Desser Smooth Tundra Tire

[jiott]

Yes John, that is exactly what I was trying to say, but got tangled up in my words. Good catch, thanks for the clarification.

[Rooster]

Bought mine at Oshkosh from a very helpful Tim. Loving them every flight!

The freight to South Africa cost almost as much as the tyres and tubes combined!

[Hockeystud87]

I had the aeroclassic 22” on matco wheels and ran them tubeless. When ordering from Desser tire make sure you specify you want tubeless.

I routinely operated them at 8-9 psi and no slippage on the wheels. At least half of my landings were on pavement, they seem to wear very well.

My plan is to run these tubeless but when I called desser the man on the other side of the phone stated they have to be run with tubes or they won't hold air. Not sure what exact tire I'm supposed to purchase for tubeless. All I can find are these:

https://www.desser.com/Aircraft-Tire...LASS-AA4K5.asp

[Av8r3400]

I don't think it maters to the tire, you just need to have tubeless capable wheels. I still run the 21/800x6 tires tubeless.

[Hockeystud87]

Ok that's what I was thinking. I know that the website states the 21/800 can be operated as tubeless but the 22/850 say they are "tubed type".

Even though the Desser rep states they won't hold air it seems there are multiple people who are using them tubeless.

My plan is to run them on the matco 6" rimes with the tubeless kit (O-Ring and valve stem).

If it doesn't work I buy tubes... another -$200 haha

Another interesting fact is the desser rep stated the 850's are stiffer than the 21's. Which I though was intriguing as they claim "pillow soft".

[GWright6970]

Reading this and other threads begs the un-answered question:

How many.people have successfully ran the smooth Nanco 21x12-8 tires? (They have a manufacturer rating of 335 lbs at 5psi.)

[Flybyjim]

Datum, I will look them up, I have not heard of these, Thanks

[Av8r3400]

Reading this and other threads begs the un-answered question:

How many.people have successfully ran the smooth Nanco 21x12-8 tires? (They have a manufacturer rating of 335 lbs at 5psi.)

Joey, (from your neighborhood with the Avid) loves his.

[jiott]

A few years ago, these Nanco's were kind of popular, but then Desser came out with their's and about the same time I started hearing about quality problems (out of round, heavy spots, etc.) with the Nanco's. Some folks were happy, others were very unhappy, seemed like inconsistent quality control. Haven't heard much about Nanco problems in the last few years; maybe they solved their quality issues. Anyway, Desser for whatever reason seems to have taken the lead in these type and size tires. Just my impressions from what I have read, mostly on this forum. Anyone interested could probably do a search on this forum and find quite a bit of discussion on Nanco, both pro and con.

[Av8r3400]

If I were looking for a 8" tire, I can live with a lot of out-of-round for $44.15 each rather than $479 each...

A 10:1 price difference is a big deal.