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Back in the 70s, friend and I worked for 2 diffrent security patrol compnies, we had contracts to rescue any of our people in case they got stuck in snow storms. Perfect situation we were both off, night started off fairly easy, as it went on the roads got slicker and more iced up, so we chained up one on the front and one on the back tires on my Land cruiser, about 2 am I had all 4 chained and was calling it a night, We were headed home down Central in front of the university we were the only thing mobile. There was an APD officer who had wisely parked in the parking who really stared at us as we went crunching by
Came up on my phone two different times within 15 mins after seeing this post from my work surface.
That thing is always on the lift. KTM anyways...
That thing is always on the lift. KTM anyways...
Back in '95 we had what people around here called a "blizzard" that dumped a couple feet of snow. Back then I had my '84 Ramcharger with a LockRight and chains on the rear. The roads were closed, even I-64, but I was out playing in it because you couldn't stop that thing. I want to get a set of chains for my 37s on the current Ramcharger, but haven't bothered to do it yet. Maybe next year when the 2500 is paid off.Back in the 70s, friend and I worked for 2 diffrent security patrol compnies, we had contracts to rescue any of our people in case they got stuck in snow storms. Perfect situation we were both off, night started off fairly easy, as it went on the roads got slicker and more iced up, so we chained up one on the front and one on the back tires on my Land cruiser, about 2 am I had all 4 chained and was calling it a night, We were headed home down Central in front of the university we were the only thing mobile. There was an APD officer who had wisely parked in the parking who really stared at us as we went crunching by
I attended Frozen Rush in '16 and got to see these tires in action. Tons of horsepower and making it stick made for a great show.In another thread we talked about this.
Either the Sweds or Fins or Nords run studs twice that length and completely haul ass around frozen lakes.
I’m too lazy to go get a set and put them on. I even have a studded set.
That’s why I have any at all.
I’m too lazy to go get a set and put them on. I even have a studded set.
That’s why I have any at all.
I’ve run multiple sets over the years. There’s not enough difference to be worth going out of my way for so now they get mixed in with all the other tires in the piles.
I bet they’re better on hard pack snow and fozen lakes and shit (I.e the terrain they use in the marketing materials) but they just don’t move the needle enough for commuting.
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pretty sure chains are somewhat illegal here too
old dried out snows are worse than fresh all seasons of reasonable tread pattern
Old dried out all seasons would be worse than fresh all seasons as well. It's not like that's any kind of surprise.
Can't disagree on tires that old as I haven't had ancient snows on my cars, but IMO when compared to similar age/tread depth tire all season tires, snow tires have noticably better snow/ice traction than an equivalent age/tread depth all season from day 1 to about 5 years old (ie: a 5 year old 6/32nds snow tire would grip better on snow/ice than a 5 year old 6/32nds all season tire).
Postal service runs chains on their LLVs here. Never would have believed it if I didn't see one at the gas station wearing chains.
Lucky for you I'm comparing used snow tires to used all-seasons.
I don't give a shit about your cold communist shithole.
that's when I grab them off the junk pile
The ones off the wife's car perhaps, but your standards are probably high enough to pass on the last couple sets that came off of my car.
maybe
The last 2 have had exposed belts on the shoulder of 2/4 tires (one came that way and got new tires, the other the car tended to chew through both shoulders on the tire and I ignored it).
Yes but you need to drive fast to generate enough downforce for them to bite!
that's generally the trouble with people in the ditch, they just weren't going fast enough to get good traction
