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Old 03-05-2009, 02:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by almightybmw View Post
From what I remember reading in a post last summer they are using this on heavy equipment where the short comings aren't noticed as much. There is a company that has taken the tweel design and modified it to a honeycomb pattern. It evens out the pressure and smooths the ride slightly. I can't remember where I read about it though; it was last semester sometime, fall '08. Was either jalopnik, treehugger, or autoblog I read it on.
I think you mean Resilient Technologies out of Wausau, Wisconsin. As far as I can tell, they are for military Humvees at this point. Not sure about the downsides, but I would imagine that if your tire got shot in Iraq and these allowed you to make it back to base, they would be worth their weight in gold to you.
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