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coldtaco · 05-06-06, 12:28 PM

I live in Fairbanks, AK. My first winter here with this rig I had to buy studded tires right away. Even in 4x4 I would spin out at any time

I had a set of Arctic Alpine on the golf we had and it did alright but was no good in fresh snow as the tire could not pack any snow into the treads, nothing sticks better than snow on snow. With our long winters, I have never considered BLiizzak's since it seems that they would wear out too fast, especially when you need to use them for about 6 months out of the year. I will probably either get the Cooper ST for winter, studded, or get another set of BFG MT and stud them.

05-06-06, 12:28 PM	#3
coldtaco IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 481	I live in Fairbanks, AK. My first winter here with this rig I had to buy studded tires right away. Even in 4x4 I would spin out at any time I had a set of Arctic Alpine on the golf we had and it did alright but was no good in fresh snow as the tire could not pack any snow into the treads, nothing sticks better than snow on snow. With our long winters, I have never considered BLiizzak's since it seems that they would wear out too fast, especially when you need to use them for about 6 months out of the year. I will probably either get the Cooper ST for winter, studded, or get another set of BFG MT and stud them.