9" Tires all around?

[huntnfish]

I rode with a guy that had a new Cat mud pro last weekend and noticed all 4 tires were 9 inches wide. After we were done riding we were kind of split about it being better or worse. The people for it thought that with the narrower tires, the back could track the same as the front and reduce drag. The other side thought that having a wider tire in the back would have more to dig. What are everyone's thoughts on this?

[Dave S]

narrower tires allow you to get down to solid ground easier. If you're in the muck, wider tires will only give you more buoyancy and not dig down as well.

There's a reason with the tractors used in rice fields that they use narrow tires. If you've ever seen swamp buggy races, they also use narrow tires.

[riverwader]

I am thinking of doing the same thing on my RZR. The way I look at it I could also us one of my fronts as a spare then if I blow a side wall on a trip.

[huntnfish]

I had never seen narrow all around on a wheeler and the guy riding the mud pro didn't really need one seeing as he drove around every hole we came to so I didn't know if they performed better or not. I was kind of on the side of them being better in the mud plus you would stay a little cleaner. Anyone else have any opinions?

[Dozer]

All depends on what kind of mud you are in. All narrows will dig down and get to a hard bottom if there is one, if not they will ust dig down and frame out. I used to run all wides on my Grizzly, worked great in the mud but got sick of wresling it on the trails. Personally I would never run narrows on the rear of my machine, but thats a personal preferance thing.

[stumper]

Thats how we run them on our race machines. They are noticably faster through the pits and IMO its due to less resistance. the fronts have already cut a path,if the rears are wider they have to cut/squeeze into the narrow path cut by the fronts.They work well in snow until it gets deep enough to high center. Then I prefer a wider tire to get better float.