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Originally Posted by yellowperil

This one is full of salt for our roads, just incase we thought we could get away
with no rust next spring. Really hard on cars and trucks when you see how much salt they dump on our roads.

We lived in northern Japan in the late 70s and again in the mid 80s. We got a lot of snow. I don't think they put salt or sand down on the roads. I remember my dad installing and removing chains at times. I seem to remember us having studs when we were there in the 70s, but I don't think we had them when we went back in the 80s. THere were, of course, always snow/winter tires installed for the winter. THere were times that we would go months without being able to actually see the road surface because of the snow/ice/slush.