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STA Superlug tires? anyone know much about them?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:29 pm
by m37_power
I found that they are about 36.3" tall which i like, but i dont know much about them. let me know if anyone is running or has had any experience with them offroad. Thanks in advance.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:01 pm
by powerwagontim
I ran the superlugs on my Power Wagon for several years. They are a good all around tire, good offroad and good on the road. I fell into a great deal on a set of 11.00 16 XZL's and made the switch. I would get another set of the Superlugs if I was tire shopping.
Tim
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:14 pm
by m37_power
Thats what i needed to know. I would love to have a set of 1100x16's, but i havnt seen a set in a while. I appreciate your help.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:35 pm
by powerwagontim
I heard recently that there is an outfit in Florida selling new XZL,s Still spendy, but a really good tire. I wouldnt want to have them with a 230, unless it was really flat country!
My 318 pushes them along here in Vermont quite nicely.
Tim
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:37 pm
by 52m37Hal
Paul here in NY uses Superlugs on all his Dodge trucks. Go to the link below and scan down to his trans Labrador trip and you can see how they perform.
Also graet link for some really fine work and great info on rebuilding front hubs.
Hal
http://www.imageevent.com/moosecreekmaple
11.00 x 16's
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:53 am
by bpj911
I just bought a set of 11.00 16 XZLs from a place in Florida. Nice, pretty reasonable. I don't have an issue with the 230 running them. It actually seems to be a little faster even accelerating due to the lesser rolling resistance...
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:06 am
by powerwagontim
How do you find it on hills? Bring your truck to Vermont and you will see what I mean!
Tim
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:16 am
by m37_power
hills...thats my concern with going to a much taller tire as well. i plan on trail riding mine with the jeep club that i am in. I know there are alot of places that require side hilling.
Hills
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:26 am
by bpj911
I don't notice much difference on the hills vs. the smaller tires. That being said, hills in Iowa are pretty much flat really.
Re: Hills
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:01 am
by Lifer
bpj911 wrote:I don't notice much difference on the hills vs. the smaller tires. That being said, hills in Iowa are pretty much flat really.
You haven't traveled US 34 between Burlington, IA and Plattsmouth, NE, have you!
I had a 1989 Dodge B250 van with a slant-6 and 4-speed manual trans and I was constantly dropping down to 3rd gear to top those hills with anything more than two people and their suitcases in it. I got good gas mileage with that drivetrain in IL and western NE, but my miles-per-gallon dropped off considerably on the Iowa leg of the trip!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:22 pm
by tmbrwolf
The STA's are what the military issues in place of the ndt 9.00X16 tire, at least the last time I ordered some that's what I received. Seem to be a good enough tire.
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:59 pm
by DaveO
I run them in Alaska, and love them. Very good grip, decent wear (as long as your toe-in is correct
). They are bias, so you get the early-morning bump until they warm up. However, they
can take a bit of lead to get them in balance.
I had to drive up onto the sidewalk in an icestorm, once, doing about 35 as a little Subaru came at me sideways. The Subaru driver got a great view of my winch. He could probably read the serial number. I suspect that he didn't stop to thank me for saving his life because he needed to get home to change his britches. Those STA's didn't break loose at all. Of course, I run with a couple hundred pounds of ballast over the rear axle during the winter months.