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Back when I was heavy into bullet casting, I had a long bed Toyota 1 ton 2WD, We had a big snow and I put studded snow tires on the back and put 5, 5 gallon buckets of wheel weights in the back. I pushed them up close to the cab and put a wood 4X4 across the front of the wheel wells to hold them in place. That thing would plow through the snow. My buddy at work had a Nissan 4WD pickup and he couldn't get out. I gave him rides to work every day until it cleared up.

You had to slow way down to turn it, though. It would just push the front wheels straight on regardless of how much they were turned if you didn't.

Nothing comes close to studs and chains.

Didnt know there was a 1 ton 'Yota?

In any heavier accumulations of snows, ground clearance can be as much or more of a problem as traction.

High centered and at a stand-still on a snow drift, front wheels just spinning away, in the middle of nowhere, after dark, colder than all heck, is not a bit fun (BT-DT).

Point being, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to go ahead and get that truck of yours ready as a just in case 2nd back-up vehicle, too.

Yeah,...mine was an '86. They made them for several years. They were the same size as the other small toyota pick ups, but they had a big stack of leaf springs, a heavy duty clutch and 8 ply tires. They also had a 4:10 rear end. They only came with long beds, as far as I know.

Mine looked just like this one.

http://momentcar.com/image-model/93...ry_model_937_toyota-pickup-one-ton-2.jpg

That's the ticket.

If you can get a second set of rims cheaply, put the tires on all four corners. It greatly improves stopping.

I imagine when you get snow it wet, heavy, with ice below.

As mentioned, get skinny tires.

I use sand bags. They will get wet and freeze and become blocks. They tend to slide around less then blocks.

If you do use blocks make a frame in the bed to keep them tween the wheel wells.

eta: siping does next to nothing on snow. It helps a lot on hard surfaces where the cut corners have something to grab...like ice or wet pavement. Snow traction comes from lug corners.

My work van ....there work van ...it has some tires on it that I drove last winter and just rswaped them over for this winter. Dam thing gets a grip on the road as it drags on the cornners ...feels like im on velcro...sticky i tell ya. Last year I got the tires on after it snowed ..this year they been on darn near a month...and no snow or ice...that must be the reason I feel her sticking...

This thread is fugking hilarious.

In what way?

Somebody asking advice on the best tires for snow driving is hilarious?

You're easily amused.

No, the responses are, shall we say, dated... Tires are very good today, just buy a decent set of all-season (snow rated) tires and be done with it. They'll work all year.

Blizzaks were the Cars meow growing up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. +400”’of annual snowfall.

I have a set o'four studded snows from my daughter's car for sale.

Had one back in the late 70s. TANK !!!!!.

Took a head on collision with an off duty cop in DC to kill it. (negro female) She lost her gun in the wreck. Both of us in the amberlamps and she sits up screaming"My gun,my gun. Where's my mother f'cking gun ? Things got interesting real quick as she had not ID'd herself up to that point. Happy ending but chit got real tense

I appreciate the offer,...but shipping and mounting (tires that weren't bought at the dealer) would make it an expensive venture.

A happy ending in the amberlamps?

Michelin X-Ice Tires

Just put them back on the wife’s vehicle for winter. They aren’t cheap, but they are the best IMO. Dramatic difference between this tire and an all season tire.

Reviews are everywhere.

Buy these.

Yup. Broken sternum. But no smoochie with the black cop.

Don't know how much snow you get down there in Kentucky. Up here in Central New York we average 125" of snow a year (over 200" 30 miles north up on the Tug Hill), with a lot of lake effect and nor-easters. All season tires suck in snow and ice, no matter what they are on. The $hitheads that run all seasons just end up holding everyone else up.

My new plow truck came with all seasons. Half way through my first plow season I had to get better tires. Went with Goodyear Duratrac's.

A lot of guys use Blizzaks with really good results. Michelin and Goodyear also make good snow tires as well.

Good luck, NYH1.

Nokian Hakkapelita (sp?). Run them with studs and without most winters.

Ran 2 outfits with blizzacks last year. Much prefer the Nokians.

For reference, I drive in excess of 30k in the winter throughout the northwest and upper Great Plains. You will not catch me
In the winter without dedicated snow/ice tires anymore.

iPikes are Hankook. And a very nice tire. Easily worth the money that they cost, which is a good bit less than Nokians or Blizzaks