Point taken, and well, they are *your* tires... Being kind of the list
"tire whore" [well, I guess MM has gone through more different tires,
but that's because of his suspension swap] I thought Mud tires with the
sipes in the center [pro-comps] were the perfect compromise, but I found
the senter just flat wore out, and did it so fast I was shocked. The
tore shop though I was running too high pressure, but even at 25 psi,
the center still wore faster.
On the subject of ice traction, the same rules as rocks apply. Air down
to 20-25 lbs on the ice, and you will be shocked at how much traction
you have. This works even better with MT's than AT's actually. At 20
lbs, I have gone to a frozen parking lot trying to donuts, and ended up
just driving in circles fast...
You may have to experement a bit with pressures, but lower pressure will
net you greater gains than any siping you can do.
Matt Beazer wrote:
>
>
> I'm mostly concerned about ice traction. This area goes through a lot
> of freeze-thaw cycles and they don't salt. You drive in to work on wet
> roads and drive home on glare ice in many cases. I wasn't planning on
> taking them to a shop... I've seen articles online about buying a "hot
> knife" (example: http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=11185) and
> manually siping them no closer than 1/2" from the edge of the blocks and
> 1/4" apart. I might play with grooving too just for kicks. As long as
> they last me until next summer I'm happy, I don't expect much from M/T
> tires other than a chance to dink around. If I'd paid a grand just for
> the tires like I would have with some BFG M/T tires I don't think I'd be
> so reckless. ;)
>
> Also keep in mind that the Hankooks are probably harder than Procomps.
> I know people complain that Swampers only last 20k while BFG M/Ts will
> last 40-60k, and from what reviews I've read the Hankook M/T tires have
> "better than average" tread life. Of course with the Magnum V8, tread
> wear depends a lot on how much you put your foot into it. ;)
>
> Of course compared to what who knows! If I get 20k I'd be happy
> considering I'm used to Z rated summer rubber and "good" to me is
> lasting 3 summers. 20k after all is 3,333 daily trips to and from work
> for me, and considering I only work 16 days a month, that means that if
> I only drove to and from work they'd like for 17.36 years before
> replacement. But as I do have something resembling a life, but I still
> don't put more than 7k a year on my vehicles unless my wife is driving
> them.
>
> But first I have to install the new tie rods/idler arm/pitman arm and
> have it aligned otherwise these WILL wear very very quickly...
>
> MattB
>
>
> Barry Oliver wrote:
>
>>
>> Matt Beazer wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bought some new tires and rims for my 1995 Dakota 4x4. Got them off
>>> a guy who sold his '92 Dakota soon after buying them, and bought a
>>> 2004 Dakota thinking they'd fit. Of course by 2004 they had 12"
>>> discs on the front so 15" rims wouldn't fit:
>>>
>>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires01.jpg
>>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires02.jpg
>>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires03.jpg
>>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires04.jpg
>>>
>>> Not bad for $450 considering they only have 100 miles on them and
>>> still have the rubber nubs and colored writing on them. He
>>> originally offered $300 when I ran into him in a local Dodge
>>> dealership parking lot, then had offers off Craigslist for $600, but
>>> we worked it down to $450.
>>> The wheels alone are $120 each new with center caps (Eagle Alloys),
>>> and the tires are running $135-$140 each online, so I don't think I
>>> did too bad. I'm thinking of buying a tire grooving/siping knife and
>>> siping the inside tread blocks to give it more bite on water and ice,
>>> though considering they're M/T tires.
>>>
>>> On a side note, does anyone know if a 30x9.5x15" tire/rim will fit in
>>> the spare tire location on a 2nd gen Dakota?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> MattB
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Good job, soundsand looks like a good deal. You do NOT, however want
>> to sipe these, well, if you want any kind of mileage out of them. I
>> had a set of pro-comps that were siped on the inside tread blocks and
>> they wore down so fast I thought they were disappering. Personally I
>> run Mud's part of the year, and a real street tread on other rims part
>> of the time. Mud's aren't as bad in the winter as you may have been
>> lead to believe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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