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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:10:11 AM
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quinnman105
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Ice sucks to drive on.
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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:12:03 AM
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drperry
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But it's great for Canadian Water Ski-ing.
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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:14:21 AM
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quinnman105
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 Sounds like a freaking good time
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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:17:18 AM
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drperry
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It's bloody awesome!
A vehicle, a tow rope, something for each foot to stand on, or both feet if you're a boarder, and a large open space covered in ice...
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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:52:55 AM
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lennyblazer
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Well most tires suck on pure ice unless you get a specific snow/ice tire. I mean the BFG At's are exactly that, an all terrian tire. The best bet for pure ice is going to be like a blizzak ice tire or a studded tire.
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RE: Snow - 11/10/2007 10:54:14 AM
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quinnman105
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Yeah
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 7:51:28 AM
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blazinloud
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I am looking into winter tires, anyone here using them on a blazer?
what should I expect to spend, around $400?
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 8:43:41 AM
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drperry
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Depends on the brand you go with...
You could probably get some Crappy Tire Goodyear Nordic's for about $400... You'll have to go with the 225/75/R15, if your rig has the 235/70/R15's on it, for an accurate speedo... Well, a close to accurate speedo, lol, but at least you get a little bit better grip from the narrower tire...
They're on sale for $93 a tire right now...
I ran the older versions on my old Mazda pickup, and they worked pretty good... Partially due to the fact they were only 215s, but still...
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 11:18:24 AM
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lennyblazer
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The other good snow tire I have heard of is the firestone winterforce or dunlop winter sport. I am not sure what sizes they have for our trucks and the first one is definately the cheaper of the two. I think the dunlops would run about 100-110 a tire installed, while the firestone would probably run ~$60 installed maybe more I am not sure. I know I have seen a lot of both tires up in the UP on both trucks and cars and havent heard anything bad about either of them. My mom just got the dunlops for her Mini CooperS and they handle good so far on the dry and wet pavement (haven't had sticking snow yet to test that out). Hope this helps out.
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 3:02:40 PM
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BlackBlaze
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my bfg at's are great in the snow, they are the best purchase i have made for my blazer
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 5:07:15 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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...you get a little bit better grip from the narrower tire...
the whole "winter tire" thing is completely foreign to me but why do you want a narrower tire for snow and ice?
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 5:15:22 PM
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A narrower tire has less of a contact patch (i.e. lower surface area where the tire meets the road). With a smaller contact patch, there is more pounds per square inch of pressure. On snow, you want to be able to cut through the loose stuff to the pavement underneith. Floating on snow is bad.
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 5:21:16 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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gotcha! i really wish we had snow around here... i feel like im missing out. it usually "snows" about once or twice a year but its more of a freezing rain which turns into a sludge/ice mixture and is all melted away by 2 or 3 in the afternoon
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 6:13:34 PM
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blazinloud
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haha! i wish.
Actually im really considering changing my career path due to icy dark highways. I mean how many times do I need to have a "near death" experience on the way to work.....not worth it in my books, no matter how much their willing to pay me.
I will more than likely get used tires since I do a fair bit of driving on dirt roads.
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 7:41:00 PM
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drperry
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my bfg at's are great in the snow, they are the best purchase i have made for my blazer
They're great in the snow, yes... But they're only decent on ice, lol.
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A narrower tire has less of a contact patch (i.e. lower surface area where the tire meets the road). With a smaller contact patch, there is more pounds per square inch of pressure. On snow, you want to be able to cut through the loose stuff to the pavement underneith. Floating on snow is bad.
For snow, it's only to dig to the pavement BEFORE the spinning tire makes too much ice, lol, however, when plowing through the deeper snow, as long as there's NO ice, a mud tire will generally out perform any ice/snow tire... But as soon as you hit the tinyiest piece of ice... You're hooped.
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haha! i wish.
Actually im really considering changing my career path due to icy dark highways. I mean how many times do I need to have a "near death" experience on the way to work.....not worth it in my books, no matter how much their willing to pay me.
I will more than likely get used tires since I do a fair bit of driving on dirt roads.
A good set of tires will go a long way to avoiding that "near death" feeling/experience...
With both my Lumina (when it had its winter tires) and my Mazda, I always was sure footted enough to stay planted on the road, it never wandered, spun out (unless I wanted to ;) ) and never got stuck on the roads... Both did a lot of pulling people out of ditches and snowbanks, but never got stuck...
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RE: Snow - 11/11/2007 8:25:55 PM
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lennyblazer
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Yeah just getting a good set of all terrian or winter tires should help a lot. Also for the real dark highways mount some lights to the front for more visibility (just keep in mind other drivers when aiming and using these lights).
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RE: Snow - 11/12/2007 8:17:38 AM
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blazinloud
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for sure atm my headlights are all cock eyed......cant really see anything on the highway.
but im heading for moose jaw in a few hours 
its rediculous on this job, I have to drive like 300km and get a motel for 2 nights for a measly 1 day of work, how retarded is that.....
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