Siping MH tires for wet traction
I remember a thread not too long ago where someone commented about siping MH tires for traction in wet and snowy conditions. I had tires puton my car the other day and inquired with Discount Tire. ...
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ltatkinson wrote:
I am a huge supporter of siping. I do it to all my tires if possible. I called discount and they said they cant do 22.5" tires. In fact they said they will not even add aid to 22.5" tires. I have been a long time customer and found this odd. So where are you getting them siped? I'm in Dearborn, MI.
Tim
I'm not at this point. I was just inquiring while having tires put on my car. The General Tire is in New Hudson, MI. They are good guys to deal with. I just told him it was a MH, size wasn't discussed. I would be concerned they could handle a tire that size as you mentioned.
What concerns me is, I had steering issues when we picked up our new MH this year. Come to find out the tires were over inflated. Lowering the pressure solved the problem.
I'm not a tire expert, but I can see where siping could cause the tires to become mushy or as mentioned before to float more than a tire with a continuous tread pattern as the Goodyears are currently.
