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hay all, i have recently aquired a set of Swamper thornbirds, havent seen or heard much of these tyres, just wanted to know if anyone else is running them at all? or what have you heard about them??

cheers, Joe.

ya really wanna no????...........

all i have heard them being called is - thornturds

They look like all terrains to me.

bush555 runs them sometimes when he is not running his bfgs or his boggers or his tsl's or his...........

Slunnie wrote:They look like all terrains to me.

Reasonably chunky on the sides compared to an AT, but definitely lacking in open space on the business part of the tread.

Still, I'd expect them to do better than a typical all-terrain just from looking at them.

shit...
If i was you, id get a nibbler and start modifying the tread face ALOT.

you could work with that to make an awesome muddy with a few cuts......


But considering the price you shouldnt need to.

Nothing one of these wont fix
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AnthonyP wrote:shit...
If i was you, id get a nibbler and start modifying the tread face ALOT.

was thinkin the same!

have seen the fellas over on the ih8mud forum mention these a bit and its never been in a good light.. head over there and search for some more info on em..

http://forum.ih8mud.com/

aren't they a street/all terrain type tyre, with chunky sidewalls in case you venture offroad?

CRUSHU wrote:aren't they a street/all terrain type tyre, with chunky sidewalls in case you venture offroad?

great lookin AT then
But agree with what your saying looking at the tread pattern.. But if the price was right (being interco they wont be), few hours with a tire groover you could have a sweet MT.

my 44's are all terrains.....

yeah, i actually got them second hand they are 35x14.5. i thought they would be ok on road aswell, due to the a/t type tread pattern. well, better than a super swamper!

Have'nt gone wheelin' with em yet but on road and gravel they are ok.

when i fully "go bush" i will let you know what they are like...

Joe.

as Andrew E said above, I got a set back for competiting in the NSW & ACT jamboree in 98 at Milbrodale. They were like.... cheap!

They will churn more mud at 2 psi than any swamper SX/TSL will in the same size. (I got 35x14.5) But yeah, you've gotta run them at bugger all pressure for them to work well. Side lugs are real nice looking at various angles.

Done nearly 14000 klicks on them now. They still have around 12mm or 13mm of tread on them. Think I rocked up to the 2000 jambo with the thornies on, with me boggers in the trailor just for the old ego trip thing.

The 37" thornies would be way wicked. Sure not as good as a bogger, but personally way better than TSL's. (Yep, own a set of them too --- so I can compare). How can I own so many tyres? I got no other life!

bushy555 wrote:as Andrew E said above, I got a set back for competiting in the NSW & ACT jamboree in 98 at Milbrodale. They were like.... cheap!

They will churn more mud at 2 psi than any swamper SX/TSL will in the same size. (I got 35x14.5) But yeah, you've gotta run them at bugger all pressure for them to work well. Side lugs are real nice looking at various angles.

Done nearly 14000 klicks on them now. They still have around 12mm or 13mm of tread on them. Think I rocked up to the 2000 jambo with the thornies on, with me boggers in the trailor just for the old ego trip thing.

The 37" thornies would be way wicked. Sure not as good as a bogger, but personally way better than TSL's. (Yep, own a set of them too --- so I can compare). How can I own so many tyres? I got no other life!

wierd..... this is the ONLY ever time i have EVER herd of sumone claiming a thornbird to be better than ANY tire let alone a swamper...

bogged wrote:

CRUSHU wrote:aren't they a street/all terrain type tyre, with chunky sidewalls in case you venture offroad?

great lookin AT then
But agree with what your saying looking at the tread pattern.. But if the price was right (being interco they wont be), few hours with a tire groover you could have a sweet MT.

Interco Tyres expensive In my experience, the only ridiculous expense is the Customs and Quarantine Broker.

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AnthonyP wrote:
wierd..... this is the ONLY ever time i have EVER herd of sumone claiming a thornbird to be better than ANY tire let alone a swamper...

Yup, I'm a wierd bloke.

Why wouldn't they be better than a swamper? Once those side lugs are on the ground then they become paddles. Those 14.5 come out to around 17" wide when aired down and the lugs become something more like boggers. Swampers dont really do that.

Yes I will agree that when they are inflated they are utter rubbish. Hard to balance, hard to drive on at highway speeds. But at 2psi, they come into their own world.

......or maybe Im just on drugs.

bushy555 wrote:

AnthonyP wrote:
wierd..... this is the ONLY ever time i have EVER herd of sumone claiming a thornbird to be better than ANY tire let alone a swamper...

Yup, I'm a wierd bloke.

Why wouldn't they be better than a swamper? Once those side lugs are on the ground then they become paddles. Those 14.5 come out to around 17" wide when aired down and the lugs become something more like boggers. Swampers dont really do that.

Yes I will agree that when they are inflated they are utter rubbish. Hard to balance, hard to drive on at highway speeds. But at 2psi, they come into their own world.

......or maybe Im just on drugs.

i think you will find the tread face doesnt get much wider as you deflate the tyre..... it just becomes longer....
them paddles dont look half as stagered as a swamper or bogger either...
although they doo seem to be at very different heights onthe side wall

you are a wierd bloke

they look like a bling bling tyre something you would put on a show poney