Anyone tried these tires?

I work for Carlisle (who owns ITP) and i get an extremely good deal on wheels and tires. I like the look of the Terracross RT because it reminds me alot of the Bighorn. I just dont know in general if it (or the Bighorn for that matter) is the tire for me. I dont really do much mud riding. There is SOME mud but i dont go looking for it and when i do get into mud its not much more than about 6" deep. Most of my riding is dirt trails and some rock and some roads. I think the Terracross would be what would work best for me but i was just wanting to know if anyone had any experience with them? They are radials so that is good and the weight rating is plenty high. I was wanting to go up to a 26" tire and i would get some wheels also. So an additional question would be what off set wheels would i need and widths? Thanks in advance guys and here is a link to the tires im looking at
http://itptires.com/utilityatv/terracross.html

I had terra cross xd. 26in 14in beedlock wheels. The rears had a massive offset. I think about 3 1/2 inch. It rode and handled awesome but.... I ate through bearings and bushings like it was my job. We ride extreme stuff in ky but I was getting about 400 miles out of wheels bearing. Terra cross xd was an great tire all around. Descent in mud . Just wouldn't clean out very good. I do trails and hills and rocks. Took those off an put stock special edition wheels back on. Threw on a set of 26 in bighorns and wow what a difference. Lighter digs better. I love the bighorn for my style of riding. So basically you won't go wrong with terra cross . Just like the bighorn better. Oh yeah make sure they are the xd terra cross. 8 ply sidewall

I dont want them hanging out there real far. Maybe just a little in the back because i dont have spacers in the rear right now.

good lookin tire!!

x2 I like the side lugs.

looks like they would do well in snow also

chuddly wrote:

I dont want them hanging out there real far. Maybe just a little in the back because i dont have spacers in the rear right now.

In the rear use a rim with a 5+2 backspacing. It'll be about stock. With no spacers.
In the front use a 4+3 backspacing, about stock.
Both are depending on tire specs, but it'll be close.
The problem will be finding the same rim in both backspacing sizes.

I am running 26" Terracross on 14" ITP SS212s, I like them and have had good luck with them, run more on hard pack than mud. They are a bit heavy and seem pretty good in snow, though I put on my tracks once the snow piles up.

Snorhino wrote:

I am running 26" Terracross on 14" ITP SS212s, I like them and have had good luck with them, run more on hard pack than mud. They are a bit heavy and seem pretty good in snow, though I put on my tracks once the snow piles up.

Thats the exact setup i was looking at....Do you have any pictures of yours with the wheels and tires on? What offset are you running?

chuddly wrote:

I work for Carlisle (who owns ITP) and i get an extremely good deal on wheels and tires. I like the look of the Terracross RT because it reminds me alot of the Bighorn. I just dont know in general if it (or the Bighorn for that matter) is the tire for me. I dont really do much mud riding. There is SOME mud but i dont go looking for it and when i do get into mud its not much more than about 6" deep. Most of my riding is dirt trails and some rock and some roads. I think the Terracross would be what would work best for me but i was just wanting to know if anyone had any experience with them? They are radials so that is good and the weight rating is plenty high. I was wanting to go up to a 26" tire and i would get some wheels also. So an additional question would be what off set wheels would i need and widths? Thanks in advance guys and here is a link to the tires im looking at
http://itptires.com/utilityatv/terracross.html

Chuddly; 6" of mud isn't mud, it's a wet spot that's on the sheets, after a little bit of entertainment!!!

I run the terra cross and love them. I have never had a flat on them and have quite a few miles on them. Air them down for the snow and they do awesome.

chuddly wrote:

Snorhino wrote:

I am running 26" Terracross on 14" ITP SS212s, I like them and have had good luck with them, run more on hard pack than mud. They are a bit heavy and seem pretty good in snow, though I put on my tracks once the snow piles up.

Thats the exact setup i was looking at....Do you have any pictures of yours with the wheels and tires on? What offset are you running?

Here you go, these are 9" fronts and 11" rears, I think they are about an 1" or so of offset , I am also running 1 1/2" wheel spacers all the way around which I need with my tjd tracks and I just leave them on. What trails I run have plenty of room, old RR beds or logging roads etc. so the width is not a big issue. Sorry about the trailer in the picture, she is going to work hauling and pulling fence in a boggy area on the farm tomorrow.

If the deal was right, I would try them. I've heard they go really well other than real deep mud. Also heard of sidewall problems, but it sounds like they have made an effort to fix that. I bought Bighorns again mainly because of the mileage I can get out of them, and how they hold up.

Bighorns here,but they look like they would dig good!!

What kind of mileage are you guys getting out of your Big Horns on hard pack?

3000 on mine.

Need a new set SOON !

man I like those tracks snorhino just cant justify the price may i'll hit the loto

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I had over 3000 miles on my 14" Terracross before I sold my Rhino. Great wearing tire with no flats or plugs. I rode a lot of hardpack....

Wow that's pretty good!

madmax 1 wrote:

man I like those tracks snorhino just cant justify the price may i'll hit the loto

Yeah the tracks are slick especially in the deep snow, the Rhino is virtually unstoppable lots of floatation great for towing ice fishing shacks and getting to remote areas. The rhino is not very sporty with them on they are heavy. I think with the new sheave kit it will turn the tracks much better.

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The Terracross wear like iron mine in the picture have about 1200 miles on them a fair amount of it was on hard pack. I had one minor sidewall issue from a stump which I fixed.

I think I will try them...I get 70% off so can you say "GREAT DEAL"? Thanks guys for the input and pictures.

chuddly wrote:

I think I will try them...I get 70% off so can you say "GREAT DEAL"? Thanks guys for the input and pictures.

Get em. We want pictures. 70% off is a no-brainer on a good tire. From what others have said, they are good.