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General Com-Pac and Sailing Related Discussions => Boat and Hardware Modification => Topic started by: shamblin on May 07, 2012, 05:38:22 AM

Title: best tires for front wheel drive towing car?
Post by: shamblin on May 07, 2012, 05:38:22 AM
sailors,

are there mud/snow tires that make a front wheel drive tow vehicle less likely to slip on wet ramps?
i have a honda odyssey with a towing package.

thanks,
bill in nc
Title: Re: best tires for front wheel drive towing car?
Post by: skip1930 on May 07, 2012, 07:04:45 AM
All weather having lots of sipes in the tread.

skip.
Title: Re: best tires for front wheel drive towing car?
Post by: SpeakEasy on May 07, 2012, 07:27:10 AM
You need to realize that towing, and especially pulling a boat out of the water, with a front-wheel drive vehicle is a physics tug-of-war. The weight on the hitch is reducing the downward force on the front of your vehicle, causing your traction to go away. If you are going to invest in new tires, just for the sake of better traction on the launching ramp, you might want to consider a weight-distributing hitch system instead. I don't know the cost, but it would actually go a long way toward solving your problem.

-Speak
Title: Re: best tires for front wheel drive towing car?
Post by: MKBLK on May 14, 2012, 01:01:55 PM
Or, a front mounted hitch? Just wondering.

Marty K.