The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:52 pm
Blizzak WS80 is fantastic on ice and pretty durable for me. 3rd winter now and lots of highway miles. I recommend them
Had those on the wife's car before the Michelin's x ice she now has. Good on ice but not sure about them off road or following a cat building new road
The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:52 pm
Blizzak WS80 is fantastic on ice and pretty durable for me. 3rd winter now and lots of highway miles. I recommend them
Had those on the wife's car before the Michelin's x ice she now has. Good on ice but not sure about them off road or following a cat building new road
I had 10 ply blizzaks up north on a company lease for the mines, they were expensive but tough as fuck.
The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:52 pm
Blizzak WS80 is fantastic on ice and pretty durable for me. 3rd winter now and lots of highway miles. I recommend them
Had those on the wife's car before the Michelin's x ice she now has. Good on ice but not sure about them off road or following a cat building new road
I had 10 ply blizzaks up north on a company lease for the mines, they were expensive but tough as fuck.
Those may work, same price as the DuraTracs but not available in the size I run (235/85/16) though the 265/70/17 will fit the stock rims.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:24 pm
by Cousin Strawberry
I had them on for a bunch of trips up to dublin gulch. Once every 2 weeks i drove 6 hours of hwy then a couple more on the mine access...only to rip around the site on that shaley crap.
10 ply is why they can take a shit kicking
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:15 am
by Topper
Ended up going with the same DuraTracs and having them siped. I'll run them year round.
LT235/85/16 E
Tire tech as he gave my truck back "siped pizza cutters, you'll be able to go anywhere"
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:17 am
by Cousin Strawberry
Topper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:15 am
Ended up going with the same DuraTracs and having them siped. I'll run them year round.
LT235/85/16 E
Tire tech as he gave my truck back "siped pizza cutters, you'll be able to go anywhere"
Reefer always says...long and thin always gets it in
Topper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:15 am
Ended up going with the same DuraTracs and having them siped. I'll run them year round.
LT235/85/16 E
Tire tech as he gave my truck back "siped pizza cutters, you'll be able to go anywhere"
Reefer always says...long and thin always gets it in
I thought it was "a long fin always gets it in".....?
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:23 pm
by SKYO
Topper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:15 am
Ended up going with the same DuraTracs and having them siped. I'll run them year round.
LT235/85/16 E
Tire tech as he gave my truck back "siped pizza cutters, you'll be able to go anywhere"
From a tires board:
I'm on my 2nd set of duratrac tires already in 287/75/16's. First set I got about 20k miles on them before I got rid of them. They were at the wear bars already (damn supercharger)
On my 2nd set I decided to get them siped. They already come winter rated with sipes but I decided to take the chance and get them siped for extra winter traction.....
HOLY CRAP....22k miles later I still have 30% tread wear left and my driving habits ( heavy foot ) have not changed. Not only do I still have considerable tread left but siping has made the ride "MUCH MUCH better. Traction in snow is much much greater as in rain and on dry pavement.
So I consider siping duratracs very worthwhile and plan to do it again on my future sets as it increased traction, comfort, and long term longevity.
looks like you'll get a good 35k-40k km out of em with better traction.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:42 pm
by Topper
LOL, I'm pretty happy to get anything over 20K kilometres out of a set of tires.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:31 am
by Topper
A run through the Okanogan yesterday, ice, slush, compact snow, and freezing rain. Fucking awesome.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:06 pm
by JelloPuddingPop
Topper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:31 am
A run through the Okanogan yesterday, ice, slush, compact snow, and freezing rain. Fucking awesome.
Late to the party - but those are what I've always run up here in the North. I have a siped set for winter, and a beat up set for summer. Only issues I face vs. true winter tires are temps below -25C, rubber gets hard. But these days, I don't go that far into the bush past -20C... too damn cold for a long walk out if necessary.
SKYO wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:00 pm
The Electric suv/pickup wars about to begin 2022 onwards!
GMC Hummer EV (0-60 in 3 seconds), GM E-Silverado (400 miles / 644km on a single charge), Cadillac Lyriq SUV, Tesla CyberTruck, Ford electric F-150.
If they put an electric motor at each wheel it is damn impressive what that truck will be capable of. While the current crop will be fine for the urban mall crawl, rural folks will need a network of charging stations and range. Rivian is building their charging network in rural US for that reason. Big issue is spare electrical capacity in rural areas to power charging stations.
Cold weather range is critical.
US military experimented with a diesel electric HumV. Electric motors at each wheel and a diesel generator capable of powering a field hospital in the truck bed.
Nice review of the Ford F-150 Lightning.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:51 am
by Cornuck
Cybertrucks.....
“Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage,” the company’s manual reads. “Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty.”
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:00 pm
by Cousin Strawberry
Blobby what have you got to say about Nissan's Titan truck?
I understand they're gas sucking pigs but I need something to tow some shit and not be an American junker with the usual neverending powertain problems. Looking at the value you get compared to the tundra and it's either fantastic or quite concerning lol.
Eyeing a 2010 Pro4X and a 2018 SV.
Re: My Truck...
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:05 pm
by Meds
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:00 pm
Blobby what have you got to say about Nissan's Titan truck?
I understand they're gas sucking pigs but I need something to tow some shit and not be an American junker with the usual neverending powertain problems. Looking at the value you get compared to the tundra and it's either fantastic or quite concerning lol.
Eyeing a 2010 Pro4X and a 2018 SV.
I have a 2012 Pro-4X. Good truck. They aren't great on fuel compared to anything newer than a 2014(ish) domestic.
Loads of engine power, very torquey, but the transmissions are not known to be the best for towing anything heavy. I took an RV across the country (an old one) it weighed about 7000lbs and had no issues towing for that many kms consistently, but fuck did it drink like a fish with a load on.
If you go Pro 4X the shocks need to be rebuilt or replaced around 80,000 km.....and they use Rancho's which are hot garbage. I switched to bilsteins at 100,000km. The box on them is short though. 5.5 ft.....that's the major detractor for me when it comes to using it as a work truck.
