JConcepts continues to muscle crawling off-road items into the market with the Tusk 2.2" tire. After successful class 2 tires, the team focused on a design with learned information by driving, crawling, and important input from a heap of development time by the JConcepts team. The team retained the 5.79" sizing making it a performance-based tire, but the tread layout went under the scope for changes.
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 design team added large, staggered traction bars off the side continuing the V-shape pattern and while the shorter version steps in conjunction with the center lug, the longer version fills a void underneath and meets up near the center line of the tire.
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 terrain. The tires include a medium open cell foam insert capable of standing up to the super soft compound but flexible enough for sharp terrain.
Features:
Robust carcass, mirror V-block design, 1:1 inspired147mm | 5.79" overall size without insertsCut and sliced lugs, stepping and recessed lugs for contortion controlSuper Soft, Green compoundSuper V-block, open center design for extra edgesSidewall lugs, slots, and alternating height treadIncludes medium, open cell insert
