Best winter tires

[Sulley]

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?

Only problem with these so far is no tread life warranty so they may last 20k or may last 50k. From what I hear most Goodyear light truck tires don't last close to 50k. The BFG and I guess the Toyo MT have 50k warranty. Don't know about Cooper's.

 

[ride]

the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S tires I have on my truck work awesome. they are made specifically for snow.

 

[BigT]

I use Les Schwabb mud terrain SXT's as well on my long bed 2006 Dodge 3500 s/w. I had a set siped and drove about 150 miles, white nuckled all the way. The truck was all over the road (I was towing a tandem axle car trailer with nothing on it). Drove back to Schwabb and had them put on tires that were not siped. Truck drives fine.

I like the tires and they handle the load (sled on the deck and towing a 27' travel trailer). No need to change what is working.

BigT

 

[redneckj]

X2.

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.

I also run the Cooper M/S studded tires on my 4runner. The traction during the winter months is AWESOME. They have never let me down, even pulling the sleds in and out of greenwater. I recommend the Cooper m/s studded tires if they make the size you need.

 

[KAW76]

Only problem with these so far is no tread life warranty so they may last 20k or may last 50k. From what I hear most Goodyear light truck tires don't last close to 50k. The BFG and I guess the Toyo MT have 50k warranty. Don't know about Cooper's.

I am just guessing that they will last me two winters. I run summer wheels and tires so should only put 5-7k on them so 14k between two winter's we will see. I have never had any luck with Tire warranty, at least with mileage part of it. Three set's of Toyo MT all lasted about 30k at the wear bars, BFG all terrains lasted about 40k three set's of these as well all on Dodge Diesels. Yes I ran proper tire pressures and yes I rotated them. Big heavy truck's ard hard on tires???

 

[daviking]

I have a 99 powerstroke and ran 35in bfg mts I hated them!Then I went with Les Schwabs wildcat at and they lasted almost three years!I have done nhrda diesel drags with them and hands down the best snow tire Ive had.I just bought new ones today and have been told they are becoming discontinued so get them while ya can,

 

[little_orange_cat]

Km2

I'm running the BFG KM2's on my truck i like them allot in the snow i wish they made them in a 35*11.5 though. there wearing a little slower then my toyo's did. They were a fraction of the price I paid like 1150 for all 4.

 

[lgn1738]

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 also pick these up this year in the 275 70 r18 studded. they have been great so far hauled a$$ over hod with hard pack no trailer and they worked great and took them up glacier and canyon creeks on baker in deeper heavy snow with my 16 foot enclosed trailer and they rocked. turnin around at glacier made me want a deck lol

 

[kssnow987]

I run the Toyo M55, They don't last forever, about 30k, but great traction on a dually with a heavy load.

 

[westsledin]

I am running Toyo M/T 33x12.50x18 for winter (3 months max) and stock 18" for the rest of the year, on my '05 PS CC LB. I do not sipe any more as heavy truck (towing or not) = white knuckle for me. Siping (depends on how much) is good if it was on the snow/ice all the time, I believe. If I ever do my winter tires again, I would only do the middle section so the sidewalls are not so soft. I run load range E on all of my truck tires.

 

[St. Hellens rider]

i currently run the cooper sst. i have run the good year mtr and does almost as good. i had nitto mud grapplers on an 01 superduty and they were awsome in the ice and snow. they didn't wear very well though.

 

[ace59]

Blizzak dm-z3. ran studs for 20 years, happier with the studless bridgestones. less noise, you can run them before and after the state stud dates. four seasons on them, might get one more. studs would wear out at 4 seasons way before the tires. my .02

 

[ericbigbore]

Here is what I would NOT get, Les Schwab winter cats. The studs fall out quickly. I'm usually impressed with Schwab tires but these suck.

 

[Rotax-Guy]

The wintercat is the cheapest snow tire you can get! What do you expect?

 

[chevy509]

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