Originally Posted By: Traction
Something I have given thought to for shaving a tire round, or take off some tread is to use a 2 wheel drive vehicle with an open diff, and tie it off securely to something solid like a big tree. Then taking other precautions, use a floor jack, and load one tire lightly on concrete flooded with water, and shave it down? Or just bolt in on to something with an open diff, and go have some fun with burnouts! If you didn't screw up, it would be much cheaper than paying to have it shaved. From the shaved tires I've seen, even from the Tirerack look like they had been shaved with a giant cheese grater.
Traction, you are going to get someone hurt
Something I have given thought to for shaving a tire round, or take off some tread is to use a 2 wheel drive vehicle with an open diff, and tie it off securely to something solid like a big tree. Then taking other precautions, use a floor jack, and load one tire lightly on concrete flooded with water, and shave it down? Or just bolt in on to something with an open diff, and go have some fun with burnouts! If you didn't screw up, it would be much cheaper than paying to have it shaved. From the shaved tires I've seen, even from the Tirerack look like they had been shaved with a giant cheese grater.
Traction, you are going to get someone hurt