bias plies and snow?

hey guys,

gota question for all you "hard core" year round rodders. how do most the bias plie tires you see on rods handle inthe snow compaired to a similar sized bias plie with standard non agressive tread.

im not talking about the 26 inch tall 9 inch wide squat shaped muscle car bias plies either im talking 825s on 16 inch rims. real tall and skiny.

most of the tread patterns i see available look preety shallow and probably not worth a **** in the snow, unless you get some of those nobby military looking deals, but most of the time its hard to build a car that looks good with that rubber.

im not talking about offroading threw the wilderness with the things, im just talking HEALTHY midwest snow on the road snow. so like maybe 5 inches worth give or take.

you know what im talking about, winter.

i just want to know if there going to be about the same as the cheapo radials youve got on your 100 dollar winter beater, or if its going to be like driving with ice skates

thanx
tim

 

****. Even my Firestone Knobbies ****. The tread compounds are very hard and get even harder in the cold weather. When I worked for Discount Tire Co., I got my first set of winter tires (FREE!!). Since then, I've bought a set for every car, minus the Beater, I have owned since.

 

yeah having a set of winter tires would be a good idea, but i dont know if its reasonable budget wise. that and i cant seem to find a tire as tall and skinny as a 825/16 in a radial. almost everything i find is double the width.

 

You can have studs inserted on tires as well. Not sure how many tire shops still do it but I know when I lived in Montana it was fairly common practice.

 

while a good idea still leads me back to having to have two sets of tires

 

from my personal experience in wet 4" deep snow, my Model A handled very well- I could NOT get it to spin out around corners (I was just testing its limits at about 15-25 MPH). The pizza cutters transfer all the weight to a small contact patch, great for snow or mud. I won't drive in the snow anymore due to it getting packed up in my floorboards, but it did handle well for me

 

I've drove my old coupe through a few snow storms. I didn't really have a problem with the tires. You can't go like hell, but hey... it's winter...

 

What is this "snow" stuff you speak of?

 

They **** on gr*** to. We had some on an old farm truck. It would get stuck on flat ground.

 

There's a reason why everyone in the rust belt had a set of snow tires in the garage before radials became common and now almost no one does.

 

I'd take a look at your local farm store. They should have a 7.50x16 truck tire that has a nice look and should do fine in the snow. That's what I ran on the back of my modified from the get go. Cost about $70 ea.

 

yeah, id be alright sacrificing the look and running radials just for the fact that i know im driving this car 12 months out of the year. but ill be damned if i can find a nearly 33 inch tall tire thats only 6 or so inches wide and not 11+

 

thanx! ill have to give that a look