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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 12:32 AM
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Looking for a sticky tire. What benefit my truck more? Stock rear end stock 3.42's will have my cal tracs on in a couple days. Or should I wait to till I put a trie trac and some gears
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 01:02 AM
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Depends on what you are after. If you can hook on drag radials then they will go faster if you can't then slicks are what you need its that simple.
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 01:04 AM
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Well never had either one. Would drag radial last longer.
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Typically yes, but lots of factors will effect treadware.
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Still looking I don't know what to go with. I would like them to last but they won't be daily driving just from the house to the track. Most time an hour away. I have a tru-trac and 4.10s.
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I drive with radials and they last about a year to a year and a half driving them to and from the track.
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I would never drive slicks on the roads.
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I never drive radials in the rain, slicks would be suicide if the ground is even damp.
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But will a radial hook like a slick? Or or hook good enough to cut a 1.7/1.6/1.5 60' foot?
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If so what would be a good drag radial or slick? I have a set of 16 that are laying around so will be using them.
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