Thanks bill. The spare tires are almost new, so I'll put them on the rear if the
weather gets nasty. I'm traveling very light, toothbrush and clean underware. But I
can put the spare wheels (~55lbs each) over the rear axel.
Jay W
Bill Pitz wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 04:16:05PM -0800, Jayson Woodruff <woodrufj@uci.edu> wrote:
> > Ok guys I need some snow driving advice for my roadtrip. On my 2wd Dak
> > I have four nearly bald low profile tires(255/55x17). I have room to
> > bring one spare wheel in addition to the spare already on the truck.
> > Both of these spares will be 255/65x15 stockers in near new shape.
> > Would it be wise to put these on if I hit snow, and then where should I
> > put them, front or rear? I'll probably be driving like a grandma if
> > that makes a difference.
>
> Weight down the back end of your truck as much as you can (without going
> insane with that idea). If you can get some heavy sandbags or something
> like that, it would help a lot. The more you weight down the rear tires,
> the more traction you will get. Of course, if you're carrying some fairly
> heavy luggage with you, that would probably do the job as well. You
> need to make up for not having 4wd by getting as much traction out of your
> rear wheels as possible.
>
> As for the other tires, if the treads on them are better, they should go
> on the rear, IMO. The more tread you have on the back, the better traction
> you'll get (especially since the tires you've got on there now are nearly
> bald.)
>
> HTH.
>
> Merry Christmas.
>
> -Bill
> --
> Bill Pitz (dakota@billpitz.com)
> '00 Dakota CC SLT 4X4 4.7L V8 (Loaded)
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