What is a good winter/snow tire with an aggressive look?

[solihul]

I have mud terrain tires on my 110 and while they look cool they don't have any siping just gigantic tread blocks. They work well when the snow is knee deep but suck on ice and thin cover and you can't brake worth a darn. I'm looking at the Yokohama Geolander AT-S, the Winter Dueler DM-Z2 and other dedicated winter tires. Any thoughts on a good gripping winter tire?

[headdamage]

I put some BigO X/T's 255/85R16 on my 90 this summer and they seem great as an all around tire so far including snow and ice.


http://www.bigo.com/item.asp?id=201

[Gore Ranger]

How much snow do you get in Palm Beach?

[themaxx]

How much snow do you get in Palm Beach? No doubt...come up North!

A buddy of mine has the Geolander AT-S, thumbs up! It's seems to be a good all around tirel

[Neil McCauley]

Go for the Pro-Comp X-Terrain. I'm running 31's but you could run 33's or 35's however you'll sacrifice road manners.

Neil

[Bowtracer]

how much snow do you git in LA???
Nokien for snow ...

[MattGuyver_007]

Good Year MTR's. Look great, wear well, handle nicely on road and off road and no complaints when it snows here. No tire works well on the ice without installing studs but come on. Trick is to slow down.

[evilfij]

Nokians or blizzaks

[Bowtracer]

Ron I put Nokians on the wifes Volvorari a few years back wow! That thing sticks to the road like mad.. I am too cheap to do that to my trucks but the famdamly rides in her car most I have BFG M/T's on all my trucks & drive a little slower....

[btate]

You need my BFG's in the for sale section.
Sipped and ready to go for ice!

[Bowtracer]

Ah you wish..lol I am going 35's on the 110 when I can swing it then I will have 2.5 sets of 255/85's for the d1. I do need some 285's for the f250 though...

[LRNAD90]

I have mud terrain tires on my 110 and while they look cool they don't have any siping just gigantic tread blocks. They work well when the snow is knee deep but suck on ice and thin cover and you can't brake worth a darn.


I have no personal experience with any of these tires, but there are a few Mud Terrain tires out there with sipped tread blocks these days. I really like the Toyo Open Country M/T's, and have heard good things about their snow/ice perfromance for an M/T tire. Here are a few links. None of these are going to perform in light snow or ice conditions like a dedeicated Nokian or Blizzark type snow tire will though, but neither of these would be good for any type of off pavement driving either, so weigh your options..

Toyo Open Country M/T's (http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires.asp?lpid=18136&name=Open%20Country%20M/T%99&category=off-road)

Cooper Discoverer SST (http://www.coopertire.com/Flash/index.aspx)

ProComp M/T (http://www.procomptires.com/mudterrain.html)

Also keep in mind that the current incarnation of the BFG All Terrain's are severe service snow rated, and carry the snowflake insignia that dedicated snow tires do. These are still a fairly agressive tread pattern and great over all tire..


BFG All Terrain T/A (http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/overview/all-terrain-t-a-ko/44.html)

[KevinNY]

That reminds me of the Cooper Discoverer ST too, very aggressive AT with some siping and they look very "in place" on the square rovers.

[evilfij]

Dunlop radial rover RTs are also severe snow rated and very, very good on snow/ice (not quite snow tire specific good though).

[JohnC]

Ah you wish..lol I am going 35's on the 110 when I can swing it then I will have 2.5 sets of 255/85's for the d1. I do need some 285's for the f250 though...
You should get the 35x10.5x15 Simex Extreme Trekkers we have for sale, they would kick ass on your 110. I'll let you know how the Simex JT do on snow and ice this year. I do have a set of 5 BFG ATs in 285/75/16 (spare is new) that I don't need anymore. Let me know if you're interested.

[flippedrover]

I currently have the Pro Comp MTs have yet to play in the snow with them but they are sipped and you can mount studs to them if you really need that. I ran the old style BFG ATs on my Ranger for years and never had an issue getting down the 1/4 mile driveway to my parent's farm.

[DiscoDino]

Interco STS

http://www.intercotire.com/piclib/575.jpg

http://www.intercotire.com/site35.php

[artm]

Any aggressive tread will work on snow. Very little will work on ice - especially without ABS. I run the BFG AT for all around use and it's fine. Have plowed through heavy snow no problem. Just don't be stupid with speed on ice and you'll be fine.

[rover4x4]

itd be nice if the BFG AT came in a 255/85

[revtor]

Dunlop Radial Rover rvxt. quiet on road, tall for their size, $100 a pop, and are severe winter rated. well see how they do this winter.
~Steve

[Neil McCauley]

how much snow do you git in LA???
Nokien for snow ...
The closest thing to snow we get here is ice on grass blades and on your windshield. But we got another problem worse than snow.......nails from all the new construction laying around the roads and fwys.

Neil

PS: I know x-terrains work good on snow........anyone else use these?

[Devin W]

I had my BFG MT's siped. I think they only charge about $12.00/tire at Discount Tire (they did mine for a bit less 'cuz I had them siped when I bought them). I've used MTR's, Maxxis Big Horn, and BFG MT's un-siped, and so far this has been the best in the snow (we got dumped on about a week and a half ago). I was worried that the tire would be more vulnerable to damage off-road with the siping, but I did a trail a couple of weeks ago and the tread is still very intact. The only sipe the center blocks, so the tread block on the edge that might be more susceptible to damage retain their integrity.

[devinchi]

I will put into the mix for a "snow" tire the AP tire with Green-diamonds from high-tec-retreading.com. ( http://high-tec-retreading.com ) We ran these on my wife's Nissan truck for a while, they were great. The little "diamonds" worked VERY well, not quite studs, but definately a major improvement over regular tires, and none of the annoying noise of studs.