Winter tires on gravel toad
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Yes you can...and here I thought this thread was gonna be about little green road kill...
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just drive slow. the road going in is graded and it's not that far. the asphalt road before the dirt is rougher. highdesertranger
Open tread tires tend to pick up the gravels as they get caught in the treads so going slow to allow them to fall out rather than being thrown out at speed is a good idea, also maintain a greater distance from the vehicle in front of you, we get a lot of broken or chipped windshields out here.
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Driving a only a few miles on gravel? Regardless of tire type, they're not made outa butter.
What else you worrying about?
What else you worrying about?
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They had flash floods out there last year and heavy rain... You might be glad you've got M/S rated tires... I run Cooper Weather Master M/S rated tires year round here in California. I get about 45k miles per set, I do get them rotated and re-balanced every 5k through America's Tire which I believe is Discount Tire in other parts of the country...
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As a suggestion...when you're finished with the gravel roads and finally driving on asphalt, be sure to pick out the rocks as they can heat up the rubber and cause larger divets/holes in the tread.
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Why winter tires on gravel is a bad idea. They don't last.
Video of the dangers of winter tires on gravel.
Notice the auto rock ejectors so you don't have to pick them out.
Video of the dangers of winter tires on gravel.
Notice the auto rock ejectors so you don't have to pick them out.
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Miele, hope you realize I was being humorous, right? If they can rally on those tires...
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Minivanmotoman said:
We're talking about a little over a mile from the end of the pavement to the RTR site and probably less than a quarter mile from the turn in to a camping spot. So a mile and a half. Then another mile and a half back to pavement. Three miles round trip. Maybe a couple of trips to town, so maybe nine miles all together. Big #/*x#ing deal. Like I said, whatever wear that causes is insignificant to the wear from driving to Quartzsite from Alberta. Nine miles versus about 2,500 miles from Calgary, 2,800 miles from Edmonton.
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^^^^ Video was of rally driving drifting. And did you not see the comment afterwards stating it was humorous, 90 mins before yours? Miele did. No need to take it literally or as serious.
My bad for not putting a smiley on the post and saying lol.
My bad for not putting a smiley on the post and saying lol.
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Miele, it's winter down here too! (I'm in Ehrenberg)
We don't see temps of 25C until late March at least, most likely closer to April.
You'll do fine. And since you're coming down from Alberta where it's serious winter and will probably have serious winter driving all the way down I 15 through Montana, Idaho and Utah you'll need the snow tires. I leave BC early enough to escape that type of driving and don't go back until it's green up there again.
Once you get here, the amount of hot weather driving you're going to be doing (unless you stay till May and June) will be negligible.
I run Michelin M&S tires year round because I have to be able to deal with northern BC in spring and fall. They are ready to be replaced this spring but I'll have 100,000 km on them by then.
We don't see temps of 25C until late March at least, most likely closer to April.
You'll do fine. And since you're coming down from Alberta where it's serious winter and will probably have serious winter driving all the way down I 15 through Montana, Idaho and Utah you'll need the snow tires. I leave BC early enough to escape that type of driving and don't go back until it's green up there again.
Once you get here, the amount of hot weather driving you're going to be doing (unless you stay till May and June) will be negligible.
I run Michelin M&S tires year round because I have to be able to deal with northern BC in spring and fall. They are ready to be replaced this spring but I'll have 100,000 km on them by then.
Thank you so very much "almost there", this is all I need to know.Hope will meet at the rtr.Almost There said:Miele, it's winter down here too! (I'm in Ehrenberg)
We don't see temps of 25C until late March at least, most likely closer to April.
You'll do fine. And since you're coming down from Alberta where it's serious winter and will probably have serious winter driving all the way down I 15 through Montana, Idaho and Utah you'll need the snow tires. I leave BC early enough to escape that type of driving and don't go back until it's green up there again.
Once you get here, the amount of hot weather driving you're going to be doing (unless you stay till May and June) will be negligible.
I run Michelin M&S tires year round because I have to be able to deal with northern BC in spring and fall. They are ready to be replaced this spring but I'll have 100,000 km on them by then.
