Doggy Daddy
Registered User
Hey guys, I'm considering putting 285/70-17 Mud Terrains on my '03 Dodge 3500 SRW as winter tires. The truck is mostly my commuter, is pressed into farm duty sometimes. Towing is random; usually a fairly light flatbed trailer with project materials; I have a travel trailer but probably not going to be towing it in the winter. We have fairly mild winters here, usually not more than a few inches of snow at a time and usually not for more than a few days. We do occasionally get black ice and (of course, it IS western Washington) a fair amount of rain.
I'd be making a few trips to the snow where we usually try to find a Forest Service road that looks like nobody has used since it snowed. We go in as far as possible without getting terribly stuck and then snowshoe from there.
I've seen a few of the cheaper tires that didn't wear well after being siped; they got some loose flaps of rubber that either made noise or flew off in chunks. But it seems like all the quality tires I've seen that are siped did not have any problems because of it. Does anybody have experience to tell if the claims of improved wet and icey road traction is true?
Thanks,
Steve
I'd be making a few trips to the snow where we usually try to find a Forest Service road that looks like nobody has used since it snowed. We go in as far as possible without getting terribly stuck and then snowshoe from there.
I've seen a few of the cheaper tires that didn't wear well after being siped; they got some loose flaps of rubber that either made noise or flew off in chunks. But it seems like all the quality tires I've seen that are siped did not have any problems because of it. Does anybody have experience to tell if the claims of improved wet and icey road traction is true?
Thanks,
Steve