I know a few people that have had TireRack set them up with winter wheels and tires.

 

TireRack works.

However, the Escalade is built on the same platform as the Yukon, Tahoe, Suburban, and their associated pickups. Wheels from all of these should work with no issues. She might be a little ugly those months..

I grew up in the Midwest and have seen a lot of snow in my lifetime. I now live near Atlanta so not so much now.

However, if it were me and I had AWD (My Escalade does) I would just make sure I had a good all-season tire on there and call it good. We've been up in Iowa with a nasty snowstorm pulling a trailer and been just fine with the Bridgestone OEM tires.

In my lifetime, the only vehicle I worried about snow tires with was my Camaro. Everything else hasn't been an issue and I've driven 2wd trucks, compacts, large RWD vehicles, etc.

I have a friend that moved to NJ with a RWD passenger van. He was freaking out a bit (he was from CA). When we talked about it he said anything they needed to be at wasn't a problem. When it snows severely things get shut down and there is nothing to go to anyway.



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Depending on your trim level, you shouldn't have any issues moving down to a 17-inch combo.

While steel is a consideration due to price point, you may want to think about going aluminum. Aluminum alloy wheels weigh less, look better and typically aren't priced that much higher than steel. The MB Wheel Legacy as an example, is economical and delivers O.E. "ish" styling.

For tires, I would look at the available Winter Options in 265/70R-17. The Blizzak DMV2 is a popular choice but there are a lot of solid options to choose from so ultimately the right model for you will depend on the winter conditions you see most and the performance attributes you need the tires to deliver.

 

I have summer tires on 22" and studded winter tires on 18", both aluminum. I do live in northern europe so winter might be little but worse (and longer). We do have salted roads few months per year but just drive to car wash once and a while and rims stay ok.

 

I do have some cheaper studded tires now but probably going to switch to Nokia Tyres' Hakkapeliitta 9.

 

depends how far north. if you are up in the mountains and skiing you might want dedicated snows, go nokian hakkas. if you are metro nyc area where they plow and salt quickly you will be fine with michelin defender ltx. the oem bridgestones were terrible in the winter even on plowed roads. the best true all season tire is the nokian WRG but not sure if thats made in 18 or 22 in escalade sizes. i run nokian WRGs on my LR4 all year round and they're great in the summer and the dead winter. pretty sure the hakkas are available in 22.
this place is good for sourcing nokians as tirerack doesnt carry them

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thanks all! Im in Northern NY and mountains all around. On VT border so we are in VT a lot too. We do get pretty nasty storms. Ive used all weather before but you can beat a serious winter tread for the really bad days out there

 

4 spare steel wheels (same wheel as used with the spare tire under the rear) with 17" 265/70/17 snow tires are a good solution. Costco is having a tire sale on Michelins right now.

 

have you run 17 or 18" on yours?

 

Dumb question but I have to assume with 18" Snows my speedo wont read correctly, right? Although this truck is smarter then me so it probably knows the tire diameter lol

 

Dumb question but I have to assume with 18" Snows my speedo wont read correctly, right? Although this truck is smarter then me so it probably knows the tire diameter lol

Use a tire size calculator to compare what you have now vs what you want to go to. As long as the height/circumference is the same (or really close) you'll be good.

Remember that this truck was available with 18's. If you get the same size as what's probably printed on the inside of your driver's door jam you should be fine.

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Thank you all! I scored a nice set of 18" RIMS and tires locally, off a 1k miles Silverado 6 bolt chevy rims. Good deal at 750 and he delivered from 1.5 hours away to my door!!

 

Just use the same rim and tire size as the spare.

9596426 Wheel,17X7.5 CK1(NZ4) Spare I paid 75 dollars ea for the rim
3rd year and no rust.

For the tire P265/70R17 I use Blizzaks

And 13598771 for the sensors.

All for 900 bucks