Dedicated snow tires!

[Udy2554]

Things are getting tight here! I gotta do some cleaning/organizing!

I’ll get on it “tomorrow”!



A little TOO close!

 

[Grand Mesa]

Heading for home!

Moab has fresh snow for their use!

 

[Udy2554]

Thats a DAMN long drive for me to test them out! I certainly do wish I could!

 

[Udy2554]

Hakkas are mounted! I’ll tackle the spare tomorrow!

I adjusted the tire height to 33.8” with the Pulsar! They’re just shy of a 1/2” shorter than the 35” KM3s!



Wishing for the icy/snowy roads from the other night, but had to settle for wet instead! Not even a little patch of black ice!

 

[olyelr]

Hakkas are mounted! I’ll tackle the spare tomorrow!

I adjusted the tire height to 33.8” with the Pulsar! They’re just shy of a 1/2” shorter than the 35” KM3s!

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Wishing for the icy/snowy roads from the other night, but had to settle for wet instead! Not even a little patch of black ice!

How many miles on the km3’s and how u liking them?

 

[Grand Mesa]

Thats a DAMN long drive for me to test them out! I certainly do wish I could!

I'm 86 straight miles from Moab as the crow flies which is entirely over some of the roughest canyon country. Another 57 miles further going by road. Like Moab we got some powder snow this morning, but not enough to test them out on.

 

[Udy2554]

How many miles on the km3’s and how u liking them?

I have about 12,000 miles on them! A couple thousand at highway speeds pushing 80mph!
Surprisingly quiet and smooth for a knobby mud tire! I’ve run Swampers, original BFG Mud Terrains, **** Cepek Fun Country...I like these best! Didn’t get the expected hydroplaning on wet pavement, even at highway speeds!

The majority of driving is rolled gravel here! I’m guessing one more good, usable summer out of them! Maybe 20,000 miles before they won’t perform well off road! They performed excellent in my woods! Lots of rutted, sloppy, sticky, black mud! Even for such a heavy truck, always kept me moving forward! They make a good, all around trail tire! I do rotate 5 of them!

Oh, also towed my toyhauler and equipment trailer at highway speeds quite comfortably!

I’d buy them again!

 

[Udy2554]

I'm 86 straight miles from Moab as the crow flies which is entirely over some of the roughest canyon country. Another 57 miles further going by road. Like Moab we got some powder snow this morning, but not enough to test them out on.

My brother in law is in Fort Collins! He used to go there often! I’d love to get out there one of these years!

You guys live in some beautiful country!
I’m recently divorced...it might be a good excuse to take some time off this summer and drag the toyhauler out there! Gotta build the bank account just for gas to get there!

 

[olyelr]

I have about 12,000 miles on them! A couple thousand at highway speeds pushing 80mph!
Surprisingly quiet and smooth for a knobby mud tire! I’ve run Swampers, original BFG Mud Terrains, **** Cepek Fun Country...I like these best! Didn’t get the expected hydroplaning on wet pavement, even at highway speeds!

The majority of driving is rolled gravel here! I’m guessing one more good, usable summer out of them! Maybe 20,000 miles before they won’t perform well off road! They performed excellent in my woods! Lots of rutted, sloppy, sticky, black mud! Even for such a heavy truck, always kept me moving forward! They make a good, all around trail tire! I do rotate 5 of them!

Oh, also towed my toyhauler and equipment trailer at highway speeds quite comfortably!

I’d buy them again!

Thanks for the info!

 

[Udy2554]

Hmmm, still no snow on the roads!

 

[bpgt]

Hmmm, still no snow on the roads!

I'm currently in Ottawa, and we received about a foot last night. I don't think I'll ever miss shoveling snow when I finally leave.

 

[Doug Ram]

Hmmm, still no snow on the roads!

Over here in beautiful Metropolitan Niles, NY, we have gotten a dusting this morning. But its back up to 36F. My snow tires have seen snow on the road twice.

So far this has been the least snowy and warmest winter I've seen in decades.

SEND SNOW! ITS DARK, GREY AND BORING THIS YEAR!!!!!

 

[Udy2554]

Maybe see an inch or two over the next few days! Just enough for some icy road conditions!

 

[Doug Ram]

An inch or two.
Yawn.
I think I'll break out the fishing boat again this week.

 

[Doug Ram]

Dark, Gray, A few flakes of wet snow, some sleet, some rain. This is like mid November.
When the heck is winter coming?

 

[Grand Mesa]

 

[Udy2554]

Finally...SNOW! 3 hours plowing with the RZR!



The new Hakkapelliitas performed as expected...EXCELLENTLY!

Great steering and braking in heavy, wet snow, and in the soft, slushy stuff! “Hoping” to see some black ice this evening!

 

[BWL]

Finally...SNOW! 3 hours plowing with the RZR!

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The new Hakkapelliitas performed as expected...EXCELLENTLY!

Great steering and braking in heavy, wet snow, and in the soft, slushy stuff! “Hoping” to see some black ice this evening!

Are you running the LT3 or the 9s? I'm due for new snows next season and the hankooks have come up in price a lot so the Hakka 9s are only slightly more probably because the 10s are coming soon, but the LT3 are about 400 a set more than the 9s. Figure the LT3 being a higher load rating would last an extra season making up for the price, but not sure. The 9s have a high enough rating for my 1/2 ton.

 

[Udy2554]

Are you running the LT3 or the 9s? I'm due for new snows next season and the hankooks have come up in price a lot so the Hakka 9s are only slightly more probably because the 10s are coming soon, but the LT3 are about 400 a set more than the 9s. Figure the LT3 being a higher load rating would last an extra season making up for the price, but not sure. The 9s have a high enough rating for my 1/2 ton.

LT3 studded!

Proved themselves again today! Total confidence on any icy/snowy road surface!

Not so great in deep powder in my back pasture though!

 

[BWL]

LT3 studded!

Proved themselves again today! Total confidence on any icy/snowy road surface!

Not so great in deep powder in my back pasture though!

Yeah, well that's what chains are for.