JConcepts continues to muscle scale off-road items into the market with the introduction of the Tusk 2.9" tire pre-mounted on Hazard wheel. After successful class 2 tires, the team focused on a new design with learned information by driving, crawling, and important input from a heap of development time by the JConcepts team. The team retained the 7.13" sizing making it a scale-based tire, but the tread layout went under the scope for changes.
The popular tread is pre-mounted on all new #3436B 2.9" Hazard beadlock wheel. The wheel is a 3-piece design, bolts together from the inside and clamps the tire into place and a center cap can be installed to complete a scale street look and finish. The pre-mounted set all arrives pre-assembled and ready to bolt-on the vehicle and hit the street or trail.
The Tusk has an animal like instinct while it makes its way over terrain with hefty lugs and sidewall support. The center of the tire starts with a V-shaped lug with multiple steps to the sides for additional grip while the green compound rubber flexes and contours to the landscape.
The mirrored aspect to the tire lays out beautifully and alternating rows provide a staggered height affect. JConcepts has added sidewall lugging for pinch grip and gap crawling and relieved a small portion of rubber for increased flexibility. All traction bars and lugging have relieved cuts and slots on the top to split up the flat surfaces for additional little edges for light dirt, dust, and debris. The sidewall lettering is highly detailed on the Tusk with naming, sizing, and identification.
The flexibility of the green compound combined with the lug arrangement gives the tire a grippy feel but still maintains the all-important scale and performance look. The overall height provides plenty of ground clearance for vehicles on an abundance of terrainch The tires include a medium open cell foam insert capable of standing up to the super soft compound but flexible enough for sharp terrainch
- Robust carcass, mirror V-block design, 1:1 inspired
- Pre-mounted and assembled on Hazard #3436B wheels
- 181mm / 7.13" overall size without inserts
- Cut and sliced lugs, stepping and recessed lugs for contortion control
- Super Soft, Green compound
- Super V-block, open center design for extra edges
- Sidewall lugs, slots, and alternating height tread
- Includes medium, open cell insert