M/Ts or Winter treads?

[TrueTarzan]

Living in the suburbs of Chicago, IL we see a fair amount of snow but most of it gets plowed away relatively quickly. I'm in the market for new tires and looking into the Goodyear Ultra Grip Winter tires being that I can get them for $300 + shipping. But going that route I would have to buy another set of tires for the summer come spring time. The other route would be getting tires that I look good all year round either Kenda Klever M/Ts or Nexen Roadian M/Ts. I have herd a few reviews about the Klevers on here and they seem to be a fairly decent tire but also the more expensive route. Looking for people's $.02 on the subject. How do the M/Ts work in the snow? I would imagine well because of the lugs in the tread but is it worth not buying winter tires?

I mostly do street driving but occasional take her through some mud or off-roading a little, nothing hardcore because she's mostly stock for now.

 

[bmerr98]

I've been rolling on Nexen Rodian AT II's for about three years now. Not as much snow here, but they've been sufficient for everything I've needed them for so far. I always think of dedicated snow tires as being narrower and very lugged to increase the psi to the ground for traction, where M/S or AT tires tend to be a bit wider to lower ground pressure for flotation on soft ground.

I'd probably just get the Nexens and roll forth.

 

[Captain Ledd]

If you're wanting to run the MT's as your main tire, have them siped. You even said the snows plowed away pretty quickly.

They won't be as good as a winter tire or a heavily siped all season, but they'll work.

Lugs aren't all that great in the snow actually, you need bits on the tire that'll "pinch" the ground and get grip that way. Of course there's always certain situations to the contrary, but for the vast majority of the time, good Winter tire = lots and tots of tiny little slits and ridges on the tires.

 

[kryptonitecb]

Treadwright.com has some good inexpensive retreads that work really well. Me and a buddy run them and they do well all around. I can't say anything about snow cause I live in tx. The compound they use is soft and grips very well in off-road situations.

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[ridgerunner]

I agree ^^^. Get ones with the Kedge Grip (glass and walnut shells in the rubber).

 

[kcm1582]

A few questions,
what size tire do you plan on running?
how far off road and how deep of mud are you going through?
have you considered a/t tires?

In my experience m/t tires suck in the snow. I cant count how many trucks with m/t tires ive seen spinning/sliding all over the road, while my old a/t's grabbed and went no problem.

 

[Twister]

Treadwright.com has some good inexpensive retreads that work really well. Me and a buddy run them and they do well all around. I can't say anything about snow cause I live in tx. The compound they use is soft and grips very well in off-road situations.

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Their warden all terrains do decent in the snow. We put a set of them on my moms e350 which is the probably the single worst vehicle in the snow. We have not got stuck with them once. Highly recommend them.

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[TrueTarzan]

A few questions,
what size tire do you plan on running?
how far off road and how deep of mud are you going through?
have you considered a/t tires?

Planning on running 235/75R15s it's what I have now and they work but the street tires are bald and winter is coming..

Off roaming isn't ever really deep or thick mud since I've been afraid of getting stuck, plus she's 2wd and I live in the suburbs of Chicago so there is not many places to even off road even if I wanted to do it illegally. I would like to venture deeper but worried my tires won't hold up.

I have considered A/T's but the pattern doesn't look aggressive enough for me. I love the mean M/T lugs and didn't think of A/T's too much because the tread pattern doesn't look like it would perform well.

Definitely will check out treadwright though thanks

 

[TrueTarzan]

Just researched the treadwright website and the only 15" tire they have in stock is the 31" Guard Dog M/Ts which probably won't fit on my stock height 2wd with sagging front springs. I will definitely keep them in mind for future tires though! Great prices.

 

[kcm1582]

If you want an aggressive looking tire take look at the duratracs, a bit pricey but a really nice tire

 

[truckfan]

+1 on Duratracs. I had a set before and they did great job in the mud, dirt and rocks. Never tried them in the snow, though I've heard from others that they are good winter tires.

 

[6.2]

Siped mt.

I just got hankook MT siped. And they do awesome. We've had about 6" of sno so far. And lots of ice. I've had no issues and the MT is nice for deep snow offroading.

 

[JohnnyO]

On snow-covered roads A/T's are better than M/T's. For snow you want tread with a large number of small edges. M/T treads have a small number of large edges and the opposite of what you want since the large tread blocks will ride on top of the snow.

 

[bobbywalter]

mt's suck on wet or snowy pavement.....worst tire you could get in suburbia.



no reason to have them on a 2wd unless you have to go on muddy shitty roads.


i try to run the tires best suited...snow in snow/mud for mud and all terrain for the rest.

 

[6.2]

Unless you know how to drive lol. I haven't ever had a single issue on MT'S yet in rain or winter.

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