Wide VS Narrow Tires (Pizza Cutters to Wide)

[Briscoelab]

Dude. That video clearly shows slipping on street paint. Someone even points that out as the very first video comment and brings up it decidedly NOT being hydroplaning. This is hilarious at this stage.

Again, that absolutely isn’t what hydroplaning even is. This type of wet slipping is directly addressed and referenced in the links I posted. Reduction of the coefficient of friction on a slick surface (road markings) because of water (and possible oil from the road) and the loss of traction of a tire is not the same thing as hydroplaning. It’s essentially the same as crashing on a rail road track crossing when it’s wet. Not hydroplaning.

It’s still super dangerous though and tire tread design and width certainly does impact that. No one is arguing that.

Hydroplaning is literally floating over the top of a film of water. It’s related to buoyancy in a sense and dictated by principles of fluid dynamics. That isn’t what happened in any of these videos. And it can’t physically happen on a bicycle tire at speeds less than 100mph.

Every time you post videos you simply show how little you actually know about what you’re referencing. It’s OK to be misinformed or not understand what a given term technically means.

But again, none of this has anything to do with truck tires that are all relatively the same width anyway. lol.

Ok, ok…. A 235mm vs a 15.5” wide tire will definitely behave differently in the rain. Duh. But few of us are operating at those extremes on these trucks.

For most us, running midsized tires, tread design for water evacuation and compound choice are going to be the deciding factors for overall wet weather performance. Definitely more so than going from a 275 to a 285.

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[izzy]

Plus tread design on a vehicle tire absolutely matters more than width alone

You're telling me these R888Rs aren't great for mobbing down a flooded freeway?? shocked

 

[Briscoelab]

You're telling me these R888Rs aren't great for mobbing down a flooded freeway?? shocked

Let ‘er rip! You know you want to!

It’ll be fun… for a few seconds.

 

[oxi]

I run a narrower 265/70 on factory 18's. They work just fine and tuck into the wheel well's thus less debris hitting the body.

On my old 22 Corolla, I went from wider summer tires on factory 18's to a skinner WS-90 setup on steel 15's for my winter setup. Absolutely best winter driving with those skinnier WS-90's. I passed so many awd suv's and pickup trucks in snowy covered roads.

Unless deeper snow, being lower is wayy batter than running with a taller 4x4. I never drove my Tacoma last winter season, did not need to, my Corolla handled everything including 5 inches of snow on the roads.

With the Corolla gone for a new Camry, I plan to downgrade from the factory 18's for summer 235/45 and run 205/65 R16 steelies with WS-90's on the awd Camry. Should be an ideal setup.

For Wisconsin colder and snowy winters, skinny tires are ideal.

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