1stDeuce
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Ok, I've checked out all the grooving threads and come up mostly empty... Looking for some ideas or opinions about grooving my new (Eeek!) 11.00's for winter service this year.
I am not oblivious to the likelihood that this will also greatly improve wet weather performance, which is somewhat lacking. Any difference in wear is likely to go unnoticed by me.
So with inspiration from Gringeltaube, I did some Paint art... I should add that I'm going to try using a circular saw to cut about 1/4" into the tread as the designs indicate. Some of my college friends did this to get a little better winter performance from cheap mud tires... If you go fast, it works pretty well from what I remember. (I have an old 9.00 to practice on, so if it doesn't work, I'll pony up for a grooving iron.)
Give me some thoughts... I think you can save images from here.. Feel free to steal the orig and mark it up with some white lines of your own!
Chris
I am not oblivious to the likelihood that this will also greatly improve wet weather performance, which is somewhat lacking. Any difference in wear is likely to go unnoticed by me.
So with inspiration from Gringeltaube, I did some Paint art... I should add that I'm going to try using a circular saw to cut about 1/4" into the tread as the designs indicate. Some of my college friends did this to get a little better winter performance from cheap mud tires... If you go fast, it works pretty well from what I remember. (I have an old 9.00 to practice on, so if it doesn't work, I'll pony up for a grooving iron.)
Give me some thoughts... I think you can save images from here.. Feel free to steal the orig and mark it up with some white lines of your own!
Chris
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