The season is rolling in and people are on the web typing in ″Winter Tires Calgary″. I know, so was I last week. Especially with the weather folks saying we may have snow by the end of the week. Imagine. Having to look for winter tires because we might have snow in the third week of September.

So were are some great places to get your winter tires in Calgary? Well, let me tell you what I did and maybe that will sort you out a bit.

The first thing you can do is search on Kijiji under ″Calgary″ for ″Winter Tires Calgary″ or just go to the Calgary listing in general, scroll down the option on the left hand side until you see the ″auto parts tires″.
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My first set of aggressive tires were Goodyear Wrangler Territory and I got them on sale at Canadian Tire. I drove out of there with four new Goodyear Wrangler Territorys on the short side of $650 (they were on special) and am very, very happy with my decision.
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The Super Swamper TSL/SX is an extreme condition off road tire that has been through nine years of developing and testing to produce this ultimate tire tread design by the Interco Tire Corporation. Most off roaders use it for very muddy conditions saying that it performs best in the mud with less performance on rocky surfaces. Of course there will be opinions on this especially those that state it performs great on the rocks when the tire pressure is brought down into the single digits.

One reviewer at Jeepreviews.com states that he will never use another tire. That in fact ″The Super Swamper TSL/SX can find the traction you need in rocks, they flex well and are super strong without being rigid.″ So I’m thinking when you’re a fan of these tires, you like them on pretty much any terrain rocks included.

Offroad-review.com says ″These TSL’s seemed to grab everything in site and just continue pulling. Next to zero slipping on the rocks″

The Super Swamper TSL/SX has very strong sidewalls that stand up to hard scuffing from rocks, roots and other hard surfaces that may be found in ruts.The Super Swamper TSL/SX is built with up to a 10 ply rating and up to a 6 ply rating in the sidewall.

Extra rut pulling power comes from wrap around lugs (the TSL stands for three stage lug) that protect the side wall and enhance traction when pulling out of a rut. Of course being great in the extreme mud conditions off road make the Super Swamper TSL/SX very poor at on road handling according to some, but that’s not why you buy them in the first place.

″the big size and lack of sipes in the tread blocks make for a bit of difficulty in uphill mud climbs″

″They dig dig dig like crazy. An awesome tire. They wouldn’t be my first (or even second) choice out west on the rocks, but they are incredible in mud and general trail use.″ – Landroversonly.com

″we had to duck for cover at times, as the self-cleaning tires shot goobers of sludge at us from a distance″ – 4wheeloffroad.com

″The TSL’s are a good all around tire. If you plan on driving it on the road much, make sure you get the radials though.″ – Rivers Edge OffRoader

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