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Old Aug 17, 2010
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Let it effin' SNOW!

Studded Goodyear duratracs!
 
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holy large picture. studied the top of the pic and replied before it finished loading.
 
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Looks good. I think they will be my next set.
 
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over kill, i usually just use a library card and a rolled up hundy
 
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Those should work well! Can't wait to test my Duratracs out in the snow! Actually I can wait... snow can stay away for a while longer.
 
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Stock size, 245/75/16, on spare wheels, only legal to run November to April here on studs.
 
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i hate large pictures....
 
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Sorry for the big pics, all my Internet access is my phone right now, its amazing I was able to get the pics to show up at all.
 
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Those wheels look pretty familiar... Haha those look great on there
 
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i want some
 
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why studs isnt your truck 4wd?
 
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I'm sorry, but I have to voice my opinion, and say that those really can't do all that much justice being studded. tires are beefy as is, and studs that small and that little stud count doesn't seem like it would do much.
 
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Yea but they look badass!
 
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This is something that shouldn't be... With all that traction there...just try not to rip holes in the time space continuum and cause the world to collapse on itself all right?
 
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are these 265's?
 
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Originally Posted by rangercrazy07
are these 265's?
they are stock size, 245/75/16
 
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nice i am putting the duratracs on my stock wheels like these in the size of 265 or 285's. i have never seen them on stock wheels but i think they look great! studding looks cool too
 
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The studs make a huge difference on ice. Just rolling them around in my garage, with just the weight of the tire/wheel, they tear up the concrete. Imagine the weight of the truck on top of ice will do. It is overkill for my area, but when we do get snow and ice, my abs brakes will hardly be used, and me and my wife will get to work without question. Other than chains (which you can't drive fast or on dry pavement for very long) what could be better on ice?
 
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Your prolly fine w/o studs. I wana get a set for winter.
 
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Originally Posted by My2004Ford
The studs make a huge difference on ice. Just rolling them around in my garage, with just the weight of the tire/wheel, they tear up the concrete. Imagine the weight of the truck on top of ice will do. It is overkill for my area, but when we do get snow and ice, my abs brakes will hardly be used, and me and my wife will get to work without question. Other than chains (which you can't drive fast or on dry pavement for very long) what could be better on ice?
really? is it wet concrete?
 
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Originally Posted by rangercrazy07
nice i am putting the duratracs on my stock wheels like these in the size of 265 or 285's. i have never seen them on stock wheels but i think they look great! studding looks cool too
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really? is it wet concrete?
Really, dry or wet, they are sharp now, but they will get dull. Mainly when you 'turn them', they really grind into the floor. Thats why alot of areas they are outlawed, they tear up the roads. They are made of carbide and the tire shop says the studs will last as long as the tread does.
 
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for as many people that have them, they can't really tear up the road that bad.
 
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i live in wv, and i've been to martinsburg in the winter...i wouldn't even want to put studs on my tires if i lived at snowshoe, and i'm up there a lot...

have you really ever had a time when the studs are what got you down the road?? because i haven't.

and i'm glad they will be destroying the roads that are already in disrepair across the state.
 
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