snow tires, anyone using them?

mjager · October 3, 2006

I've always used them, mostly Blizzaks, for my company cars/mini vans. Would it be worth it on a 07 4x4 Sierra? Prolly a dumb ?, but I'm asking anyway

different_seasons · October 3, 2006

Nah..2wd in Maine for me, it's all in how you drive.

I like a challenge.

pwall · October 4, 2006

Winter tires on all my vechicles.....good Canadian winters. ;)

SoCalChris · October 4, 2006

I've got studded tires on our van (The wife mainly drives it, and she still managed to get it stuck in a snow bank almost every time she took it out last winter). The van is a 2WD Safari, so it's probably fairly similar to a 1/2 ton truck. They made a huge difference, in my opinion.

I'm going to try regular tires on my truck this year. It's only 2WD also, and I live at about 5,000 feet in the Rockies, so we'll see how I do. Like Different Seasons said, it's all in how you drive. Last year I saw a ton of Subarus & 4x4 trucks that had slid off the road, and plenty of 2WD vehicles that managed to stay on.

sjspor · October 4, 2006

I run snows on the back of my truck, but on all four corners of my Beretta, its gets real funky braking in snow with snows just on the front.

pwall · October 4, 2006

.....Last year I saw a ton of Subarus & 4x4 trucks that had slid off the road, and plenty of 2WD vehicles that managed to stay on.

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Generally it's the atitude that "I have 4x4 so I can drive just as fast as when there is no snow".

95Sierra2500 · October 4, 2006

I'd suggest a good set of all-terrain tires (BFG All-Terrain TA-KOs, General Grabber AT2s, Bridgestone REVOs, etc.) and you'll be set for the entire year. Cheaper that way too.

Jim2002Z71 · October 4, 2006

I'd suggest a good set of all-terrain tires (BFG All-Terrain TA-KOs, General Grabber AT2s, Bridgestone REVOs, etc.) and you'll be set for the entire year. Cheaper that way too.

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I agree...good set of BFG's with the "Severe Snow" rating works good for me in UT powder...

mjager · October 6, 2006

I'd suggest a good set of all-terrain tires (BFG All-Terrain TA-KOs, General Grabber AT2s, Bridgestone REVOs, etc.) and you'll be set for the entire year. Cheaper that way too.

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I agree...good set of BFG's with the "Severe Snow" rating works good for me in UT powder...

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I wouldn't mind snows with steel rims to save the factory rubber and aluminum rims, any suggestions?

95Sierra2500 · October 6, 2006

Sure...Eagle One wheel polish and don't worry about your truck tires. Drive on 'em, that's why they put 'em on there.

dewfpo · October 9, 2006

I drive on hard packed snow and glare ice often in the winter, I've used studded snows on all 4 corners, but this year I am trying Green Diamonds (no studs) on all four corners of my truck.

DEWFPO