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Mower Building / Setup Help => Tires => Topic started by: Mickey mower makin on July 03, 2017, 01:36:13 am

Title: stock mower rims
Post by: Mickey mower makin on July 03, 2017, 01:36:13 am: How much can stock rims take.I have the plain old mower rims .really don't wanna put hubs on is why I ask
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: birdman_express on August 27, 2017, 09:35:39 pm: Seen them break in the middle of a turn twice.
One had reinforcement as well.
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: Mickey mower makin on August 29, 2017, 02:26:12 am: How do u reinforce a rim? Might just do that till I can get some quality rims
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: birdman_express on August 30, 2017, 08:08:50 am: Quote from: Mickey mower makin on August 29, 2017, 02:26:12 am
How do u reinforce a rim? Might just do that till I can get some quality rims
Rims are $30 bucks new. 30ci
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: Mickey mower makin on August 30, 2017, 02:24:43 pm: Just bought a new house and car,I can't get away with spending extra on a mower .but I can get out the welder
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: Hitch on August 30, 2017, 03:54:00 pm: You would be better off to wait till you could afford after market wheels the stock wheels will still break after welding supports on them. Driver at my track is lucky he's not paralyzed after a stock wheel broke in the middle of a turn, it's not worth the risk.
Title: Re: stock mower rims
Post by: rotten ron on May 13, 2018, 10:24:53 pm: i was just watching a race when a wheel broke it went flying by me as i turned my back to talk to someone, they wern't going to let him race with the steel rims but it was the first race he had been at so they told him he could race that time but the next race he would have to have real wheels