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Subject:Re: dumb tire question..Studless snows..
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:05:36 -0700

Obviously you should be getting studs installed in your van tires, your bike
tires and your wheelbarrow tires...  ;)

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Seems I came into a good deal on some Hakkas that have the holes in them
> for studs but don't have the studs.  I've been driving these now for a few
> hundred miles.
>
> The dumb question?  Are tires that are molded (drilled?) for studs more
> prone to flatting out?  Maybe by getting rocks into the holes where studs
> would go?  Or can you just ignore the stud holes?  I think I have seen
> tires
> that have the option to be studded or not...pay extra to have the studs
> installed..
>
>  Just curious, since I had a flat for no reason I can see on one of these
> pretty good tires today... Plus a flat on my wheelbarrow and another on my
> bicycle...my day for flats..
>
>  Don Hanson
>

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Jake

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