Scott_Bourne
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https://ramtruckguy.com/blog/f/first-snow-for-my-19-rebel
Short version - the truck never missed a beat in 10-inches of snow.
Short version - the truck never missed a beat in 10-inches of snow.
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My big Horn handles 10 inches of snow just fine.
I'd be uh oh, with the OEM in snow. If I had LTX's, I'd be smiling, LOL. Gotta wait a lil till get things done, that have a higher priority then tires in Central Texas, average snowfall 1-3 inches each year,,, (Now I gotta duck unda table before RADO finds me, LMAO)))
I'm still running OEM Goodyear wranglers. IMHO, theyarent too bad as long as keep them at 42 psi. They have handle every snow and ice storm without issue.
True story to tell about OEM Goodyear Wrangler SRAs. When I bought my first Titan, they came with 18" GY SRAs as OEM. At that time (2004), there were essentially two options for OEM 18" tires once you needed replacement - GY and Continentals. My truck came with a full size, mounted on the fancy rim spare same as the 4 regular tires.
At about 35k miles the OEMs were almost toast - very little tread left. Because there wasn't any 18" options, 4 replacement Goodyear SRAs was about $1000. I told them to take the full-size never used spare, mount it on one of the regular wheels (because of the tire pressure sensors), put one of the worn out ones on the spare wheel, and I would buy 3 regular tires. So when they were done I had 4 matching 18" Goodyear SRAs on the truck - 3 new ones from the tire store, and the spare tire. Out of curiosity, I marked the spare tire to see how well it would wear compared to the others.
The replacement 3 tires had about 1/2 tread life left at about 30k miles and the replacement OEM was almost bald. I never thought there was a difference between replacement tires and OEMs but that experiment makes it obvious the OEMs must be made with a softer compound in order to necessitate tire replacement sooner. Not that I blame the tire companies, but I think people should be aware that a tire is not a tire. And I kept track of the OEM tires on my next 3 new vehicles, and all of them (2 Kias and another Nissan) needed new tires before 40k miles, while the similar replacements made it 55k or more.
My completely bald tires got around fine in snow too, but its wayyyy better now with fresh snow rated all terrains.
Racing slicks???? lol, couldn't help myself
Cool story, love playing in the snow! Unless I'm misreading, you mention changing out the tires, didn't the '19 Rebel come stock with GY Duratracs (my '17 came with Toyo's)?https://ramtruckguy.com/blog/f/first-snow-for-my-19-rebel
Short version - the truck never missed a beat in 10-inches of snow.
So, since we're talking OEM's, upgrade early or wait for 'em to go bad?