What is the condition tires? Will serve a one more season? Or their time to throw, and the next winter to buy new ones?
Studded tires can last a few years if they are from the outset to operate properly. Desirable to have separate drives for them. First, each perebortovka reduce tire life. Second winter tires and wheels better to have a narrower year-olds.
Studded tires are good on ice or compacted snow, and slipping on loose, not pulling thorns up hard road. Narrower tire is better is forced fresh and soft snow. Thirdly, have you seen the queue in the tire store at the beginning of the winter season? A ready-to-wheel drive can be replaced by itself for half an hour.
The new studded tires first 100-200 miles to drive no faster than is desirable to 60-70 kilometers per hour and with no sudden accelerations and decelerations. Spikes should "sit down" in its place. And then on the studded wheels preferably not accelerate faster than 100 kilometers per hour and ride smoothly. And security will increase, and the tires will last longer.
In normal driving during the winter is usually lost about 10% of the spikes. Look at the holes remaining in the tire tread. If they are smooth and round - your style of riding at altitude. If you like the stars, even with torn edges - you need to change the style of riding. Not only for the preservation of the wheels, but also to save his life. Some believe the sharp style of driving with a thrashing special chic, but this is due to lack of experience. Even avtosportsmeny go smoothly - so effectively.
On cars with two-wheel drive is useful in about 5-10 thousand kilometers to swap front and rear wheel stud, but without changing the direction of their rotation. That is right rear swap with the right front and vice versa. On cars with permanent four-wheel drive do not necessarily.
Do not forget about once a week to inspect the tire. In normal driving spikes should wear with the rubber, should not extend to the outside of the wheel. Few are the only central core of hard metal - they who are clinging to the ice.
At the same time make sure that at the tread and the sidewall was not deep cuts, fractures (speaking of old rubber), bubbles (hernia), sticking out of thread and metal wire cord design. Remove fallen into the groove tires road debris.
Especially careful with nails and other sharp glands. If they struck the bus through, it will slowly leave the air. Seal the hole using a special set for repair or contact the tire.
If you regularly inspect the tires and take care of them, they will present no surprises to you on the winter road, especially when you do not want to get out of a warm car on a cold and muddy road. Typically, when the correct use studded tires are about 100 thousand kilometers. The average motorist drives that distance in four years.
Rate at the end of winter, the state of your winter wheels. If you place more than half of thorns - these wheels you enough for the next winter. If less than half, and still tread depth - continue to ride on these wheels and summer until they wear out completely, and buy new ones in the autumn. Pleasant and safe driving to you!
