Besure you use a 6 ply tire!!!

I wouldn't trust anything less.

Plys are everything when your abusing the maximum ratings.

 

They make 28's but,... your loosing a lot of your gearing by going that big...?

 

I just had a look at my tires out of interest and ive been abusing 2-ply tires Rated to only 430 pounds each. Ive never seen a tire failure yet in 3 years either, and that includes rock climbing and 2 occasions of impacts, one was hitting a tree that caused a rollover and destroyed the LHF suspension on one buggy, the other was an immovable rock at 30mph+ that bent the (commercial) rim into the knuckle, and bent the EA82 stay bar into a U. In both cases the tire stayed up and after beatin the rim back to shape with a sledgehammer, using the bead to keep it round, all was fine. In theory the tires are overloaded, so i will go back to ignoring the theory, run with the practical results, and urge others to try stuff out. Be brave!

I've never had a problem either,

What tries are you running?

 

 

I just had a look at my tires out of interest and ive been abusing 2-ply tires Rated to only 430 pounds each. Ive never seen a tire failure yet in 3 years either, and that includes rock climbing and 2 occasions of impacts, one was hitting a tree that caused a rollover and destroyed the LHF suspension on one buggy, the other was an immovable rock at 30mph+ that bent the (commercial) rim into the knuckle, and bent the EA82 stay bar into a U. In both cases the tire stayed up and after beatin the rim back to shape with a sledgehammer, using the bead to keep it round, all was fine. In theory the tires are overloaded, so i will go back to ignoring the theory, run with the practical results, and urge others to try stuff out. Be brave!

Ive got Kenda bearclaws, the open pattern without huge lugs is good on sand. Ive also seen quite an assortment of standard farm quad tires, dirt devils etc. Most buggy owners over here find second hand tyres to use on buggies.

 

BTW, i have rear discs on mine since i used EA82-t running gear, and have adapted EA81 front calipers onto the rear for far better brakes. Also as a wee bonus i have rear handbrake attachments..... hullo individual rear wheel brakes