Studded snow tires ?

[fisherguy123]

A friend of mine may be purchasing a boat in the Boston area and asked me if I would use my truck as a tow vehicle. I have 4 studded snow tires installed as they are allowed here due to fast changing winter conditions. Canadian provinces will alow me passage through with the tires because they are permitted in my home province. Would I be alowed to drive through Maine, New Hamshire and Mass. without being ticketed or parked by authorities ? I`d like to keep them on because there seems like a lot of snowstorms this year along the Eastern seabord.

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Studded snow tires ?

Heck, where I live, we run studded snows year around, with the conditions in the area you are proposing to travel, I can't see that it would be a problem. If you want to be sure, you should check the various state dept of transportation websites to see what their rules are on studded tires and traction devices.

 

[Summer Fun]

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Would I be alowed to drive through Maine, New Hamshire and Mass. without being ticketed or parked by authorities ?

Yes , But do it before April 15th after that they have to come off.


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[fisherguy123]

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thanks Summerfun......sorry I forgot to say I would be going through NY state as well.......visited Lake Placid a couple years ago.....very beautiful !!!!

 

[Bondo]

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Ayuh,... As noted, studs are legal from Nov. to April....Ny. as well...

 

[thurps]

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Has anyone tried the Blizzik snow tires? My son that lives in Park City, UT. raves about them.

 

[dingbat]

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Local State Studded Tire Regulations

CONNECTICUT: November 15 - April 30
MAINE: October 2 - May 1
MASSACHUSETTS: November 2 - April 30
NEW HAMPSHIRE: No restrictions
NEW YORK: October 16 - April 30
RHODE ISLAND: November 15 - April 1
VERMONT: No restrictions

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Studded snow tires ?

Has anyone tried the Blizzik snow tires? My son that lives in Park City, UT. raves about them.

Yes. I have used the Blizzak's on a few of my cars and well worth every penny but, I do strip them off in the spring and store them so they will not wear down on dry roads.

Fisher.... I doubt you will have any problems at all with one exception ...... when you travel through Maine and get caught speeding .....the very first word the STate Trooper will say to you is Ayuh

 

[scipper77]

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In Vermont he will say "Meow do you know how fast you were going??"

 

[fisherguy123]

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Thanx Dingbat !

 

[roscoe]

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Wow, can't believe you guys still use studded tires. We banned them in WI, IL, and MN, about 30 years ago.
I thought it was going to be a disaster, but it hasn't been. And it has saved the roads. Having not lived in any other states, I did not realize that studded tires were still in use.

 

[puddle jumper]

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Wow, can't believe you guys still use studded tires. We banned them in WI, IL, and MN, about 30 years ago.
I thought it was going to be a disaster, but it hasn't been. And it has saved the roads. Having not lived in any other states, I did not realize that studded tires were still in use.

Up here it away of life for lots of people. I know what your thinking that with to days modern tires who needs them. I think there was talk of not allowing them but just didn't come about.

 

[tallcanadian]

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Fisher.... I doubt you will have any problems at all with one exception ...... when you travel through Maine and get caught speeding .....the very first word the STate Trooper will say to you is Ayuh

I guess that state trooper has never met a Newfie, eh fisher?

 

[fisherguy123]

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.....the very first word the STate Trooper will say to you is Ayuh

.....I thought he would say "How y`all doin`"

 

[tallcanadian]

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I thought it would be more like ''stay where ya at till I come where ya too''....lol

 

[windsors03cobra]

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I'm 31 years old live in Wisconsin am all over car culture and being a gear head and feel a bit sheltered as I've never even seen a studded tire, I guess I have seen tires with screws screwed in them for ice racing but thats about it.

Sounds wild to have studded tires on a high speed automobile, does it affect the ride or handling ? Imagine it only improves grip on ice or maybe hard packed ice ?
Are they used on 4 wheel drives or are these mostly used on worthless 2wd hulks ?

 

[MTboatguy]

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They can affect handling if your not used to them, but for the most part you really don't notice them, they are used on both 4wd and 2wd, and where I live in Montana, we pretty much run them year around.

 

[fisherguy123]

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This is them....some tires have more studs. Great on gravel roads that build up hard pack snow and ice.