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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:41 pm    Post subject: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

With the weatherman forecasting some cold temperatures in the coming weeks, it got me to thinking.... what if it snowed... Hey, that means I can play around in the snow in my sand rail with the kids for the first time since getting it back on the road!! Which then led me to wonder, what the driving would be like in snow with the old Paddle tires I have sitting on my garage shelf vs the all terrain tires that I currently have.

Does anyone have any experience or expectations with using paddles in the snow? Part of me would think that they'd do rather nicely in that environment, but the other part thinks that the traction wouldn't really be there as well as one might think... Just curious.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Yes go for it! One March in Florence we had an overnight dump of aprox 6" of snow and the next morning we had a blast!
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

For dry snow or even slush...paddles are great. For icy conditions, or hard stuff under the snow...not so good. Chains on A/T tires works pretty well too.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:01 am    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

I haven't thought of chains on the buggy... I have a few sets of z-chain cables for my plow trucks, I'm thinking the 235/85/16 set might fit on the 225/75/15's with an tensioner...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:12 am    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Go for it if you don't love the paddles. New ones are high and I'm very protective of mine. But if they are already kinda torn up.

I think they will outdo the A/T tires if the snow is deep, but if it's shallow I bet the all terrains do better. Light weight vehicles generally suck in snow though. You'll have the most fun if it snows a few inches and gets kinda slick.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:14 am    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Sounds like it'd be worth the 15 minutes of wheel change-out if a good snow landed. My paddles have got to be at least 25 years old - heck, they may even date back to the 80s. they have cracking in them from the previous owner leaving them out in the elements for long periods of time.... so I've put tubes in them and have stored them indoors for the past 15 years while on my buggy sabbatical and not using them. With that said, they aren't in tip top shape and while I still slightly prize them a little, it isn't like I have to baby them like they're new...just bring them out for the occasional sand bar play (and snow I guess now).

I can remember years ago when it snowed just a few inches (maybe 3 inches - we don't get a ton of snow here usually), I just had some all terrains on there. My brother and I attached a rope onto the top horizontal tube of the roll cage and I pulled him and a couple of his buddies around the yard while on disk sleds. It was like knee-boarding in winter for them! That was fun, and would like to do that with my kiddos now.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:32 am    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Some inspiration Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:52 am    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Just be careful of sticks and rocks. Paddles are a lot more susceptible to punchers then regular tires.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

AZ-BUG wrote:
Some inspiration Smile

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That's actually pretty cool Smile. If Kentucky got as much snow as up north, I'd be fabricating some ski's.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

I was thinking after I get my baja bug up and running that I was going to get mattracks for it and skis that the tires sit on and strap in. It would be a sweet rig to use for ice fishing or just cruising around in fields here in North Dakota
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Paddle Tires in the Snow? Reply with quote

Skis up front? Suh-weet!
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