mawz
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- Toronto, ON
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- 2000
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- Ford
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- 4.0L
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In snow country yeah, proper winter tires are really worth it. I'm actually pretty much in the same boat (apartment dweller running a 2WD truck in snow country). A 2WD truck is in a lot of ways just about the worst snow vehicle out there, sandbags help a bunch but as you've found you still slip & slide without chains or winter tires and you don't want to be running chains if you are on bare pavement much, they're dirt/gravel/snow only.so in your opinion is it truly better just to get the extra set as I'm getting married soon and a garage might be in the future, although I'd probably buy some nice ones for the summer and keep my stock ones for winter since their flaking.
Right now I've got all-seasons on my truck as its in storage for the next month or so, with my snow tires in storage. Eventually I'll be running A/T's for the summer and snow tires for winter, although the snow tires are overkill for Toronto proper (it's not that snowy here, but I regularly head north where I'll need them). I do need to get a second set of rims though, so I can leave my snow tires mounted.