Green Diamond tires; highly effective alternative to studded tires

Posted by Maast

Posted: October 7, 2008 - 4:25 pm

The sound of metal studded winter tires on the roads signals another winter in Alaska.
- Studs that most of the time will be grinding against bare pavement and only occasionally needed for ice traction, studs getting duller and less effective every day.
- Studs that chew up our pavement and road repair tax dollars, leaving deep ruts in our roads and pocketbooks.
- Studs that are prohibited in Wisconsin and Minnesota, among other states.
- Studs that have to be removed at spring, only to be slapped back on come fall.

Basically, studded tires are a pain, but seemingly a necessary one right? WRONG!

Green Diamond tires are a Icelandic invention that mixes silicon carbide granules throughout the rubber of the tire, exposing new granules as the tire rubber wears away and the old ones fall off. To expose the granules on a new tire you'll need to drive about 600 miles to break them in.

Basically you're driving on treads of sandpaper when you hit a patch of ice, combined with a tread pattern thats well designed and heavily siped you've got a tire for all of Alaska, tires that:

- Don't chew up our roads
- Constantly renew their ice gripping power and won't get dull
- Can be left on all year! And since you don't have to swap them out you're spared the expense and storeage of having two sets of tires for a vehicle.
- Have a 45,000 mile tread and tread separation warranty
- Equal the traction on ice that studs have, and better the traction studs have on dry pavement.
- Are quiet as a normal passanger tire
- Fit on everything from econoboxes to semi trucks.
- Cost about $147.00 a tire, about the same as other good quality winter tires.

Green Diamond tires are remoulded tires, which means they take a regular tire, shave off the existing rubber, and mold on the new rubber with the integral granules.

I'd heard about the tires from a coworker and they intrigued me, so I researched online, read all the posts from satisfied buyers, read all the test data from overseas and Stateside and bought my set for my blue Subaru Baja.

I couldnt be happier with the tires, they're everything I wanted in a tire: Great traction that I can leave on all year. If you ever see me driving around come on over and take a look.

Only one problem though, they aren't sold in Anchorage! Which absolutely astonished me.

The nearest dealer is in Fairbanks, and it cost $15 a tire to have them shipped down, which leads me to why I'm writing this:

Would some Anchorage tire dealer please carry these tires locally! I'd really prefer to purchase them locally when it comes time to replace the winter tires on my wifes car and our Suburban. I really hate the bi-annual tire dance, and I'm sure you would do very well by offering a better product than the competition.

Green Diamond tires; highly effective alternative to studded tires

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