I installed a set of Blizzaks on mine, DMN-Z's on new steelies. SO far they work awesome, on and off the snow. I was worried they would be too mushy, but I am pleased with the handling. I live in CT, drive to upstate NY daily and like this morning, didn't even break a sweat with 10" of snow that turned to an ice storm....One of the best investments I have made on my truck so far...
Need help with winter/snow tires
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simplemind
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Thanks 98Base4R for the update!
Now for a stupid question: Would it be unreasonable to put dedicated snow tires only on the rear (4WD)?
Now for a stupid question: Would it be unreasonable to put dedicated snow tires only on the rear (4WD)?
Canuckrz
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It use to be standard practice with 2wd truck owners up here however some things to consider.
1.) Since your front tires now have less grip than the back your ability to steer can be overwhelmed by your ability to accelerate, making you more likely to understeer off turns.
2.) Generally the bulk of the stopping power comes from the front brakes, so the same thing again where the ability to get momentum can now easily overwhelm your braking ability if you don't pay really close attention.
3.) With the downright dangerously shitty abs in our trucks the second one of those front all seasons locks up under braking, you're going to lose all your additional rear braking power from your winter tires anyway.
The only real advantage of rear only winter tires is less chance of the ass end kicking out, and acceleration. And neither of those are advantages over having winter tires on four corners. imo if you're going to get winter tires do all four, if you want to be cheap just pick up a used set.
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simplemind
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Good info Canuckrz, and I understand the reasoning. Not trying to be cheap, but space limited. The LTX MS/2's are doing pretty well considering. It was -17 in Boulder yesterday and had no problems, but the roads were fairly dry.
Canuckrz
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Yeah I knew that feeling, I picked up my dura-trac's thinking I could use them summer and winter as I have nowhere to keep a second set of tires. I regret not just buying a dedicated set of winter tires even if I had to run them in the summer. The dura-trac's combined with slippery roads and our abs is downright terrifying at times.
I'm out in the snow a bunch and have experience with these tires:
* Toyo Open Country - These were on a Ford Expedition when I bought it. We had a pretty good snow and ice storm the year I got the Expedition and had zero issues driving around town. I had excellent traction on snow and pretty good traction on Ice. Great in the rain, which we deal with a lot.
* Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor - Had these on the Expedition and used them for all kinds of snow adventures. Never had an issue on snow. Had an issue once on Ice, but trying to start up hill on Ice isn't a common occurrence. Excellent in rain and dry. On an off-road trip (WABDR), I did get a couple punctures, but I think it was more the terrain than anything.
* Toyo Open Country G-02 - I have the on the 4Runner currently. I've driven on snow and ice, and on both surfaces the tires provided excellent traction. I think they are more squirrely in the rain though. I wouldn't buy them again for the PacNW.
I will probably get another pair of snow tires, but still run SilentArmor or maybe try Hankook tires during the spring/summer/fall.
* Toyo Open Country - These were on a Ford Expedition when I bought it. We had a pretty good snow and ice storm the year I got the Expedition and had zero issues driving around town. I had excellent traction on snow and pretty good traction on Ice. Great in the rain, which we deal with a lot.
* Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor - Had these on the Expedition and used them for all kinds of snow adventures. Never had an issue on snow. Had an issue once on Ice, but trying to start up hill on Ice isn't a common occurrence. Excellent in rain and dry. On an off-road trip (WABDR), I did get a couple punctures, but I think it was more the terrain than anything.
* Toyo Open Country G-02 - I have the on the 4Runner currently. I've driven on snow and ice, and on both surfaces the tires provided excellent traction. I think they are more squirrely in the rain though. I wouldn't buy them again for the PacNW.
I will probably get another pair of snow tires, but still run SilentArmor or maybe try Hankook tires during the spring/summer/fall.
J.Graham
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Thought your post was a brilliant play on words!
You pointed out the 997 (only Porsche guys know these numbers). And tied it in with "there IS no substitute" (classic Porsche phrase).
Fellow 993 owner
Cheers!
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"Porsche.There is no substitute." Risky Business 1983 - YouTube
fenrisx
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Thought your post was a brilliant play on words!
You pointed out the 997 (only Porsche guys know these numbers). And tied it in with "there IS no substitute" (classic Porsche phrase).
Fellow 993 owner
Cheers!
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"Porsche.There is no substitute." Risky Business 1983 - YouTube
Ah, good! I thought you were just being rude at first.
Carry on!
MyHigh
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Duratracs!
Just went through the worst snow storm in something like 20 years up in Portland. Got to give the new tires a try and am impressed completly with them, they tracked anywhere I steered them to. I'm sold, I will get another pair, my biggest concern though is not snow, because we just don't get enough of it, but where they shine is wet roads, that we see a lot up here (present season excluded) but compared to my last set which were BFG at/ko it's apples and oranges. The BFG did absolutely horrible in the wet conditions for me I was very unimpressed. Yes they wear like iron and can expect 60,000 out of them but I'll go for confidence rather then longevity.
But everyone has an opinion, and mine may be biased, I do have to mention that getting them balanced was a pain in the ASS I had to go to 3 different Americas Tires before I found a tire tech able to do it right. One guy even tried to pass off a tire that had weights in two different locations on the outside rim.........I couldn't help but laugh!......I guess what do you expect for an 11 dollar an hour job.
Just went through the worst snow storm in something like 20 years up in Portland. Got to give the new tires a try and am impressed completly with them, they tracked anywhere I steered them to. I'm sold, I will get another pair, my biggest concern though is not snow, because we just don't get enough of it, but where they shine is wet roads, that we see a lot up here (present season excluded) but compared to my last set which were BFG at/ko it's apples and oranges. The BFG did absolutely horrible in the wet conditions for me I was very unimpressed. Yes they wear like iron and can expect 60,000 out of them but I'll go for confidence rather then longevity.
But everyone has an opinion, and mine may be biased, I do have to mention that getting them balanced was a pain in the ASS I had to go to 3 different Americas Tires before I found a tire tech able to do it right. One guy even tried to pass off a tire that had weights in two different locations on the outside rim.........I couldn't help but laugh!......I guess what do you expect for an 11 dollar an hour job.
