Dodge Ram 1500 - 2 or 4 wheel drive Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:39:51 -0400

From : roy

Q: on mon 02 jul 2007 202653 gmt snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on mon 02 jul 2007 193054 gmt theguy@whatever.net wrote well ive used them for a season some years ago. yes they were staggered. yes they were good on ice and hardpacked snow. yes they sucked on wet paved and concrete roads. they sucked so badly that i think some states have banned them in any weather. are these fully studded or just on the outside edges of the tread not doubting you just getting information since it has been a long time since i put any type of snow tire on my vehicles. outer edge staggered. try to think of a good footprint of a proper inflated tire with studs protruding. on bare pavement what is making contact with that pavement i would say that depending on the tire it should be studs on the outer edge and rubber in the middle. if the entire tread is being held up be the studs then that tire is a pos and is no better than a fully studded version so what would be the point of making it that way the bottom line with snow tires is this imo. ya gotta have a dedicated snow tire. further altough the idiot says he tried blizzaks he maintains studed tires are better. i would simply take that as a personal opinion and may have as much to do with his driving style as anything else. he is i believe again wrong. i believe that if you look on the side of a blizak you will see a snowflake stamped into the sidewall. that signifiys that you dont have to chain up in most mountains areas. i doubt you are afforded that with a studed tire. ill take your word for it and since i dont plan on driving down any mountain roads in the winter.... dont take my word for it. look it up the info is out there. or take the idiots advice and buy yourself some studed tires. but do get back to use with what ya do put on your truck. i have never needed snow tires with my truck but then again i dont plow with it either and i dont see a real need for worrying about it here in nc. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .