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Haven't the studs been retractable for years? Posted by Snowmobile [Email]

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[Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:19:28

In Reply to: There have been, vvk, Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:48:35 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

In Hakkas... since about Hakka5, I thought they came pre-studded with retractable "eco" studs to do less damage to pavement. Here we are not allowed studs at all (stupid) and so to get hakka 7, they come with no studs at all. Presumably one could still order a tire and put in more normal studs, but better to go with the better setup from the manufacturer? Which tire has better snow clearing (and tread depth?) 7 or 8? That would be what I would use to make my choice. Hakkas are much less open than they used to be - presumably a noise/fuel economy thing.

We had a set of Nokia Hakka10's with the old permanent studs in our 1989 c900 in a non-stud banned locale... those tires still tore up ice at 10 years old and worked way better "used up" than the brand new top of the line unstudded hakkas we had on the other c900! I have never driven a better winter tire for ice and snow (but pretty miserable on bare pavement - road noise, flexy sidewalls, etc).

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Posts in this Thread:

winter tire compounds, TML , Wed, 8 Oct 2014 11:00:55
- Re: winter tire compounds, Dave the Ice Age Knave , Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:00:39
  - Re: winter tire compounds, Snowmobile , Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:32:14
- Tire age is critical, Dale, Thu, 9 Oct 2014 07:48:28
  - Luckily we don't have to follow your recommendation ..., dmz789qqq, Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:44:35
    - Re: Luckily we don't have to follow your recommendation ..., Dale, Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:57:42
  - Re: snow tire width, Erik919kt, Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:03:58
  - Re: Tire age is critical, Snowmobile , Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:21:38
    - Your'e right., Dale, Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:02:02
      - Good to hear the R2's are a big improvement..., Snowmobile , Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:23:12
        I have Hakka R2 on my 550i, vvk, Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:12:44
        Made in Russia now?, Snowmobile , Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:00:28
        Manufacturing both in Finland and Russia, Kristjan , Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:42:47
        And better, vvk, Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:05:50
        Thanks, Kristjan , Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:27:07
        Eco Stud 8, vvk, Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:51:32
        Re: As I can imagine..., AeroEd , Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:03:16
        There have been, vvk, Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:48:35
        Haven't the studs been retractable for years?, Snowmobile , Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:19:28 <-- Viewing This Message
        Re: Haven't the studs been retractable for years?, Dale, Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:23:57
- Re: winter tire compounds, AdamSAAB2kAero , Wed, 8 Oct 2014 22:50:39
- don't get too worried about layerd compounds, AeroEd , Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:31:38
  - Re: don't get too worried about layerd compounds, Snowmobile , Wed, 8 Oct 2014 18:09:23
- Can you afford ...., GFW3pedals, Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:13:16
  - Re: Can you afford ...., TML , Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:15:15
    - Re: Can you afford ...., Snowmobile , Thu, 9 Oct 2014 03:35:22
      - Generals aren't bad, Noel, Thu, 9 Oct 2014 18:05:46

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