Where to buy studded tires?

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by RecentAlaska

Hi, AlaskaErik, are we living in the same Alaska? I first looked at your post about a month and a half ago, and have thought of your post every time I've been driving. The roads by me, in Anchorage, are often bare, if by bare you mean bare ice. When they're not icy they seem to be covered by snow. Or snow on top of ice. Is that the kind of "bare" you mean?

There seem to occasionally be bare spots, but just observationally they seem to be in the minority.

That said, I'm running all-season tires, but have skidded more than a few times. And I drive like a granny. A granny who grew up driving in snowy conditions in New England, where icy roads like this generally get the ever loving you know what salted and sanded out of them.

Alaska doesn't do the same way. Maybe because Alaskans feel the road is "bare" compared to what it could be?

Putting salt on the roads only causes more icy conditions when they refreeze. With that said I hope the OP found his studded tires since he posted this over 4 years ago.

[AlaskaErik]

Originally Posted by RecentAlaska

Hi, AlaskaErik, are we living in the same Alaska? I first looked at your post about a month and a half ago, and have thought of your post every time I've been driving. The roads by me, in Anchorage, are often bare, if by bare you mean bare ice. When they're not icy they seem to be covered by snow. Or snow on top of ice. Is that the kind of "bare" you mean?

There seem to occasionally be bare spots, but just observationally they seem to be in the minority.

That said, I'm running all-season tires, but have skidded more than a few times. And I drive like a granny. A granny who grew up driving in snowy conditions in New England, where icy roads like this generally get the ever loving you know what salted and sanded out of them.

Alaska doesn't do the same way. Maybe because Alaskans feel the road is "bare" compared to what it could be?

Very same Alaska. I starting driving in Anchorage when I was 16, which was a very, very long time ago. I've lived in the Valley for the last nine years and I still would never consider getting studs again. I did in 1989, when I bought a new truck, and quickly realized my error. The studs were mashed up after the first year and pretty much worthless after the second year. So those tires sat in my garage for the next nine years, when I made the guy who bought my truck take them. And I don't drive like a granny. When I drive to Anchorage, it's 70 mph, summer and winter.