Good tires for snow plow
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I wouldn't use mud tires for snow plowing. They're great in deep snow but when you get onto compact snow and icy conditions, they're horrible. I've just ordered a set of the Yokohama Geolander IT's. It's not a regular snow tire, it's the only severe weather, ice rated tire I could find in the larger sizes to fit my jeep. They make it up to a 31" in a 15" rim and a 35" in a 16" rim. I ordered a set of 33's and had to get new rims to fit them on. The 16" rim in a plain steel wheel was kind of hard to find with the backspacing I need so the tires don't rub when turning. I ended up ordering the Explorer ProComp Series 51 ( http://www.procomptires.com/series51info.htm ) plain black steel wheels with a 3 3/4" backspace. They have to specially make the wheels with that kind of backspacing so I have to wait 4-5 weeks. Or you could just get some good chains combined with a regular snow tire. That would probably be cheaper.
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currupt4130
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boggers out back and tsls up front!
You have to convert your standard tires size to metric. For tire conversions, check out this site..... http://www.redrock4x4.com/tech/tire...m=16&submitButtonName=Calculate&method=metric
By plugging in the size you have above it comes out to 241/79/R15. You'd have to find the closest size to that in metric to match your standard tire size. Remember to match your tire sizes exactly on the back and the same for the front (don't just buy 1 tire) or you could mess up your gears.
By plugging in the size you have above it comes out to 241/79/R15. You'd have to find the closest size to that in metric to match your standard tire size. Remember to match your tire sizes exactly on the back and the same for the front (don't just buy 1 tire) or you could mess up your gears.
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Craig said:
241/79/R15 is not a real size. If i go to tireracks web site it states that Original Equipment 205/75-15 is my size. Will my rim work with that size?
I can get wider tires (225/75-15), but they are little more $$. But ill have more traction with a wider tire. But im just not sure if any of the above tires sizes will work with my rim.
If you have the stock rims on there like you said and it states that the stock tire size is 205/75/R15 then yes those tires will fit. If what you have on there now is a 30/9.5/R15 and the conversion works out to 241/79/R15 (not a real size but that's what it converts to) then the 225/75/R15 is smaller than what you have on there so yes it should fit. You should try to find the "closest" metric sized tire to 241/79/R15 if you want to keep it close to the same as what you have now. If you have room to spare with what you have on there now then I would probably go with 31" tires.
olblue77cj7
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I had those tires on my xj they worked good plowing Now with the chains if you are by the chicago area you are not able to use them
TwistedCU
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Tire rack's website does not take into consideration that people might change tire sizes. YOu have 30x9.50x15's instead of the stock size. Instead of searching by vehicle type search by tire size.
For plowing, I'd use one of the "bridge the gap between mudders and all-terrain" tires like:
Dunlop Radial Rover R/T
Cooper STT
Goodyear MT/R
Interco's Super Swamper Trxus MT or ST
Firsetone Destination MT
These all have mudder size (or close to mudder size) lugs but have some siping (except the firestone MT, which is impregnated with carbon fibers) for wet traction.
For plowing, I'd use one of the "bridge the gap between mudders and all-terrain" tires like:
Dunlop Radial Rover R/T
Cooper STT
Goodyear MT/R
Interco's Super Swamper Trxus MT or ST
Firsetone Destination MT
These all have mudder size (or close to mudder size) lugs but have some siping (except the firestone MT, which is impregnated with carbon fibers) for wet traction.
TwistedCopper said:
yea i picked my own size. I picked kuhma's cuz people gave good reviews. I was warned that mudd tires wont be good in compact snow with ice but i would like something like that maybe i will try them after these. + 60 bucks for a tire, i think it was a good deal.
88Wrangles
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You should also consider taking them to a local tire place and have them siped...which helps out a lot in slippery conditions, and helps the tires to last a little longer. This would help out quite a bit in the snow, especially if you'll be plowing with them.
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