I was up playing in the snow a few days ago and stopped to help a kid who blew bead on his truck after hitting the snow bank. Anyway Im stopped helping him and a cop stops and starts giving him crap about not having chains on his truck cause he only has mud tires (procomp muds). He left and never bugged us anymore about but started making me think about what do they classify a snow tire. I have the procraps as well and am trying to figure out if I may get crap over this later. The tire right on the side wall says M+S so wouldnt that mean it is a mud and snow tire. I just want to get this cleared up so if I get stopped for not having chains I an say I have snow tires and be correct if i am.

Matt

I am not sure about all the states but I know in Idaho that you don't have to have chains if the tires have the little snowflake symbol on the sidewall. I believe that the procomps are rated with this. HTH, later

look here


www.snowtire.info

The cop was a flaming idiot.....m/s rating is given to any tire that has a groove or large type sipe across the outer most rib if the tire at regular intervals ( I forget the disatance between the grooves), hence any mub tire is also a snow tire......about the only tire I'vr seen that does not qualify as a snow tire is a Goodyear H/T