Were you running Hankook snow tires or all seasons?  How old were they?
Hankook changed their snow tire design a few years ago and the newer ones
are more similar to Nokians.  I have driven both and done side by side
comparisons of them.  I still prefer Nokians but am confident of Hankooks
abilities on ice and snow enough so that my 81 year old father is driving
on a set of them and has for three winters now including this year in which
we are just inches away from a new record annual snowfall(the old one is
129 inches) and it is only March 8th.

Mark in AK

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have had hankooks and found them dangerous at best in winter. Last year
> I ran old studded nokiana and ya, they rocked but I didn't really need the
> studded. This year I have continental snow tires on 15" rims and I'm
> amazed, there is no problem in snow and even mild ice. I simply cannot
> manage to spin a tire.
>
> Good snow tires are necessary to keep a two wheel drive Vanagon running in
> the winter.
>
> -craig
>
> On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>
> > Date:         Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:38:11 -0500
> > Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
> >
> > ----snip-------
> >
> > So, to get the conversation going, anyone got comparative experience
> > driving in icy snow w/ both Hakkas & Hankook tires?
> > As usual,
> > YMMV,
> > Mr. BZ-every 37 years you gotta do this.
> > -------------
> >
> > Tom, welcome to age 40!
> > That short trip just added three years to your life�. :-)
> >
> > Glad to hear the BZman and pooch Carl arrived safe and sill crazy.
> > With the wheels, rubber side down and not on a flat deck Tow Truck.
> > Whoa, that sounded like a great trip!
> >
> > Hakki CQ snow tires turn the 2wd Vanagon into a snow-plow in the dry
> stuff.
> > Sniped so, wear pretty fast on dry hot roads is my only dis.
> >
> > Enjoy Maine. I waited until I turned 58 before visiting.
> >
> > Pz
> > On rock, about as far from Rocky Maine as one can get in N.A..
>