I agree, as my family has owned a tire store for 35 years I have learned that
thin is good for snow, and ice too most of the time. The idea with ice is that
there is more area concentrated one one area of the serface. The asked me, well
what about on the strip, YES, I have learned that there is a such thing as TOO
wide. And the reason being that there is to much surface area on the ground.
Mudd is whole nother story, per say. Umm there are times when you want a pizza
cutter tire to hit the bottom surface. But then the truck bottoms out and your
sittin on the belly of the truck you are going with like hell you had a wider
tire.
okay okay, that my 2 cents.
Danny
89 LE RC LB
90 RC
91 RC
Chris Reck wrote:
> I disagree with this based on my own experience.
>
> Narrow tires will "cut" through the snow and POSSIBLY get you closer to the
> road. Narrow tires will also be prone much more to ruts left by other
> vehicles. Wider tires will tend to sit on top of the snow, and as long as
> there is no wheel spinning, they stay true. My comparisons were made with a
> Ford Ranger 4x2 with 215x75r15 and my truck now with 31x10.5r15.
>
> Wider is better in the mud anyways, and that also adds to my thinking.
>
> Chris
>
> ""Terry Schwartz"" <tschw10117@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:aopf8m$gbk$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > Thanks everyone for the ideas...
> >
> > I don't think I'd want to put many more miles on these tires, I've got
> about
> > 4/32nds left, and these babies are slippery when wet. They've been lousy
> in
> > the snow since day one, even with several hundred pounds of ballast in the
> > bed. I will admit I've been lousy about rotating them.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I live in the snow belt and can't possibly put on a wider
> > tire! As much as I'd like the look.... driving in snow, a narrow footprint
> > is what you need. So I don't think I want to go to 270 or 275's...
> >
> > I've done a ton of searching the web, the Pirelli Scorpion Zero is the
> only
> > other tire in this size I've found. Neither the Eagles or the Pirellis get
> > very good reviews. I can get the Pirellis delivered for $100 each.
> >
> > I haven't checked Costco or SAMS yet, but I gotta believe they won't have
> > anything I can't find on the web.
> >
> > Hey, this is a helpfull group... Think I'll stick around.
> >
> > Terry.
> > '00 Dakota Club Cab SLT. 4.7L
> > http://members.aol.com/tschw10117/mypage.htm
> >
> > <Tubamirbls@aol.com> wrote in message news:146.b4e6d0.2ae1830b@aol.com...
> > >
> > > Hi Terry
> > > I have the same truck and tire. I'm @ 46k and I should get at
> least
> > > another 25k mi out of mine. I've kept 35# air consistently and
> X-rotated
> > > (except the spare) every 8k. I've not needed a front end alignment so
> far
> > > nor has there been any need for changing the factory balancing.
> > > From ads I've seen this is not a rare tire size but one that is not
> > > perhaps in the "mainstream" common useage. For that reason alone it is
> > less
> > > likely to be an on-sale item. All the major tire mfgr's as far as I
> can
> > > tell offer it in several price/quality grades. Do you have a COSTCO or
> > > similar in your area? My COSTCO carries this size and their typical
> price
> > is
> > > around $115 last time I looked.
> > > Of course you can go to another size. If the circumference of such
> > > different size is greater or less than these originals then you should
> go
> > to
> > > a speedometer shop to have your speedometer checked for accuracy. If
> it's
> > > off your dealer can make the adjustment to your engine computer
> > >
> > > Paul Sahlin
> >
> >
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