Good morning Oppo

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 10/24/2018 at 09:44 • Filed to: winter is here

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Just got back from a 7AM trip to the poultry slaughter (preceeded by the 5am wake up and poultry gathering) on this wonderful... Ahem... Wednesday.

Need to get snow tires on the truck ASAP. T he factory Go odyear W ranglers are both not very good in the snow, and 2/3 worn. It was an exciting drive before we got to the plowed pavement. Hence no pictures (and it was still dark) 

Wacko > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 10:11

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You used 1/3 of or tires just this summer?

How many miles do  you have on your F150?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 10:13

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The Goodyear Wranglers I have on my truck are terrible in cold weather. I have a ‘93 F150 with the straight 6, so not a lot of power is going to the wheels, yet as soon as it’s below 40 if the roads are wet I am constantly spinning wheels, especially at uphill stops.  

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 10:59

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those pic get me real excited for winter. I can not wait. We just had out first real frost this morning .

functionoverfashion > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 11:01

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Snow report from Wildcat Mountain over here in NH:

They’re opening SATURDAY

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 11:06

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For some reason Ford blessed mine with expensive Michelin LTX M/S2 tires from the factory. I’ve always known that Michelin light truck tires were very good, but now having actually owned them they just might be worth the premium price when it comes time to replace them. When I bought the truck, I wasn’t expecting those tires to be on it.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 11:21

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The arrival of snow is annoying. I’m working a track day on Sunday and it is supposed to snow while we are there. I’m home in MA on saturday so I have to decide if I keep the summers on (which after being heat cycled to death autocrossing them are now kinda sketchy when it is cold and wet, traction control slapped me on the wrist twice on the way home from work yesterday ) so I can try to sneak a couple laps of my own in on Sunday or if I give in to common sense and put the snows on. The event is aimed at novices so it will likely be canceled in the event of snow accumulation but I don’t know what that means in terms of track access.

So I have to decide: Do I leave the summers on and likely get caught in the snow at some point or stick the snows on and possibly end up with track access but no car suitable to put on said track. Decisions, decisions.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Wacko 10/24/2018 at 11:56

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More like 1/2-2/3rds used. W e just turned over 25K today. It’s due for an oil change, actually....

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/24/2018 at 12:01

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hmmm. W onder how you got the good ones? Yours is basic XL 2.7/tow package/4x4 , right? Ours is the base-e st we could get it with KingCab, 3 .77 final, 4x4 and payload package (which means it also has rear window de froster and Pro Trailer Backup Assist (tied to the payload package apparently) and we got the cheap-ass Goody ear Wranglers. :P

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/24/2018 at 12:03

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F or a tire with tread that appears that aggressive and is rated M+S, they sure aren’t much good in the S, thats for sure.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 12:45

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Mine is an XL sport package/2.7/2WD. Maybe the 4X4 is the difference, since my tires are only highway all-season class. Either that or Goodyear offered a bigger discount on the next batch of however many tens of thousands of tires the Ford Kansas City Assembly plant orders at a time.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/24/2018 at 14:16

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Ooh, ours is a a Dearborn too, asside from being 4x4 vs 2wd... I bet the 4x4 is the difference though. The M ichelins are an all season highway tire, whereas the Goodyears are a half-assed all-terrain. They suck in snow.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/24/2018 at 14:51

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Speaking of half-assed all-terrains, when the time comes I was pretty impressed by the Hankook D ynapro ATM I put on ye olde Escalade years ago. They were ridiculously good in the cold stuff. Their grip on packed snow and ice was the best of anything I’ve driven that wasn’t a snow tire. They were also cheap at the time. Last time I checked they don’t sell for the $90/tire they did at the time I bought them.