Left that world almost 30 years ago, back then the norm was

to put on abrasive recap snow tires with or without studs.

Back then one was still supposed to be on time to work even

with a foot or better of snow overnight.

This bs about the weekends weather got me thinking.....

Is it still the same today or has it changed the last 30 years ?

No studded tires allowed in Michigan. Most people don't run "snow tires" anymore.
All season radials are on most vehicles.

Only see all season radials, haven't heard of, or seen studs since the 70's.....Is work important anymore?

If I lived where the roads were paved, I would absolutely want studs. 4wd is helpful too but studs feel a lot more positive when trying to stop or start. Intersections are the worst

Where I live I just use chains.

I assume that's not the UP, I lived in Marquette for a couple of years, all season tires probably wouldn't cut it up there to my thinking, could be wrong tho, but then that was around 72

Studs are illegal here in WI. Work, most offices around here are "work" from home those days, even most manufacturing facilities are very lenient nowadays. I still go to the office.

Uncle White, long time ago I put a set of chains on a Ford pinto, that little car would go anywhere, it was slow but would get me to town

Yep ! Even /especially once the snow has melted and the mud is 8 inches deep !

Roads are cleaned about as fast as it comes down now-a-days.

Studs are ok on ice but they will cause the tires to "hydroplane" and can be dangerous under certain winter conditions when the studs keep the treads from contacting the surface properly.

Folks can use studs here, and do, but just as many don't. I like them too, but I've got by with good all season radials. Combined with using 4x4 for needed traction, I've done fine for decades. I always put a few hundred pounds of sandbags across the rear axle in the bed every winter, which is good ballast for traction and weight distribution with the front end that keeps me from too easily wanting to spin. I've yanked my share of drivers out of the ditch almost every winter , too.

A bag of emergency clothes and a shovel , added to my other year round emergency tools, and I'm good .

A bit has changed Buzzard lol. Here most don't know what a set of chains are anymore. No one buys "snow tires" because they don't exist anymore, all season radials have put them out to pasture along with the nonexistent recaps where a fella could spend 60 bucks for a full set of "new tires" mounted and balanced.

Also they're are no worries about showing up for work on time anymore because that is excused away with a good ole fashioned Canadian I'm sorry.

When i was a kid dad always changed the station wagon over to snow tires as soon as snow was in the forecast. Took them off as soon as the snow melted. The pickup always had the more aggressive tires on the back. Never had studded tires.

Ups has been using tire chains hear lol. I run all terrain with blizteck then chain up when it drifts

Studs are legal here from the 1st of October until the 1st of May. I have them on a Honda Accord. They make a world of difference.

Rain then snow here ice under the snow you get stuck your stuck with that ice base underneath until you dig or get pulled out.

We used to always put studs in a new recap and throw chains on after that.

Then they made both illegal saying it damaged the roads.

WS

the wife told me last night someone posted that the county workers didn't have to work today other then police and highway dept,the ones staying home would get paid. more wasted tax money.i work in a factory been there over 44 yrs and yet have them call me and tell me to stay home because of weather .

I try to run studded duratraks all year around. This year I got a deal on some other all season tires but I'm not overly happy with them. I'd like to run the studded all seasons on the wife's truck as I feel they're better but she feels more comfortable with a true winter tire. So to appease her and give her the confidence to drive in winter I put blizzaks on her truck. Studded tires are the better option.

I look after oilfield roads so I don't have much choice on going to work or not going. I've been shut down the last couple of days due to the severe cold but the grader will be grading as soon as it warms up above -35.

nope , a few people died , a lot of people forgot how to drive even more never learned , you would swear the state was made up of people from down south these days.

I might be the only person with jumper cables in my truck

there are people who still prepare carry a shovel , a sleeping bag , leave extra early , know how to drive , a bunch of them are probably on this site.


how can we do all these things any more , it is in fashion to be a victim these days , you can't very well be a victim and make everything you do someone elses emergency.

it gets better the farther north you go but southern Wisconsin isn't that far north any more , Wausau might be