Who has driven SRW VS DRW In Snow
All I have approval from the wife to buy my last truck before retirement as I have noted to some of you in recent posts I am leaning to the current 2013/2014 Ram in the following configurations ...
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mileshuff wrote:blt2ski wrote:
The other key NOT being talked about is tires.Marty
Very true! I've been running Michelin LTX M/S's for years. They stick like glue in snow. In AZ we have rather powdery fluffy snow. Slush or hard packed ice is usually late season only. Truck came with the LTX A/S's which quickly clogged up and became an ice wheel.
We do not have dry fluffy snow up here in the NW US. We have what is called "Cascade Concrete" or " favorite ski area name">"BIG FLAKE" If you can not literally squeeze water out of the snow, it is rare, and then one has something called dry snow!LOLOLOL
Tires for the type of snow, mud, sand, rock, concrete only.....can make a BIG difference in how well ANY vehicle you drive will behave in the environment you travel in. Just because folks like Michelin XPS ribs, or the ltx m/s, does not mean those tread types will work for someone else. The ltx for how I drive is an aggressive street tire. The XPS a racing slick! I am sure someone out there thinks these tires is the next best thing to sliced bread........If I can not get thru with my M55's or equal......TIRE CHAINS! That is life when you drive up and down 10-20% grades with wet snow!
Marty
