Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3

[@minutemen]

I need new shoes and was hoping to get snow tires for the winter. Why is this out of stock everywhere in a 315? Anyone have them or know of shops that have them? Not really any good alternatives either .

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[MaybeRubi]

I just ordered from Tires-Easy in 33"

 

[Compression-Ignition]

I had some in 315/70r17. This was in 2020 so it's a little fuzzy, but I recall all of them or damn near had some cracking issues. I took the Jeep into discount tire and they took them back and refunded me. Then I waited on some 37/12.5r17 General Grabber ATxes for probably half a year and then said the hell with it and bought some MT's. I've been custom studding and siping MT's to act as my winter tires ever since.

I still have a set of Nokian Hakka LT3s on our QX56 in a 275/70r18. They are decent tires, but they are not absolute show stoppers. Something about the LT3 makes it a little less beastly in the snow and ice. Probably a difference in tread compound to give them extra durability. I had some studless Nokians on our old AWD G35X and those things stuck like velcro. Grippy, grippy, grippy on the slippy stuff. The LT3s never felt like they compared, I mean not even close. I will say they were way better off-road than on-road.

All of that to say I think they must have had an issue with the 315 size and just never bothered to bring them back over here.

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