Old Winter Tires - A Bridge Too Far

[Number_35]

I don't reckon these'll be good for more'n another two or three winters.

 

[Astro14]

I can see the “extra grip” patch there. The part with the steel belt showing….

 

[edyvw]

That can do at least four additional seasons.

 

[Number_35]

That can do at least four additional seasons.

Certainly, as ballast rather than as tires.

 

[Rand]

Eh a little steel thread... its like having studded tires!

 

[Vercingetorix]

The sparking melts the snow.

 

[jws555]

Rotating them will even out the wear.

Regards,
John

 

[wwillson]

That can do at least four additional seasons.

Remember the winter tire season up there is 10 months, so he probably only has two more seasons left on that tire.

 

[Klutch9]

Winter tire swing!

 

[Number_35]

Winter tire swing!

Perhaps not - those steel strands hurt!

 

[edyvw]

Remember the winter tire season up there is 10 months, so he probably only has two more seasons left on that tire.

Oh, you are right! Good catch!

 

[Owen Lucas]

I know some guys with flip flops that can make em look like new!

 

[ripcord]

I'd have been all over those as a youngster for Saturday night burnout tires.

 

[JHZR2]

I don’t know how a tire even wears that badly!

 

[wwillson]

I don’t know how a tire even wears that badly!

I think @Number_35 has been sliding around corners.

 

[Astro14]

FWIW - I replace winter tires when they reach 6/32”. Once the tread gets below that, they stop performing as well in the snow.

You could leave them on in the summer, run them down, and use them up - and I’ve done that, but winter tires in the summer are “squishy“. The soft rubber, the tall, tread blocks, they really don’t handle that well and I don’t care for the handling.

Those appear to be Nokian, by the way. A great choice in winter tires.

 

[supton]

I've had a couple of sets develop flat spots, seemingly suddenly.

Sheesh, you're only just now pulling snows off? Must have been quite the winter!

 

[Number_35]

I don’t know how a tire even wears that badly!

They wore quickly this past winter. Last November they looked like they had one more winter left in them. In retrospect, they should have been scrapped then.

I've had a couple of sets develop flat spots, seemingly suddenly.

Sheesh, you're only just now pulling snows off? Must have been quite the winter!

They were on Jr's Kia van. I think we changed over to the 3-season tires in April.

FWIW - I replace winter tires when they reach 6/32”. Once the tread gets below that, they stop performing as well in the snow.

You could leave them on in the summer, run them down, and use them up - and I’ve done that, but winter tires in the summer are “squishy“. The soft rubber, the tall, tread blocks, they really don’t handle that well and I don’t care for the handling.

Those appear to be Nokian, by the way. A great choice in winter tires.

Good eye, they are Nokians, and served well, albeit for at least one winter more than they should have been run. Lesson learned.