One point everyone has overlooked on the snow tire issue is the tire
compound. The reason most wide tires are horrible in the snow is the
compound becomes too hard in the cold temperatures for reasonable
traction. Almost all snow tires are relatively narrrow with very few
selections available as 60 series tires though so I would have to say
narrow tires are generally better for snow.
KW
WillTier@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 97-10-24 20:23:38 EDT, you write:
>
> << Lots of "Tire width in snow messages lately". Snow's same as
> sand. When
> you
> drive on a beach you have to let the air out. You need the surface
> area for
> floatation and to keep from getting bogged down. Skinny tires in
> snow will
> just cut you down to a layer of water built up by friction. Or
> worse, a
> layer of ice on the road. Same works in reverse when stopping. Hit
> the
> breaks and a fat layer of snow in front of the tires will slow you
> down.
> That's why anti-lock doesn't work in snow. Wider is better! >>
>
> Nope Wider is for flotation, now if the snow is deep enough to where
> you
> would bottom out and get hung up wider may help a little but normally
> narrower will get through to where you can get traction ie pavement or
> gravel
> and the narrow will get there easier. Wider in snow is like being on 4
>
> tobaggons.
>
> Bill
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