Tires that resist freezing :annoyed:

[TexCaliBII]

Copy on the tires. I'll check around now that I've got an idea of waht I'm after. I should put dedicated snow tires. I put them on my Silverado, way glad I did. My 88 has honking big lug mud tires on it and I ain't driven it in the winter here yet. Can't wait to see how they perform in these temps. SHould be "fun". Naw, the Hogs left here over 5 years ago just us Lawn Darts now.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Copy on the tires. I'll check around now that I've got an idea of waht I'm after. I should put dedicated snow tires. I put them on my Silverado, way glad I did. My 88 has honking big lug mud tires on it and I ain't driven it in the winter here yet. Can't wait to see how they perform in these temps. SHould be "fun". Naw, the Hogs left here over 5 years ago just us Lawn Darts now.

Yea I always had like 40's/44's around Delta, talk about a bull ride when they where square. Sure love them hogs though, thats one tough airplane.

 

[TexCaliBII]

I'll bet! It's bad enough with 30s! Yeah my 11 year old son is big into the A-10, even though dad is a core F-16 guy, go figure.

 

[Surrey]

You must be at Eielson or Wainright or worse yet Greely lol. We have Newfoundland/ Iceland members here I wonder what they run. I have heard that Nokian Hakkapeliitta tires stay the softest in the xtream cold.

I run hakkapelitta RSI on my VW Golf, and they are freakin' amazing. As soft at -15 as +20*c.

Another friend of mine had studded Hakkapelitta 5s or some crap (their top end light truck tire) and he used to work in Alaska for a Geological Research company, drives a 2002ish Ranger 4x4, and he absolutely loved them.

 

[--weezl--]

honestly, BFG's are great, i've come out from work in -45 and driven off without problem with my ko's filled with nitrogen, the whole driveline feels like it's filled with molasses at that temperature though

 

[feellnfroggy]

honestly, BFG's are great, i've come out from work in -45 and driven off without problem with my ko's filled with nitrogen, the whole driveline feels like it's filled with molasses at that temperature though

Thats almost guaranteed due to the nitrogen more than the BFG;s but ive heard they are really awesome in the snow.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

yeah unlike the states alaska has a really big tire industry here! just the places I work for stocked more then 10,000 tires before every season and well sell almost all of them.

Good winter tires include the Nokian Hakkapelettis which are sold exclusively at Johnsons tire, Cooper M&S tires sold at American Tire, Blizzak tires also sold at American Tire, Wintercat SST at Alyeska Tire, Winter Ipikes sold at American tire and Alyeska, Winterforce Tires sold at American Tire and Alyeska Tire. Also Costco sells the BFG Commercial T/A's studded and Sams Club sells Pacemark Studded winter tires.

 

[The_Dealer]

just curious are u talking about "flat spots" when u say freezing? every mud tire ive had done it even though it doesnt get colder then 25* here, i couldnt imagine in -30* lol. mine always got right within about 5-10 miles

 

[--weezl--]

the KO's are ok in snow, can't really complain about it... after my accident i pulled onto the "grass" and had no problems taking off afterwards, but for snow, my KM2's are WAY better, ice, not so much...

this is where i stopped, and it got about twice as deep as i drove forward back to the road...

though, i was pretty stuck here...

 

[LIMA BEAN]

just curious are u talking about "flat spots" when u say freezing? every mud tire ive had done it even though it doesnt get colder then 25* here, i couldnt imagine in -30* lol. mine always got right within about 5-10 miles

Yea flat spots especially at -50/60 below. Funny when you first take off they are all syncronized and then from slippage/ turning they get out of sync and its really cloppity cloppity. The bigger the tire or if you have low air pressure the worse it is.

 

[--weezl--]

oh, i also don't air down in winter, which could be why i don't have that problem either... i keep both my ko's and km2's at 35psi (unless i'm wheeling, in which case my km2's are dropped to 15-17psi, depending on the run and conditions

 

[The_Dealer]

the worst ive had were 38.5" boggers with about 25psi...they were so bad, i thought my teeth were gonna fall out. like riding down a washboard gravel road at 100mph, except i was on a fresh asphalt road doing 30 lol

 

[LIMA BEAN]

the worst ive had were 38.5" boggers with about 25psi...they were so bad, i thought my teeth were gonna fall out. like riding down a washboard gravel road at 100mph, except i was on a fresh asphalt road doing 30 lol

Haha yea I went home for christmas once with 44" bias tsl swampers and the drive is 8 hrs. It was -64 below when I parked at my folks and the next morning good luck, had to drive the back roads and trails for half an hour before getting near a real road.

 

[feellnfroggy]

just goes back to the air pressure thing ibrought up, Im thinkin before the cold hit (or after) you never checked your pressure to make sure they were up to snuff.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

just goes back to the air pressure thing ibrought up, Im thinkin before the cold hit (or after) you never checked your pressure to make sure they were up to snuff.

On the trip I was talking about I checked mine just before leaving Anchorage @ about +5 degrees and in 400 miles it changed to less than -50. I checked it again before leaving the folks and still the same, upon getting back home it was again still the same. I think that time it was tire size and tire temp vs outside ambient/air density who knows.