get your clutches reworked?

 

I was seeing 7200-7800, stock clutches, Pwrtune stage 1.

 

Those tall and extremely skinny Skats wouldn't be worth a darn in Oklahoma.

 

I give up. I have no idea what to buy. Fun factor is great with factory BH's so once the tread is all but gone I'll hopefully score some take offs for cheap. Lots of info here. Good luck to all.


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I decided after this last winter if there is even a hint of rain or wet sand I run my stock tires, they do amazing and the tread on the front just pulls and pulls!!!

My opinions here are to help save somebody the cost of buying the wrong tires like I keep doing. We all know that there will be personal preference matched to riding location and desired results, not everybody cares to get every inch of performance out of their machine and dont have the need to spend the extra $$ to just cruise around and have fun!!!



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Thanks Matt. I want to be fast but even on 20% tread left I am KILLING my friends Packard supercharged and paddled YXZ up the hills with my 220lb wife and he has no passenger. I feel like why would I want to have paddles that I worry about not being the perfect combo and clutching bla bla bla.


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totaly agree, what works at glamis, is different then St anthony, and again different then oklahoma etc.....

what do the guys in Dubai run? I think just dirt tires except on that one big hill as they drive them home


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To bad you don't have a set of the 30" or 32 CST sand Blasters to run. I think for the money they are the best bang for the buck.


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I just got some 30 inch CSTs to try last week while at Dunefest. CST had their big rig there and for the price I figured why the heck not and give them a try. I was running the stock big horns prior. I had them mounted on the stock beadlock rims but for the life of us the beadlock rings kept leaking air and could not get them to seal with the CSTs. So I ended up buying a set of wheels too lol which is fine because I wanted a set down the road anyways and I got a good deal I feel like. Air leak issue was solved with new rims.

Guys were there who helped design the CST tire recommended to go with a 7 inch wide wheel vs. 9 inch. Said it helps to keep the paddle rounded and narrow. Sorta like a street bike tire. Said with the 4wd of the SXS, the narrower wheel works vs wider like on 2wd quads and rails. Even being a molded tire it's only a 2 ply and pretty light weight. I'm sure not skat light weight though. Their X3 on display had 32 inch CST on 15x7 wheels and they run it in 4wd all the time and it's over 200 hp they said. Loved the look of the 32s and I almost did it when I had to buy wheels too but I'm all stock still power and clutching so stuck with the 30s.

Didn't get a ton of seat time but I'm very happy so far with the purchase. They seem to work great and if you want to have fun drifting it around you can in 2wd. Everyone in my camp couldn't believe the price of the CSTs and are interested in trying them out. We have about a 3/4 mile asphalt road to ride on to hit the sand from out camp so I'll be interested to see how they hold up. The little nubs between the paddles should help on the hard road surface.

 

By the way I to started riding at a young age in Pismo when you could ride to Devil's slide and the lake in the way back area of the dunes.


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I was born there in 73', grew up in arroyo grande and as a kid I remember being in my dads blazer pulling people out of devils, going on beach at pismo and going to end of beach, no fences, no rangers with rails or hummers, water pumper sand rails etc....

In high school I had a 4wd chevy shortbed and would be out there all weekend pulling people out of the ocean for beer, drag racing at comp, un-corking my truck and running straight headers, good times

 

My dad and his friends would drag race their jeeps down the beach. The ranger never liked that.

Pismo was a lot of fun when it was fully open.



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the good old days


so, if you want to know of one of the last dunes of size with no rangers, no fees, you don't need paddles (you can run them but the couple big hills dirt tires make it a challenge), is 40 miles long, has dry lake bed for drag racing, no girls in bathing suits though. Winnemucca, we love going and you can just stay there, have fun and ride, no fees and no BS!!!

 

choke in late may, 55mph over top with my 30" skats

 

winnemucca with dirt tires, the rzr's in our group couldn't make it here as there is snow under the sand and they were spinning out and couldn't get enough of a run and didn't want to air down

 

and here is why I need more paddle, look at me boil them in 2wd. It does better in 4wd and I mostly stay in 4x, but just digs like a gopher!!!

 

You might spin off the start but more paddles will probably slow your top speed on the hill.

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Really happy with my Skats as well here in Oregon. Of course I took a different approach running 8-Rippers staggered.