November 2015 blizzard thread

[Great-Kazoo]

WHEW................ Just got done shoveling about 8" of sunny skies off the sidewalk .

[Gman]

As far as tires go, I like chains on icy or packed roads but good knobby AT tires for thick fresh snow. The fresh thick stuff needs deep biting power while the hard pack and ice need something to break into the surface.

Michelin LTX MS2 ftw.

[ray1970]

Michelin LTX MS2 ftw.

Great tires for getting a lot of miles out of them. I wouldn't say they are the best things for the snow. I've been through about five sets of them over the last ten or twelve years.

[Blowby]

Remember the news alerts are for the CA, MX and Syrian migrants that have never driven in snow.

[hurley842002]

Wife was a sweetheart and had brand new Duratracs installed on my Xterra while I'm away for training, so I'm ready for whatever mother nature throws my way. The way in which the tire shop treated her on the other hand SMH (shaking my head, I learned that on here).

[brutal]

But makes me wonder, to me it would seem chains would be easily removable and help a lot more with ice than any non studded tire. Was there some major drawback or they just dont actually do that much?

The disadvantage of chains is you can only do 20-30 tops. Getting them and off isn't exactly easy or fast.

This, slow going on hard pack or ice with chains.

Probably a good 10" at my house in Parker, maybe more. Considering that I HATE snow and my 2wd Silverado needs tires in a bad way, that's an official shitload in my book.

You just need chains!

Snow drifts in front of my house range from 4-12 inches or thereabouts.

As far as tires go, I like chains on icy or packed roads but good knobby AT tires for thick fresh snow. The fresh thick stuff needs deep biting power while the hard pack and ice need something to break into the surface.

Personally, I've only ever had to chain up with the big 40"+ storms to bust through the deep stuff when I had to shuttle folks (wife is a Nurse) or get the kids back from a stayover once. I keep them in the truck in winter just in case. Almost had to bust them out Elk hunting two years ago when a fellow hunter got seriously stuck, but we got him/us out without them.

I suppose it's relative, but chains would seem like a huge pain to me. Colorado often has snow/melt/snow/melt cycles, unlike some place like MN where there's constantly snow on the ground. Taking them on and off all the time would seem to be more trouble than it's worth. Having decent tires/4x4 and throwing some sand bags in the back of a pickup or whatever and leaving them there all season sounds a lot easier.

Chains are nice to have already mounted on a vehicle that is purpose driven.

[Irving]

Chains got my sister-in-law over Berthoud Pass in a blizzard on tires so bald you wouldn't trust them in rain.

[Gman]

Great tires for getting a lot of miles out of them. I wouldn't say they are the best things for the snow. I've been through about five sets of them over the last ten or twelve years.

They're a great all around tire. I've never needed chains with those on the Tahoe. Granted, I'm not searching out the deep stuff, just getting around on the roads. I noticed the improved snow handling compared to the prior generation.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Driveway after I shoveled ... mounds were up to my knee when it finally stopped snowing.



My backdoor -- had to push on the storm door to even get out but I wanted a path to the hot tub ...

[TRnCO]

I field of white behind the house. Got plowed out today and back to work tomorrow.