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In fact, since the news is out on the interwebs that the 7.3 has a new monstrous starter, I just got a call from a guy that wanted to trade me this for my truck. I declined of course.
The traction issue is due to the crapyear crappy design and compound. The helium has nothing to do with it.
After putting 50K on my tires, I have noticed a decrease in wet weather traction......nothing to the extreme that Mike has experienced though. I still think they are OK tires and they will make it through this winter and coming summer before I replace them.