Studded winter tire recommendation for 18's

[MikeNH]

Yeah, I didn't install them there, I just picked them up and took them over to Discount Tire to get mounted. I figured if they were the wrong tire, I'd be able to return them and get a refund super easy.

The URL has a different tire as the title of the page if you look closely at it.

I forgot to mention, I'm a volunteer firefighter/EMT and especially in winter, I respond directly to calls with my F-150 (as long as not on the freeway). So being able to get there safely at 2am when it is sleeting and snowing and the roads aren't plowed is essential. Some of our apparatus are 4WD and some have winter tire or chains - but a lot of the time they're not worth the hassle especially on some of the steeper unpaved hills here. Of course I can't run lights and sirens but in winter it isn't like you're going to drive all that fast anyway.

I noticed the discrepancy in name. Hopefully I get the Nokian tires too. Haha

The weather pattern here in NH is a bit odd. I work in the seacoast which tends to favor freezing precipitation and home is about 45 minutes west and I’ll get snow here so the studded tires are a tremendous advantage in that.

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[MikeNH]

Damn those studs look mean!

 

[JumboJVT]

Now come on guys, you all know that your regular summer run AT tires as just as good as...or better than dedicated winter tires. If you don't know that, just look around this forum some (PS: 35 years a Nokian guy here)

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