---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 04/07/11: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:36 AM - Tires (Peter Thomson) 2. 08:04 AM - Re: Carlisle Tires (ricklach) 3. 08:10 AM - Re: Tires (ricklach) 4. 09:51 AM - Tires (Mark Sherman) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:36:49 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Tires From: Peter Thomson my experience has been Carlisle are not the sort of tires you would be comfortable with landing in riverbeds. For golf courses - just fine. However, to go to an aircraft tire means (considerable) added weight (heavy tire + tube). After a hole from gravel strips in one Carlisle, I've gone to Michelin a/c tires, and would not go back. My understanding is that tho' used tubeless, Carlisle are meant to be tubed tires. Peter CZAW CH701/912ULS 700hr. Trio EZ Pilot ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:04:52 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Re: Carlisle Tires From: "ricklach" There are two brand names that Ive found, the most popular is the Carlisle and the second is Leslie. They are the same tire thats being marketing under two names. I talked to Matco about their tire and it was the Carlisle brand at the time we spoke. As Paul said its the Turf Glide model. I looked around and found them from $50 to $65 in the aircraft industry, but I got mine from my local Big Brand Tire store for $45 each and no shipping. They are just golf cart trailer tires, nothing special. As for the quality Phil, youre quite right, its POOR. Not only are the construction variables all over the place so is the weight. My nose wheel and tire set-up took almost a half pound of lead to balance. My last grip is they are really THIN. I can out to fly last Monday and a main was flat. Upon close inspection I found a household thumb-tack in the tire. It had pierced the tire and the tube. Repair was straight forward but, I do a lot of dirt field landings with all sort of rocks, green stuff, branches and who knows what else laying around that could puncher such a thin tire. Getting stuck in the bush with a simple flat is not a fun repair. OK enough gripping. I like the look and the general function of the tire, but is there a better, more dependable back country tire out there? What else have your guys tried? Rick -------- 701Driver N35 26.700, W118 16.743 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=336356#336356 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:10:15 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Re: Tires From: "ricklach" Peter could you be a little more specific about the model of Michelin tire your now using. Thanks Rick -------- 701Driver N35 26.700, W118 16.743 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=336357#336357 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:51:08 AM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Tires From: Mark Sherman Like just about everything there are compromises. So you want a tire that is light weight, has lots of rubber, absorbs the rocks on a riverbed without going flat and is only $45. Well good luck with that. I think the Alaska Bushwheel is only a thousand bucks or so. What a deal. And it only weighs about four times the stock tire. Taking off and landing with a flat tire with the 701 is not that big of a deal. Did it once after I spun the valve stem off the tube stopping hard on rough ground. I only run 6 pounds of air. Now I have screws in the rim keeping the tire from spinning. Run a little Slime in the tube and that will keep the little stickers from flatting the tire. 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