Goodyear Military sand Performance?

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I wonder what the date code is on those tires.In the past I have replaced perfectly good looking tires just because they lost all of their wet weather traction. Six years or so seems to be the useful life according to internet research.
 

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air down always rocks an sand ,,,,,,,,,mud well thats full throttle
loose sand carry water,,,,,,,, packed sand full throttle. winch an sand plow is good to have
 

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Thanks for the help everyone.
I'm late to the party, I know. Those OZ's are great for pavement pounding and general purpose use. I have ran them for about 30 years now. They are not a TSL and definitely not a Bogger; these are obviously much better in the mud. As for sand, I have been on the coast several times with them aired down and they do just fine. Once upon a year we could go to a tire shop just off Ft. Bragg and get as many "Blem" tires that we wanted. Goofballs then started selling these on Craigslist and FBMP and the shop owner put a stop to folks selling what he was giving away by not giving them away anymore. There are several of these tires around my shop that don't even have a date code; this shows they are over 20 years old. We still use them for wheeling though. You have a great looking Square, enjoy the ride!

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I wonder what the date code is on those tires.In the past I have replaced perfectly good looking tires just because they lost all of their wet weather traction. Six years or so seems to be the useful life according to internet research.
I wonder if you could scuff the outer part of the tire to at least temporarily improve that
 

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So how did it go? I'm late to this but I always run 12 psi in the sand w/o bead locks. Even bald tires aired down work in the sand.
 

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They should perform just fine. I wouldn't air down too much though, being 16.5's and the rims aren't exactly narrow. 15 psi or more should be plenty safe.
^^^^ This

I wouldn't air down 16.5's too much, the shape and style of the beads on 16.5's lend to them coming unseated easily when compared to 15's or 16's.
 

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