Just wondering what everyone is running for winter tires here in Washington. I have BFG mud terrains and am getting tired of them. What works best for our screwed up logging roads. Thanks Guys.
Best winter tires
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I have a set of the cooper discoverer sst's. I dont have a single complaint about them. best mud terrain tire i have ever owned. Check em out
Cooper STT are excellent tires, however if you are looking for great winter tires for snow, rain, and ice, check out the cooper m/s, they are studdless technology tires that can still be studded until they are outlawed in this state, they stick like glue in the rain, work well on ice and in snow without studs, I have a customer that will run only this tire year round, says it is the best tire he has ever owned, call me to find out more @ Warren Secord automotive and tire factory, 253-852-1492, yes I snowmobile also and know what our tires need to do.
For the $ the BF aren't the best. I run Les Schwabs Mud Terrain SXT siped and it does pretty good. I don't like the wear on them though, you have to rotate ever 4K...
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aktreekiller
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hey
My wife just got cooper discovery zeon ltz, and there incredible on ice and snow. There a great looking aggresive tire, and I was shcoked at how they do on ice. thats my next set.
My wife just got cooper discovery zeon ltz, and there incredible on ice and snow. There a great looking aggresive tire, and I was shcoked at how they do on ice. thats my next set.
BFG AT, 60k and almost time to get a new set (only because it's winter, would last another summer). No complaints
i'm kinda partial to 40" iroks
I've had good luck with Toyo Open Country AT's and the BFG AT TA's I currently have work well too.
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Ultralord
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what he said. The mud tires look cool but not so hot on the ice but better if you sipe but then they chunk
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Ultralord
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wazzusummit
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I like the Toyo MTS. Spendy but they have done the job for me
x2 on the toyo's, run em on my wheeler an really like em, quiet, last a long time, ride well, get good traction, if ya wanted even better traction, ya could get em siped
we run les schwab sxt mud terrians studded on our tow rig, i wouldnt call them exactly a mud terrain tire, more of an all terrain an they work really well, we never have to worry about ice or snow
Just as long as you dont ever plan on doing burnouts with them, when they're siped they just cunk out.
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KAW76
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Wrangler Duratracs
I am going to give these a shot this year, they are new as of last Feb. or so? We will see I am running them on my 07 Crew Cab Chev 3500 SRW.
I went with 315/75/16's and studded them up. So far only one trip towing and they worked well. 3-4 inches of slush. Drove empty (no trailer) over Sno Pass about 5-6 inches of snow and they worked awesome as well. I will report more down the road if any one is interested?
I am going to give these a shot this year, they are new as of last Feb. or so? We will see I am running them on my 07 Crew Cab Chev 3500 SRW.
I went with 315/75/16's and studded them up. So far only one trip towing and they worked well. 3-4 inches of slush. Drove empty (no trailer) over Sno Pass about 5-6 inches of snow and they worked awesome as well. I will report more down the road if any one is interested?
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Cooper M/S is the best "Winter" tires I have ever used for ice and snow. They have about the most factory sipes of any tire I have looked at. I only run them during winter (Nov - March) as they have studs and are also made of pretty soft rubber and would wear out pretty quick in warming temps. I get about four winters of use (maybe 30,000 miles or so), before I replace them for a new set. They still have decent tread when I replace, but I prefer much more depth in the tread.
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papa bear
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I agree with Cle Elum. . . the Coopers with studs seem to work real well in winter driving. All season tires, or rain tires, for the rest of the year.
As far as BFG's - E series 265/16 - here's my experience and observation: I had them on my 3/4 GMC diesel crew cab for 28,000 miles. I put 2 sleds on the flatbed. That's somewhere between 9500 and 10,000 lb fully loaded. I rotate every 5,000 miles. That's right, just 28,000 miles and three of four tires had bubbles in the inside sidewall and a big chunk was tearing out of the tread. Everything must have happened between 25K and 28K, because I had them rotated/balanced at 25K.
Now the neighbor has the same BFG tires on his little Izuzu SUV and swears by them.
My feeling is the BFG's really are not a E series tire like they claim. Seem to work on the light SUVs, but not the heavier trucks.
As far as BFG's - E series 265/16 - here's my experience and observation: I had them on my 3/4 GMC diesel crew cab for 28,000 miles. I put 2 sleds on the flatbed. That's somewhere between 9500 and 10,000 lb fully loaded. I rotate every 5,000 miles. That's right, just 28,000 miles and three of four tires had bubbles in the inside sidewall and a big chunk was tearing out of the tread. Everything must have happened between 25K and 28K, because I had them rotated/balanced at 25K.
Now the neighbor has the same BFG tires on his little Izuzu SUV and swears by them.
My feeling is the BFG's really are not a E series tire like they claim. Seem to work on the light SUVs, but not the heavier trucks.
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Ultralord
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you know the problem is that your Duramax has so much power and torque the tires cant handle it. But the bfg do work good on a powerstroke
