DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - As Northlanders gear up for heavy snow over the next 24 hours, local auto shops say they’ve been slammed with customers all day.

General Manager at Auto Ace in Superior, Pete Popoe says, “everybody’s always on the go nowadays and we forget about the travel and everything until we’re looking at our car ready to head out for a big holiday.”

With Thanksgiving being the most traveled holiday in the country, Popoe says vehicle owners are now down to the wire for the winter tire maintenance checklist.

“But are they properly inflated? Is the tread ware on there? Good enough to make it through the winner?” said Popoe.

Popoe suggests drivers should bring their car into a local auto shop to get checked out, however, if you don’t have time to visit an auto shop

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