20x7.00-00 tires

[Jerrytex]

Thanks for the replies. After some searching and a few calls, unless I am missing something, there are really only a couple of options if you want to stick with the 20" tires.

1. Buy the $100 each Buffed Kitfox tires from Desser (seems a little expensive)
2. Buy 20" ATV tires and spend the time to remove the knobbies (seems like a labor intensive and messy project)

Some alternatives that I found are:

1. Go with a smaller smooth tire. (Golf cart or lawn mower type. Biggest I could find is 18.5")
2. Buy the Nanco 21"x12" (loose some speed)
3. 4 or 6 ply trailer or airplane type tire. (very heavy)


Maybe this will save some time for anyone looking for replacements.

[catz631]

Yeah Jerry, the Nancos are super deluxe ! I have had them for over 2 years and LOVE them ! I still have my old "shaved" knobbys up in my hanger overhead thinking I might need them again but don't think I will ever go back to them.
Down here in "redneck" country I fit right in with all the tobaco spiting big wheeled trucks. Besides you could run over a cat and I think it would hardly notice it as the tire pressure is so low.
Bouncing while taxing is fun !
Dick

[Jerrytex]

Thanks Dick

The Nancos are the route I am going. I am pretty much on pavement always but someone mentioned the additional safety margin in the event of an off airport landing being that they can roll over anything. Recently here locally, there was a Beech Baron that ran out of gas and had to land on a road in a cotton field. He was doing alright until the small tires dug in to the dirt and over it went. Totaled the plane but everyone walked away. It seems that these Nancos would roll over rather than dig in.

[Marshawk]

Do you guys know of a good place to buy some 8" rims for these nanco tires

Thanks Willis