Winter Tires

[pipes]

Do you carry any weight in the box? Haven't seen anyone point this out. I carry 20 sand bags in my 3500.

This thread is out of season. Put on your summer tires boys.

 

[Stompin Tom]

Best time of the year to buy your winters.

 

[rknight111]

I’ll

Do you carry any weight in the box? Haven't seen anyone point this out. I carry 20 sand bags in my 3500

Typically one or two sleds on the deck and fuel or I’m hauling a skid steer. The truck otherwise sits.

 

[Caper11]

Duratracs are an all terrain, all-weather tire… not an all season or a winter tire. They’re snowflake/mountain designated, but they’ll never be as good as a true winter tire, or ice tire. They are noisy, no question about it.

100%, they are a excellent snow tire, perform well in the slush, chew in the deep snow very well. Pure ice? They are not a winter ice tire and I k ow that, Adjust to the conditions.
It’s hard to have the best all around tire for winter, and summer for that matter.
I would not use them for all season, they are heavy and louder than I like. For what they are, they have served me well the last 10 years on different trucks and conditions.


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[Stompin Tom]

It would be great if we all could run the very best tire for every season with no consideration of price. Unfortunately this is the real world.

 

[Sessionsdoo]

This thread is out of season. Put on your summer tires boys.

Already on and been on all winter... duratracs for the win lol

 

[TDR]

Been running studless Hakks for years on the Duramax. Excellent winter tires. Just bought next years with studs. Amazing highway traction which is where most of mr driving occurs to get to the riding.

 

[Cyle]

This thread is out of season. Put on your summer tires boys.

Not so fast! 5-10cm for tomorrow. This is Alberta, there is only like 2 months a year it can't snow in.

 

[snoflake]

Not sure if it’s even relevant as it seems like a Nokian VS duratrac conference but I ran studded Arctic Claws this winter and was pleasantly surprised how good they were. This winter was the worst conditions I have travelled on back and forth from RD to revy in over 20 years. Not sure what was going on with bc hiway maintenance but it was like they were on strike all winter.

Anywho, studded Arctic claws seemed to work decent.

 

[TROLLCAT]

Not sure if it’s even relevant as it seems like a Nokian VS duratrac conference but I ran studded Arctic Claws this winter and was pleasantly surprised how good they were. This winter was the worst conditions I have travelled on back and forth from RD to revy in over 20 years. Not sure what was going on with bc hiway maintenance but it was like they were on strike all winter.

Anywho, studded Arctic claws seemed to work decent.

bc road maintenance are like sasquatch you hear a lot about them but you never see them

 

[FranktheTank]

I run 4 or 5 or more, different sets of tires on my truck in any given year, so I can experience the tire I sell to customers. Lately I have stayed with a Ridgetrack at all weather tire. It performed well this passed winter

They remind me of a Toyo A/T 2

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[FranktheTank]

Not sure if it’s even relevant as it seems like a Nokian VS duratrac conference but I ran studded Arctic Claws this winter and was pleasantly surprised how good they were. This winter was the worst conditions I have travelled on back and forth from RD to revy in over 20 years. Not sure what was going on with bc hiway maintenance but it was like they were on strike all winter.

Anywho, studded Arctic claws seemed to work decent.

I found this also. Which prompted me to want to run a Winter specific tire for next year. Had to many close calls for me not to spend the extra cash for some traction.

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[FranktheTank]

It would be great if we all could run the very best tire for every season with no consideration of price. Unfortunately this is the real world.

I picked up an extra set of rims off of kijij for $500 some guy took off his Lariat for aftermarket rims. So will put my winter rubber on those spare rims and switch out fall/spring. Cheapest way I can come up with doing it.

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[Stompin Tom]

Not sure if it’s even relevant as it seems like a Nokian VS duratrac conference but I ran studded Arctic Claws this winter and was pleasantly surprised how good they were. This winter was the worst conditions I have travelled on back and forth from RD to revy in over 20 years. Not sure what was going on with bc hiway maintenance but it was like they were on strike all winter.

Anywho, studded Arctic claws seemed to work decent.

I bought a truck a few years ago with Arctic Claws on it, going into winter I figured might as well run them, they did well, I had no complaints.

 

[NoBrakes!]

I'm in the winter tire market for the 03 f250 this fall... going to start making calls today for pricing and stock...

 

[Stompin Tom]

I'm in the winter tire market for the 03 f250 this fall... going to start making calls today for pricing and stock...

stock is a big thing this year, buy early.

 

[Clode]

I just bought studded Hak's for my dually, I wanted to beat the rush.

 

[NoBrakes!]

I just bought studded Hak's for my dually, I wanted to beat the rush.

how wide did you go 235 or 265?

 

[Clode]

how wide did you go 235 or 265?

245/75-17 this time, the stock size. The last ones were 265/70-17 and I had chunks of ice get stuck between the duals a couple of times. Hopefully that won't happen with the narrower tire.

 

[snoflake]

I'm in the winter tire market for the 03 f250 this fall... going to start making calls today for pricing and stock...

Call our buddie RDRV. He usually gets some great pricing. Also has a stud installer. Actually get BF to call him. They do a bit of business together.