Winter Tires

[WolfWings]

Originally Posted by silver_echo

i ran one set of snow tires for almost 5 seasons on nov 1st off march 31st with no problems, so i am arguing the point... also, i would not recommend taking them off again until you are sure that no more snow should fall, because you never know if you are gonna have a big drop on the next snowfall...

Well, also note I'm referring to using multi-compound snow/ice tires that actually get better traction than studded tires here, the tires as a whole will last 5 or more seasons, but the ice-sticky compound and bad-weather tread only goes down about half the tread depth before they're just normal all-season tires again.

So when I say 'just starting to wear out' I actually mean the tires are down to half their original tread, which is still plenty for mild winters. And those same tires peel away rubber like R-compounds when driven on dry asphalt. Note I'm not saying pull em' off every time it goes dry, but if no snow is expected for two weeks, yank em' off and put em' back on in two weeks. It's not like 14" steelies with winter tires for our car are heavy at all, they'll be sub-40lbs each.