Hi James,

I think almost all "grip" tires have the stud holes in them these days. I
live in Southwest Louisiana, and the tire stores around here sell "Mud Grip"
tires, not "snow tires".  It hasn't snowed around here since the 90's, and
then it was less than an inch that was gone the next day. Yet the mud grip
tires all have the holes for studs.
Now instead of snow and ice, we do have hurricanes and mosquitos, and no I
don't want to trade. :>)

Skipper

>Perhaps the most curious part is the snow tires on it - I know he writes
>that they are 'General Grabbers' but they have holes for ice studs in them,
>so they're winter tires!