What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Chevor]

706,029 - rear tires pulled, still just under 6/32nds left. Replaced with 265/75/16 Bridgestone Duravis R500 14/32nds, full tread. Plan to go switch to 235/80/17s Michelin ATs after it snows.

[NEFisher11]

Why would you go down a size chevor?

[SnakeEyeSS]

Why would you go down a size chevor?

http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=126&affiliate=HK5

 

One year my dad had a tiny two door with 4 inch wide tires and said he had no issues in snow up to the bumper for an hour drive

Edited October 23, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[Chevor]

Control. 235s are just as tall as 265s. Just 1.5 inches narrower. In snow and ice even if the tires spin they stay under truck. Wide size tend to wonder / float. Narrow cut right through.

Edited October 23, 2015 by Chevor

[Jsdirt]

Yep - most people wouldn't believe a Model T would go through terrain in 2wd that would get any modern 4wd stuck. All due to the super skinny tires.

 

When they first came out, there were few paved roads - they had to be more of an ATV than a car in those days.

[Daly]

Yup, the winters going on my 91 are 235/85r16's they are about the same size as the 275/65r18s I'm running in the summer (within a .5")…

[RyanbabZ71]

 

 

Ryan

[Chevor]

Now I want to see what the other half of warning sticker says.

Edited October 24, 2015 by Chevor

[LongrangeLauber]

Only one station pheasible for me to go to with e85 and last I went the pump was out of order, still is as of a month later [emoji58]

[SnakeEyeSS]

My area: E85 is usually only pennies cheaper, maybe 20 cents on a good day, rarely more, so no one buys it here, so they don't bring more, so it will never be worth it cost wise.

Edited October 24, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[MikeNH]

Power>cost.

[RyanbabZ71]

Power>cost.

 

Except for me between the cost difference of 93 I get the benefit of more power and less cost that is called a WIN - WIN

[SnakeEyeSS]

Power>cost.

Can't tell a huge diff myself. Might be because of the mods and tune already

[Jsdirt]

My truck loses power in direct proportion to how much ethanol is in the fuel.

[SnakeEyeSS]

There was a guy on the first gen site that converted his complete system to E85 friendly, and even adjusted everything to work on it to the point he couldn't run regular gas, if so remember correctly. After a while he tore down parts of the system to see how it was going, and three was a green build up starting in the lines, carb, and some other components. He kept running it for the gains, he wasn't seeing issues, but we were wondering how it would turn out long term.