Jon Olivier
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Jon
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2019
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- Messages
- 213
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- Location
- Bishop, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 XLT 4x4 - Hot Pepper Red, 302A, Sport Appearance, FX4, Tow Package,
- Occupation
- IT Specialist - CA Dept of Transportation
DavidWe are in the eastern Sierra with fairly steep roads, and now that we are further into winter, I've had more time to evaluate the tires. We're at 7,500-8,000 ft. and the temps are mostly between 22-32 deg. F during storms and cycles between the low teens and low 40s when it's clear, so we sometimes get icy conditions as well. After putting some more miles in, I now agree more with Matt (@the1mrb ) that these tires are actually not too bad in moderate snow. In deeper snow and on ice, I think the KO2s we have on the old truck are a little better, but the traction control (which the old truck does not have) does help compensate to some degree.
We do enough driving on bare pavement in the winter that it's hard to justify winter-only tires here, so I'm still thinking I will change them next winter, probably to KO2s, which have been a good compromise between noise, treadwear, winter traction and fuel economy in the past in our area, but I will keep the Hankooks and swap them back in during summer to get the rest of the utility out of them. They're fine for our normal summer activities.
Where in the E. Sierras are you? I just moved to Bishop a couple weeks ago.
Have been into Mammoth a few times, but the roads seem to get cleared pretty quickly here. The OEM Hankooks did well through the fresh snow, however, I did find a couple trails off the 395 that were icy and noticed quite a bit of slippage. I decided not to venture too far down these trails since I was driving solo.
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