Tire Groover

[JeffK5]

Originally Posted by rilynsdad

I used a 1 1/4 wood chisel and a map-gas torch and heated up the chisel's tip to cut the small lugs on my bogger's it work pretty fast two tires in a hour not bad, it cut through like butter... I check out youtube first.

This ^^

Doing it this way is 10x faster than messing with a Ideal type groover..

[blazerbrad]

I'm sure the 1 1/4" wood chisel would be faster for cutting out the small lugs of a Bogger, but for cutting a 1/4 - 1/2" groove across a tread block the groover should be faster. Exact same concept with the exception you don't have to stop and heat up the blade with the torch. I cut a 1/2" groove through the middle of each tread block on my 39.5" TSL's in about 15-20 minutes per tire.

[cheapthrills49]

Don't b a girl, use a chainsaw........faster than any grover out their. If you have a small battery powered or electric saw its one handed and effortless.

[T-bird]

I was looking at something more like this



and not removing an entire lug.

[blazerbrad]

Originally Posted by T-bird

I was looking at something more like this



and not removing an entire lug.

I did the center lugs of my previous Swampers (13/38-16s) like that with the smaller 1/4" blade. Twice as many cuts but not much more time since it cuts quicker.

[JeffK5]

From your first post I was thinking you where wanting to remove whole lugs to let the tire flex better.

Would cutting a 1/4" wide 1/4" deep groove in each lug really improve flex that much.

[cheapthrills49]

Originally Posted by JeffK5

From your first post I was thinking you where wanting to remove whole lugs to let the tire flex better.

Would cutting a 1/4" wide 1/4" deep groove in each lug really improve flex that much.

O yeah, it adds 100 or so more pinch points per tire.....have you ever seen a late model tire? Thats the principle then air down