Studded Snow Tires,What do You Know about em?

"The people here from about mid state on have snow most of the year"
What? I don't think so. Even in the U.P., we don't get much snow before late November and it is mostly gone by the first week in April.


Blazzak is a good snow traction tire. Glacier Grip is a cheap soft rubber tire that works good in snow. Studs work like nothing else on ice, but are of little benifit in snow.

Yup should have read MOST OF THE WINTER mid state on has snow covered roads.







Al

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procomp makes some good tires for snow as well as dick cepek but there gonna set you back.

try http://www.treadwright.com/shopnow/e...265-75R16.aspx

they are retreads but this is a option:
Kedge Grip: Our own unique blend of crushed (recycled) glass and crushed walnut shell particle blended into our full grade truck rubber. Kedge Grip acts in a twofold way; first the walnut shell is designed to come out leaving small (approximately 1 mm) size pits in the tread surface that will act as additional siping and create more traction edges to grip the road. The second is the crushed glass which is designed to stay in longer and create a gritty surface to help anchor you to the road. Does it really work? Don’t take our word for it, read some of the testimonials. Also, check out the 4Wheeler magazine (though under a different name that we are not allowed to use any longer due to trademark issues) in the August 2009 issue. They consistently had excellent results with our Kedge Grip

I thought people only lived on mountains in the summer. Sounds like a dangerous road. But to each his own.

You are committed to studs, but to anyone else considering them, I'll never use them again. First, we have had serious ruts in the roads around here from them, causing dangerous driving conditions. Have to drive off-center in the lanes to stay out of the ruts. And if it rains, there can be serious hydroplaning where the water pools. The past couple of years, we've had to endure months of construction as they replace the hazardous roadways.

As others have mentioned, they are good in certain situations, but much of the winter our roads are bare, and it is annoying and less safe to have studs on.

I've had flats from the studs pushing through running on dry pavement.