Mikee, I can't imagine that you need studded tires in Bend?  I would
assume that a good vanagon rated Mud & Snow tire is all you would
need to run year round? I haven't run studded tires in mucho anos
here in Utah but did in Colorado snow country. If you go studded,
then you need 2 sets of tires, preferably 2 sets of rims, etc.

Does Les S. carry the Hakka CS's-that sounds like the tire for youse?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Aug 26, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Mike Elliott wrote:

> Now that we've moved to Bend, Oregon, we are looking ahead to when,
> not
> many months from now, we will need to give our cars new shoes. Mrs
> Squirrel is still without car since her Volvo sedan's computer
> registered
> that the transmission was due to fail. so we sold it. In the meantime,
> she's putting around town in Mellow Yellow (my 84 Westy).
>
> We're from SoCal where that white stuff that falls from the sky simply
> doesn't happen so I have never needed to look into the subject of snow
> tires. I looked at Larry Chase's Roadhaus page to see what tires
> others
> have found to be good, but I couldn't easily tell which of them
> were of
> the studded snow tire category.
>
> The local dealer (and employer) is Les Schwab so I reckon it would
> be a
> fine thing to buy from them.
>
> Could someone more familiar with this subject take a look at the
> offerings
> from Les Schwab here: http://www.lesschwab.com/tires/winter.asp and
> advise
> a Pretty Good Tire?
>
> (Note: I just passed the written (actually computer) test to get my
> Oregon
> driver's license. It was from a 16 year-old kid sitting next to me
> in the
> waiting room that I learned that studded snow tires are not legal here
> from April 1 to November 1. Good thing he knew that, it was on the
> test.)
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR