Highway tire chains and studdded tires???

I was surprised to find in the earlier post about tractor tire chains. In the tirechainsdotcom site.
That there even is policy about tire chains for highway use in Missouri,Nevada,Texas,Oklahoma and California.
Canadians winter in those states to get away from snow.
We can't even use studded tires in Southern Ontario.
What are the studded tire regs in other provinces and states?

N.Y. used to be you could not have studded tires between cetain dates from early spring until late fall. Don't know if they are still in force or not.

From the Kansas Highway Patrol website: "Vehicles in Kansas may be equipped with studded snow tires from November 1 to April 1 each year."

here is a site with a state by state list.

What do you mean I can't have studded tires in Hawaii?!
tire stud by state

Michigan tried them for a while, a long time ago. Tore the heck out of the pavements, outlawed them, except for certain individual cases (rural mail cars, and police come to mind.)

I was not that impressed - studs were easily thrown, didn't get much gain in traction. Tires were damaged, and you could see the damage to the pavements, especially at intersections.

They outlawed them here in MD sometime ago. The Post Office trucks still use them. Back in the
late 1960's I installed studs in snow tires in the kitchen. They never closed the schools back
then and my wife was taking our daughter to school and it was very icy. She said cars were stuck on some hills and she just pulled around them with those studded tires. Hal

In NY you can have them on between 10/16 and 5/15. I swear by them. Both daughters and wife get 4 of them on their cars, I have 4wd so I don"t use them and the 2wd pickup gets parked for the winter. Yes they are noisey and rough riding but you can go anywhere with them. The Missus and the youngest are on their way to work long before we see a plow, and if they close school we probably won"t get powed at all.

Here in N D you can use studded tires from Oct. 15 until Apr. 15 I think.

In Nebraska legal from November 1 to April 15.

I believe the Nebraska State Patrol quit using them on the patrol cars. At some of the speeds they'd hit, the studs would spit out of the tires.

My Subaru 4WD wagon and Dodge AWD van have studded snows on all four wheels. Legal starting in October here in New York. Studs work great in ice, but you can slide a bit on wet pavement (wet, not frozen).

My plow truck has chains on all four wheels. It's my "recue rig" when our road gets real bad, mid-winter.

There are several roads not far from me in the NY Adirondacks where you are required to use chains on at least two wheels after a certain date. If you get caught without them, you get ticketed.

Washington allows Studded Tires November to April.
I suspect you could run chains when ever you needed!Some fools run them on bare pavement on the freeway. The body shops love them!

No chains up here. Just good ole fashioned skilled driving. We had around 23 feet of snow last winter and never did I wish I had chains or studs.

I throw quite a bit of fence posts or firewood in the bed of the truck. There is no such thing as getting stuck with the mass of my vehicles, 2wd or 4wd. No studs, no chains.

Studs are legal November - April, but you don't see them often.

Our ambulances & (most) fire trucks have both the instant-chains that drop down by flicking a switch and also a set of real chains for the heavy stuff and cable chains for the ambulances.

The instant ones are nice when you get black ice.

Some years the real chains never come out of storage, some years I've seen at least one truck in them for a month straight due to the number of long, unplowed driveways in town.

I liked the studded tires back when we were allowed to use them.

Another good use - demolition derby cars. They'll give you the edge on the competition. They're not real noticable. May be outlawed now - haven't fooled with dem derby for 40 years.

Paul

found this on the net, I use studded tires on all my highway vehicles. Bill In NY

Local State Studded Tire Regulations

CONNECTICUT: November 15 - April 30
MAINE: October 2 - May 1
MASSACHUSETTS: November 2 - April 30
NEW HAMPSHIRE: No restrictions
NEW YORK: October 16 - April 30
RHODE ISLAND: November 15 - April 1
VERMONT: No restrictions

Studded tires are from november until april 30 here. Chains... if it gets that bad that you want them, go ahead and put them on. I don't know that they're actually required anywhere tho. It's more like... if you go there, and you need them... and you don't have them... well... sucks to be you.
They are pretty sticky about getting the studs off by april 30 tho. Main reason why I never bother with them anymore. I run M/S tires year round. Just stick a new set on sometime late nov/dec and run them off or run them for a year, then new ones again. Old ones then get stuck on impliment duty... Studded tires are just a pain in the as$.

Rod

I put studs on all my vehicles, especially any that my wife will drive. Why? Stopping distances are about half of what they would be without studs on ice. And where I live, most years have about 3 or 4 months that may or may not have icy conditions on the roads at any time of the day or night.

In the Winter, the Spokane area has lots of days with the high temperature around the freezing mark. Ice seems to me to be the slickest at 32 degrees. The front wheel drive cars we have driven the last 20 years will go fairly well in slick conditions without studs, but don't stop very well at all without the added traction provided by the studs. I consider studded tires to be safety devices.

We go over to Seattle quite a bit, and have to go over Snoqualamie Pass. Most of the times we have crossed the Pass during the Winter, there was snow on the road. With good studded snowtires, we have never had any trouble making our way over the Pass, sometimes having to drive around spun out and jacknifed semis. There have been times when the chains must be carried signs were on, but we have never actually had to put the chains we carry on.

Which is a real good thing. It sure looks like there really isn't enough clearance to safely run chains on the front of our Pontiac Vibe. My guess is that there would be a real danger of the chains rubbing unless they were installed incredibly tight. And the cable chains sure don't last very many miles. I hate to install and remove chains!

I hope our state does not make it illegal for us to use studs on our vehicles if we see fit to do so. I would pay a bunch of extra money per tire if necessary, to be able to continue to use studs. It would be worth it. Good luck!

I googled instant tire chains,never saw anything like them before,pretty neat.Do you think they would build up with slush and turn into a frozen blob? bill m.

Hey B&D,

You gotta remember that the highest point in the lower 48 states is in California. I remember getting caught is a snowstorm in the middle of August while camping in the White Mountains north of Death Valley. Donner Pass (of cannibalism fame) is one of the most treacherous passes that remains open year-round in the US. This is the same pass where they have to build snow sheds over the railroad tracks because it's too difficult to keep the rails plowed.

In general, the western states are more lenient on the use of chains and stud, but they use very little if any salt. Here in Michigan, on the other hand, chains and studs are allowed but rarely used; meanwhile the state dumps ridiculous amount of salt on its highways.

Here in Michigan, on the other hand, chains and studs are allowed but rarely used; meanwhile the state dumps ridiculous amount of salt on its highways.

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Come UP north along the big lake, many places Up here don't use salt because of the pollution risks and its lack of effectiveness in the cold. We get lots of snow and have many steep grades, people just slow down and drive with care.