Winter Driving and tires

[Helopilot]

You are right, like most straps, they are made in China or Taiwan, but designed in USA. I can tell you from experience, though, that these straps are awesome. I've used mine about a dozen times now and it's held up great and has never let me down.

To echo what WRCRaptor said, if you want to shell out some serious bucks (3-4x the price), you can spend the coin for a Bubba Rope. They are a great option if money is no object.

Bubba Rope all the way for me. Yes they are expensive but they get vehicles out that would never get pulled with a regular tow strap. If you are on snow or a slippery surface all that is going to happen is you are going to spin your tires unless you want to risk damaging a vehicle from the force of the jerk using a regular tow strap. Even if your truck has dry pavement the kinetic energy off road recovery rope (AKA Bubba Rope) can give you the extra energy to pull out a vehicle that you would not ever get out with a regular tow strap. Case in point is this snowblower tractor that had buried himself in the ditch. It took about four tugs to get him out, but I was able to get him out thanks to the Bubba Rope. This is just my personal experience so far with my Bubba Rope.

 

[Bluehinder]

Respect.

Convinced me. I ordered one tonight. No advertising or marketing compares to those photos.

 

[FordPerf Addict]

The bfgs aren’t bad. They just suck in the snow. Anyone who disagrees drives slow or has no experience.

Or hasn’t had anything better which is probably the most likely , most of us using P rated tires on stock vehicles or mud tires


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[GLT]

Awesome. I'm in the evergreen area work at DIA drive home the day of the blizzard was complete white out. We probably got about a foot or better here at the house

Beautiful area - we were in Winter Park last week, and when I-25 was closed, we took 285 to Pine Valley Road, all the way to Woodland Park. Pine Valley Rd was snow packed the entire way, but it was a beautiful drive, especially with the snow and going 25-30 mph!

 

[Gdog]

Beautiful area - we were in Winter Park last week, and when I-25 was closed, we took 285 to Pine Valley Road, all the way to Woodland Park. Pine Valley Rd was snow packed the entire way, but it was a beautiful drive, especially with the snow and going 25-30 mph!

Glad you liked it here and we are havin a epic year for snow.
Living at a elevation of 8200 ft has its challenges for sure

 

[white54raptor]

I’ve driven with both BFGs and Wranglers on the snow and didn’t notice much difference. I prefer the BFGs at freeway speeds when dry though.

 

[Fury Road]

Glad you liked it here and we are havin a epic year for snow.
Living at a elevation of 8200 ft has its challenges for sure

I’ll be in Winter park middle of April, my family has a place at the base of the mountain. Love it out there. In other news I got stuck last night in Vermont with the KO2s, could not get any traction no matter the mode, had to be pushed out. ****** pic but should get a sense of the conditions.

 

[wjn]

I’ll be in Winter park middle of April, my family has a place at the base of the mountain. Love it out there. In other news I got stuck last night in Vermont with the KO2s, could not get any traction no matter the mode, had to be pushed out. ****** pic but should get a sense of the conditions.

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Just waiting for someone to tell you you cannot drive

But seriously, these kind of conditions is why I have snow chains with me. Just in case. Furthermore, nothing beats dedicated winter tires. I believe you can have some traction forward with stock KO2, like with all AWD/4WD vehicles, but the rubber will get hard in cold temperatures and you cannot brake / stop the car reliably.

This is a nice example (start at 3:14):

 

[Fury Road]

Just waiting for someone to tell you you cannot drive

But seriously, these kind of conditions is why I have snow chains with me. Just in case. Furthermore, nothing beats dedicated winter tires. I believe you can have some traction forward with stock KO2, like with all AWD/4WD vehicles, but the rubber will get hard in cold temperatures and you cannot brake / stop the car reliably.

This is a nice example (start at 3:14):

Haha yeah I know asking for it. I already had planned to put dedicated snow tires on next year as I ski a lot. Last east coast trip of the year so didn’t want to bother. In fairness it had snowed close to two feet, was still coming down but there was a slick layer of ice underneath, so once the snow was blown through it was pure ice. Overall it still did pretty good climbing some pretty steep grades in the mountains where I saw numerous cars pulled over, stuck etc. Subarus, Audi’s all kinds having same problems.