huh another use for old tires?

[JoeM 8,657]

 

[953 nut 61,527]

Studded snow tires were the thing to have in the early 1970s.   Going down the highway at night putting off a shower of sparks as they eroded the pavement surface leaving behind a couple of parallel channels that would fill with water and then freeze into glair ice strips overnight.  Aha yes, I remember it well.  

[lynnmor 8,023]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Studded snow tires were the thing to have in the early 1970s.   Going down the highway at night putting off a shower of sparks as they eroded the pavement surface leaving behind a couple of parallel channels that would fill with water and then freeze into glair ice strips overnight.  Aha yes, I remember it well.  

Did you ever see the same damage from studded horseshoes?  A significant problem in some areas.

 

Edited Tuesday at 12:32 PM by lynnmor

[ebinmaine 74,099]

6 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Studded snow tires were the thing to have in the early 1970s.

 

 

Still a HUGE seller up here in Northeast Mountain country. Trina and her mom never go a winter without them.

 

[CCW 1,442]

72 and retired I do not drive in the snow.  Just stay home, have an adult beverage and watch.

 

[8ntruck 8,090]

4 hours ago, CCW said:

72 and retired I do not drive in the snow.  Just stay home, have an adult beverage and watch.

 

Depending on where you live, you could be watching a pretty entertaining show of folks trying to drive in the snow.

 

Long time ago, my office had a second story view of the off ramp on a cloverleaf type interchange.  Always seemed to collect 3 or 4 cars during a snowy afternoon.

[wallfish 18,554]

That's a pretty good idea with the cut tires

 

EVERY year the first accumulated snow fall on the roads always weeds out the procrastinators that run their bald tires as long as possible. The tire shops get slammed with work on that day.

It always gets the New to 4 wheel drive drivers to wake up too because they go too fast and 4 wheel drive does absolutely nothing to help them stop on the slick roads. 

I used to live on a hill with a not so steep incline. But still, the bald tire people would fishtail up it spinning those bologna skins and making slick packed ice trails creating a much more dangerous situation for everyone else than it needed to be. By the end of winter it was rare to see any problems. They do treat the roads much better these days than they did back then. 

[Darb1964 1,122]

18 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Still a HUGE seller up here in Northeast Mountain country. Trina and her mom never go a winter without them.

 

They are the way to go if you do any amount of plowing. 

[ebinmaine 74,099]

5 minutes ago, Darb1964 said:

They are the way to go if you do any amount of plowing. 

 

Agreed. They don't plow with their vehicles though. Just for Street driving. We've been getting more and more icy roads every year. Less snow. Studs make a huge difference on the ice.

[Handy Don 14,472]

7 hours ago, wallfish said:

The tire shops get slammed with work on that day.

I knew I’d be needing new tires before spring, so I went ahead and did it a couple of weeks ago. Cannot complain after 58k miles with legal tread still there. 

[JoeM 8,657]

37 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

58k miles

That is two sets here! 

All of our roads are tar and chip. Like running on grinding wheels. 

[Terry M-(Moderator) 2,263]

8 hours ago, wallfish said:

That's a pretty good idea with the cut tires

 

EVERY year the first accumulated snow fall on the roads always weeds out the procrastinators that run their bald tires as long as possible. The tire shops get slammed with work on that day.

It always gets the New to 4 wheel drive drivers to wake up too because they go too fast and 4 wheel drive does absolutely nothing to help them stop on the slick roads. 

I used to live on a hill with a not so steep incline. But still, the bald tire people would fishtail up it spinning those bologna skins and making slick packed ice trails creating a much more dangerous situation for everyone else than it needed to be. By the end of winter it was rare to see any problems. They do treat the roads much better these days than they did back then. 

Years ago when I had my 92 GMC Sonoma with a manual 5 speed , I would gently down shift at low RPMs in very icy conditions (in 4WD) to help stop …loved the manual transmission…

not that I drove fast in bad conditions, but no matter how careful you drove people often seemed to pull out in front of you. 

[Handy Don 14,472]

2 hours ago, Terry M said:

Years ago when I had my 92 GMC Sonoma with a manual 5 speed , I would gently down shift at low RPMs in very icy conditions (in 4WD) to help stop …loved the manual transmission…

not that I drove fast in bad conditions, but no matter how careful you drove people often seemed to pull out in front of you. 

I learned from my Dad how useful downshifting could be at low speeds in crappy conditions. I still do it occasionally using the “manual” mode of my car’s 10-speed automatic. One must be careful, though, so as not to cause a break in traction in front wheel drive vehicles. 

Edited Wednesday at 09:30 PM by Handy Don