I'm hoping so. I ordered the Alloy Chromoly ones from David @ Northridge. He said he had them in stock, and they'd be shipping out today... so my math puts that at arriving at my house early this coming week.

Speaking of that...

Who is up for a Tulsa area mod party on Saturday Feb. 12th? I'll even play host (it's not like my Jeep is going anywhere )

 

Mine have been suprising the hell out of me, I'm STOKED to see what a better tire does in this kind of weather.

half bald SR-A's have gotten me all over town, I take aim at the mini mountains of snow on the sides of the roads and just mow over em', yanked my cousin's Envoy off a guard rail and back onto the road.. I love my Jeep. Can't wait for new tires.

edit: I'll get photos posted of the Envoy here after a while.

 

Let's change subjects: Income taxes. I just finished inputting all of the data for my taxes at FreeTaxUSA, which I've been using the past five years or so. This year there is a small problem. If you itemize, this may apply to you, too. When you itemize you can deduct the amount that your state collected in income taxes the prior year. This is NOT the amount you actually owed in income taxes, but rather the amount that they collected. It's done this way because you don't know how much you pay in state income taxes until after you've calculated the federal taxes. So, you just deduct the actual amount collected. Then, the next year you receive a W2G from the state showing how much they refunded to you, and you report that as income on your next year's taxes. So far, no problem.

Now, there is the option to deduct state sales taxes versus state income taxes. This deduction was made available primarily for those who don't live in a state with income taxes, but any taxpayer may chose to use it. So, it's a no-brainer that if you pay more in state sales taxes than you have deducted for state income tax, you would want to deduct the state sales taxes.

But, here's the catch, and it's where FreeTaxUSA is limiting my options: Did you notice that I didn't say anything about having to report any income in the following tax year if you elect to use the state sales tax deduction? That's because there is no requirement to do so.

In my case, I can save $16 this year because the state income tax deduction is worth $107 more than the sales tax deduction (note that the IRS provides a nice little calculator for determining the sales tax deduction if you didn't save your receipts--like anyone does--and you can also add beyond that for certain large purchases such as vehicles). However, if I do that then I must report $1350 of additional income next year, which will cost me $203 in additional federal taxes next year, and $51 in state taxes next year. Save $16 this year to spend $254 next. That's a pretty dumb move on my part, but FreeTaxUSA doesn't allow me to chose the lesser option this year for the bigger option next year.

Anyway, just thought I'd share this because have you considered how this choice will impact your taxes? My situation is probably a little unusual because Oklahoma doesn't tax most of my income. This past year Curtis made about one-fifth of the income as me, but will pay about four times as much in taxes. Go figure.

 

Have you tried Tax Slayer? I used it last year and loved it, I plan on using it again this year once I get all my tax statements (but thats another gripe). I think it cost literally $10 and that includes the e-filing costs. I don't know if it does what you are talking about, but I didn't have any problems doing self employment, multiple employers, and all types of deductions for home office, etc. It might be worth looking into.

 

Wow, it's dead around here tonight... Taxes must not be the hot topic.

Quick, someone break something so well have something to talk about.

 

I got something for ya to ponder. I posted this somewhere else and haven't got a response. So thinking of 37s and everyone says not too cause the negatives are over the positives buuuuuut.......

I think the stress on a d30 is not the size but weight. Tell me if I could be possibly wrong. I will be sleeve a s gussets as soon as I can get them welded on.

A 37 km2 weighs 70 lbs according to tire rack. A lot of 35s are in the 80 lbs area. So reading Jp Mag. For every 10 pounds of tire weight equals 100 lbs of weight added to your jeep essentially hurting performance and stopping. So looking at the d30 rotating the 37 it should be perfectly fine with a low weight tire regardless of height of the tire right? Does this seem to make sense? So my thinking ita weight not size. Ex. Better to get 37 km2 at 70 lbs versus 35 falken wild peak at 81 lbs. What y'all think?

Oh I have d30 up front with sleeve and gussets. Factory shafts on a 4 inch teraflex lift.

 

You know, I would think the width of the tire would play a factor too. The farther the tire sticks out (both tire width and backspacing) it would just seem that would apply leverage to the ball joints. I would imagine you'd probably want to consider upgrading your ball joints if you were to run 37s on a D30.

And, from my recent experience, I'd highly recommend Chromoly shafts as well.

 

Torque on the shaft from added weight perceived from bigger tires right but 35s can outweigh 37s as much as 20 lbs! I will be upgrading shafts and maybe ball joints.

 

I do think trying for the lightest tire possible would be a good thing. I just think all Johnny was saying is that 20lbs 18.5 inches away from center "weighs" more than 20lbs at 17.5 inchs when they are rotating at the same speed.

Although, the drastic differences in weights may offset this

 

Although logically speaking, that does sound true, I don't think it's just the size or the height - you have to consider the entire mass of a 37" tire as vs. just the height or just the weight of it. The taller you go, the wider it gets too and the more rotational mass on the axles, the shafts and everything else that goes with it. Not sure if that makes sense