I just bought a used set of Michelin Alpin PA2 snow tires for a hundred bucks. They have about 6mm of tread, so should get me through this winter ok.
I just noticed that there is a 2.5" x .5" chunk missing on the bead on one of them though. I suppose its hard to tell if this tire will still be ok until I get it mounted?

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Nope. Air is going to leak out of there. If not immediately, it will soon. Not safe to drive on that.

 

dang! you just got robbed for 100 bucks..

 

Well, actually, two good snows for a $100 is fine (I don't want to run 3 of these and 1 of another, but 2 and 2 is fine with me). Just pissed I did not see it when I bought them.

 

Looks like a shop that retreads truck tires can fix this most likely. Will find out soon enough.