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WNYBob wrote:
My local tire chain has just announced that they will not mount only 2 snow tires on any vehicle starting 2017.
IMO they are just wanting to sell me more tires for my 2WD rear drive truck!
I understand matching tires on 4WD vehicles. And maybe on FWD (where they were saying to put 2 snows on the rear?). But not on my truck!
And this is from someone that told me to buy all-season instead of winter for year round use on my Sonata. I read an article that stated you get better stopping year round with winter tires, but sacrificing tread ware.
The point of that article (getting better stopping power with winter tires) is why you should have 4 winter tires even for a 2 wheel drive truck.
IMHO it's just as important to stop as to get going. Prolly more important.- My local tire chain has just announced that they will not mount only 2 snow tires on any vehicle starting 2017.
IMO they are just wanting to sell me more tires for my 2WD rear drive truck!
I understand matching tires on 4WD vehicles. And maybe on FWD (where they were saying to put 2 snows on the rear?). But not on my truck!
And this is from someone that told me to buy all-season instead of winter for year round use on my Sonata. I read an article that stated you get better stopping year round with winter tires, but sacrificing tread ware. - Studless winter tires are required in the Province of Quebec during certain months (Dec - Mar ?).
The Canadian government did a video years ago comparing a Jeep CJ in 4WD with snow tires vs a 2WD minivan. Admittedly they did not compare deep snow, but the other conditions the 2WD minivan beat the Jeep every time. - If all you're doing is driving around town then all-seasons will usually get you by, but good winter snow tires are a lot better.
You can watch this right after it snows and people hook up their snow machine trailers to their trucks and head out of town for the weekend. They get out there, find a place to jump their truck over the snow burm and unload the machines. When they come back, and maybe the snowplow has come along, a lot of them are then stuck because their all-season can't get enough traction in the deeper snow. The guys with good snow tires wind up pulling them out.
Look at it this way, how do your all-season sandles work in the winter or your all-season wool scarf work in the summer?
I went south from Alaska in May and ran into a snow storm in northern Canada that had dumped about 6" of snow. The locals and the Alaskans going south with their winter tires didn't have any problems. It was easy to tell which people were running all-season tires.
Bill - Learning & Honing my driving skills growing up in WY/UT we had set of Summer tires and a set of Winter Tires
Hated studded tires......only thing they were good for was 'night time' show on dry asphalt
Course you never wanted to be behind anyone when they lit them up - On my truck I run all seasons in the winter, but I put winter tires on my wife's car and the difference is amazing.
- I didn't realize that studded tires were still legal anywhere. They've been off the roads in the midwest for decades.
- I switched from studded to studdless winter tires, blizzak or Michelin ice as soon as they were avaiable for my vehicles. IMHO they blow studded tires away in virtually every situation. Ice and hardpack snow traction is amazing.
And treadlife seems to be about the same as studded tires. - thank you for information on winter tires
- Sure wish more people used winter tires around here.
