Studs for BD General Grabbers?

[Garbone]

When I was a wee lad we would put really small pan head screws into the knobbies of our Honda ATCs. 8 or 9 small studs per tire would do the trick on frozen lakes and ponds..

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[Bodge Garage]

Why do you think you need studs? If you are sliding you may be over driving the situation. Studs are for the 50's

 

[Lakelife36]

This is an Interesting conversation. I'm a south Texas boy, I like the heat. I have never heard having two sets tires for summer and winter. Is that a common thing every household does?

If you get icy conditions then it's pretty much a must have - the rubber compounds and tread patterns are quite different on proper winter tires. I suppose if you get a bit of wet snow sometimes and that's it then a good A/T would probably do you just fine year-round.

 

[AcesandEights]

Snow is not the biggest problem, it's the black ice that studs come in handy

That's the thing though, studs aren't always better for ice, even black ice.

 

[Provoflyfisher]

The new compounds in the studless tires are very good and I have contemplated giving them a try. But, I have 22 years of winter driving on studded snow tires in a front-wheel drive car without a slide out or problem! A 70 mile rountrip to work , 5 days a week, over an 8000 foot mountain pass along Utah's I80 provides all the evidence I need with my driving style. Studded or non-studded tires during the winter months is very, very nice to have. Pick the one that works for you and enjoy the ride - hopefully in a new 2021 Ford Bronco?

 

[Used2jeep]

This is an Interesting conversation. I'm a south Texas boy, I like the heat. I have never heard having two sets tires for summer and winter. Is that a common thing every household does?

If you can afford it anyway.

 

[Used2jeep]

Why do you think you need studs? If you are sliding you may be over driving the situation. Studs are for the 50's

Except maybe if you are stopped and need to get moving again?

 

[ZackDanger]

This is an Interesting conversation. I'm a south Texas boy, I like the heat. I have never heard having two sets tires for summer and winter. Is that a common thing every household does?

Very common in my neck of the woods. Huge lines at the local tire shops twice a year for everyone getting their wheels changed-over... some of them will even warehouse which ever set you aren’t using.

I have a set of all seasons on my Jeep it wears year-round.

On the other hand, we have two sets for my wife’s car... but I just change them over myself when the time comes. You can obviously make quick work of it with the right tools.

(A good set of all seasons are great, but because of rubber compound and tread design, even the best all season will never compete with a decent set of summer tires and a second, decent set of winter tires.)

 

[AKBronc49]

This is an Interesting conversation. I'm a south Texas boy, I like the heat. I have never heard having two sets tires for summer and winter. Is that a common thing every household does?

Every year round driven vehicle in our family has dedicated winter tires on separate wheels. Mostly studdless Bridgestone Blizzaks, but I run studded coopers on a couple trucks. Snow tires go on in October and come off in April. But im in Alaska so road conditions in a typical winter in my area are glare ice/packed snow with DOT spreading some gravel at intersections.

Due to sun angle most of the winter we don't get melt off either, so it just accumulates. That is unless we get a warm up that brings us above freezing.

 

[Bodge Garage]

Except maybe if you are stopped and need to get moving again?

How fast do you need to take off? And isn't it one of the befits of the manual transmission everyone is lathering over, start off in the next higher gear until you grip. I have lived in the snowy north all my life and never needed studs. I guess I am just biased. I think the deficits of studs outweigh the benefits. Studs on wet pavement, no good. It gives too many a false sense of security.

 

[pan-y-cerveza]

Every year round driven vehicle in our family has dedicated winter tires on separate wheels. Mostly studdless Bridgestone Blizzaks, but I run studded coopers on a couple trucks. Snow tires go on in October and come off in April. But im in Alaska so road conditions in a typical winter in my area are glare ice/packed snow with DOT spreading some gravel at intersections.

Due to sun angle most of the winter we don't get melt off either, so it just accumulates. That is unless we get a warm up that brings us above freezing.

Same as where I am in Canada. I've lived a few places where all seasons are fine but where I live now I drive highways that look exactly like this all winter. Winter tires make a huge difference. Anyone who says otherwise either hasn't used winters or doesn't have to drive in this crap.

We only sand as well.

I had studded tires on my 2wd Ranger. It was absolutely useless without them. I could barely get through an intersection before the light changed. That's the only vehicle I've ever felt they had any benefit over a good set of winters.

I put Blizzak LTs on my wife's 4Runner a few weeks ago. They've been incredible already.

 

[fv9]

Same as where I am in Canada. I've lived a few places where all seasons are fine but where I live now I drive highways that look exactly like this all winter. Winter tires make a huge difference. Anyone who says otherwise either hasn't used winters or doesn't have to drive in this crap.

We only sand as well.

I had studded tires on my 2wd Ranger. It was absolutely useless without them. I could barely get through an intersection before the light changed. That's the only vehicle I've ever felt they had any benefit over a good set of winters.

I put Blizzak LTs on my wife's 4Runner a few weeks ago. They've been incredible already.

I had Blizzaks on an Escalade and they were amazing in the snow. Was truly impressed. I’m just thinking about repurposing the Generals and save the $.

 

[Lakelife36]

If you can afford it anyway.

In theory you have two sets of tires but you use each half the time, so it's the same total time per tire. The extra cost is in the second set of wheels or remounting the tires twice a year.

 

[fv9]

In theory you have two sets of tires but you use each half the time, so it's the same total time per tire. The extra cost is in the second set of wheels or remounting the tires twice a year.

I’m buying new wheels and 33’s. That why I thought I could simply stud the Generals and leave them on the steelies. I would swap them myself every winter and spring.

 

[ZackDanger]

How fast do you need to take off? And isn't it one of the befits of the manual transmission everyone is lathering over, start off in the next higher gear until you grip. I have lived in the snowy north all my life and never needed studs. I guess I am just biased. I think the deficits of studs outweigh the benefits. Studs on wet pavement, no good. It gives too many a false sense of security.

Just want to chime in to say that you can start off in 2nd in an automatic as well.... different manufacturers go about selecting it differently, but I’ve always known it to be possible.

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