Thoughts on studded tires
Any thoughts from the Northern tier folks on a preferred studded tire for a small SUV (Jeep Liberty or similar) Have to replace the winter tires on the wife's vehicle and, while I have my own expe...
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PA12, I consider the ultimate winter tire (unless the wife only drives paved roads around town and generally waits for the plow trucks to make a pass) to be a studdable mud terrain tire with little to NO factory siping.
Then take said mud tire, have all the inside tread block rows siped as deep as they'll do it (1/2" usually) and leave the outside blocks solid and stud them.
Benefits of snow tire from the siping, benefits of easy tread cleanout due to large void space, benefits of studs (obvious on ice) and benefits of the big mud terrain lugs in softer/deeper snow.
If just driving around town, I'd get the cheapest studdable snow tires you can, punch some studs in em and let er rip!
You already have AWD so you can go 90% of anywhere on normal tires, snows are just better and studs are studs, you're not ice racing.
Save the expensive studs for the snogo when them trails get icy!
Then take said mud tire, have all the inside tread block rows siped as deep as they'll do it (1/2" usually) and leave the outside blocks solid and stud them.
Benefits of snow tire from the siping, benefits of easy tread cleanout due to large void space, benefits of studs (obvious on ice) and benefits of the big mud terrain lugs in softer/deeper snow.
If just driving around town, I'd get the cheapest studdable snow tires you can, punch some studs in em and let er rip!
You already have AWD so you can go 90% of anywhere on normal tires, snows are just better and studs are studs, you're not ice racing.
Save the expensive studs for the snogo when them trails get icy!
