Posted by Willy-N on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 10:18AM :
In Reply to: Re: Michelin XZLs - What are they like to run and what are you u posted by MoparNorm on Friday, December 16, 2005 at 10:45PM :
When it comes to good traction it is Lbs Per Sq In on the tire to surface plus aggresiveness to grab. Wide tires and snow don't mix well as you need to get down to the base and bit in. You have a hard time steering in deep snow with them cause it does not cut a path well. On slush you will go all over the road. That is why sleds work great and easy to pull they don't have much resistance to the snow. Dulleys slip real bad compaired to a single narrow tire, fat tires hydro plane easier than narrow tires on water, harder to get it out from under the tire so it lifts it. Problem in sand is there is not a base to get traction on and you need to stay on top to roll thru it. You do not want to dig in cause you will just keep sinking down. Extream deep snow with out a base you might want to try and stay on the top but if it isn't packed you won't anyway it has no strength. The ballance between staying on top floating and haveing traction also is hard to do. One tire dose not take care of all surfaces. I find with snow it is all about keeping the bottom of the vehical from packing it up and lifting the tires off the base that gives you the traction. Once you lift the weight off the tires you slipe and back to the saying it is all about Lbs Per Sq inch on the tread the more the better till it sinks and you bottom out. Up here all the Jeeps pull there fat tires and go to skinny ones during the winter either that or just park them. Mark H.
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