Bad in snow? LC, Tires, or operator error?

[RUN-8]

Heavier vehicles, all else being equal, almost always have an advantage in tractive effort.

That is why people put a couple of hundred pounds or kg of weight in the beds of pickups in winter. Increase adhesion to the ground on the rear tires.

 

[CorpSkiBum]

Heavier vehicles, all else being equal, almost always have an advantage in tractive effort.

That is why people put a couple of hundred pounds or kg of weight in the beds of pickups in winter. Increase adhesion to the ground on the rear tires.

Unless you are going down a steep, icy hill! I just picked up a 25 Land Cruiser on Monday. I found a second set of OEM wheels and installed X-Ice tires today.

 

[ultane]

Unless you are going down a steep, icy hill! I just picked up a 25 Land Cruiser on Monday. I found a second set of OEM wheels and installed X-Ice tires today.

Welcome to the asylum CorpSkiBum.

 

[Steve.Berglund]

I've ran Blizzaks on every car I've had since like 2002, twenty years later on the LC is no different. Blizzaks on it have been solid.

 

[rjmh]

My experience with Toyo Open country 3 peak was good in snow not good in compressed snow ice. Studded Nokia's on the sprinter Blizzaks on the LC. Its all in the tires siping

 

[CorpSkiBum]

My experience with Toyo Open country 3 peak was good in snow not good in compressed snow ice. Studded Nokia's on the sprinter Blizzaks on the LC. Its all in the tires siping

I’ve tried them all over the years and had great luck with Nokians, especially on ice. This time, I decided to go with the X-Ice because of the 40k tread warranty. Pray for snow!!!

 

[toyotadude]

I’ve switched to Mickey Thompson’s Baja Boss AT’s from my stock 20” tires. They do quite well but I picked up some 1958 wheels 18’s and run them with Nokian R5 snow and ice tires for the colder snow and icy months. Didn’t need to put them on till the end of December. Now we haven’t had shit for snow since. The little snow we had the R5’s are exceptional running them narrow sized. Have had x ice’s and Blizzaks, the Finlander’s definitely know about snow and ice.