Whats the best choice for winter tires?

[06RangerXLT]

hey guys, im in need of a new set of tires soon, and im wondering what would be best for winter. a set of BFG all terrain?

http://s417.photobucket.com/albums/...=view&current=P9230009.jpg&mediafilter=images

or approved winter tires?

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow.../PRD~0021471P/Goodyear%2BNordic.jsp?locale=en

I've never driven a truck in the snow and since i only have 2wd i want the best rubber between me and the road.

Thanks in advance.

 

[feellnfroggy]

I had never driven in the snow when I moved to knoxville. I ran a set of wrangler at's. Te kind you get at walmart in 235.75.15 I didnt have any problems. Never slid or anything. I always made sure Ihad some weight in hte bed of my truck. Ive been told the BFG AT's are awesome in the snow, when I had my expedition and visited knoxville the winter before they did great with 50% tread, but the snow they got was a light dusting and became just frozen wet roads before too long. You have to be careful when you ask "what is best" because everyone has an opinion. your prolly better off asking about people experiences and going from there.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

A lot of people will swear by BFG AT tires.

Both myself and my dad do not like their performance, however. We both prefer to run an aggressive all-terrain pattern (something with a lil bigger voids than a BFG AT) and have never had issue with that sort of tire. I ran some Sport King AT tires on my Ranger and loved the performance. My F-150 I tried a couple different used tires on it - a couple street tires, a couple BFG style, and some generic AT tires. All three styles and I had to use 4x4 to get anywhere (same problem my dad had running BFG AT tires on his F-150). I went out and bought a set of Nexen Roadian AT tires last winter and found that most of the time I could go just fine in 2wd.

I did experiment with running mud terrain tires on my Ranger at one point. They were excellent in deep snow and unstoppable with chains, but without chains and just a lil snow or hardpacked snow, they were next to useless. An aggressive AT tire worked considerably better, and if it got real bad, wrapping chains on 'em made them almost as good as muds with chains.

 

[06RangerXLT]

A lot of people will swear by BFG AT tires.

Both myself and my dad do not like their performance, however. We both prefer to run an aggressive all-terrain pattern (something with a lil bigger voids than a BFG AT) and have never had issue with that sort of tire. I ran some Sport King AT tires on my Ranger and loved the performance. My F-150 I tried a couple different used tires on it - a couple street tires, a couple BFG style, and some generic AT tires. All three styles and I had to use 4x4 to get anywhere (same problem my dad had running BFG AT tires on his F-150). I went out and bought a set of Nexen Roadian AT tires last winter and found that most of the time I could go just fine in 2wd.

I did experiment with running mud terrain tires on my Ranger at one point. They were excellent in deep snow and unstoppable with chains, but without chains and just a lil snow or hardpacked snow, they were next to useless. An aggressive AT tire worked considerably better, and if it got real bad, wrapping chains on 'em made them almost as good as muds with chains.

awesome! yea im thinking these bfg at's and ill carry chains if they fail.

Thanks

 

[dirtcowboy]

If you look at the sidewall of the BFG A/T's you will see the mountain and snowflake symbol which constitutes a real snow tire.

That said, I have a set of Cooper Discoverer ST, not to be confused with the crap SST's, and they are a GREAT all around tire.

 

[Mac]

I've always had good luck with my BFG TKO's. Best always to go one size narrower for snow.
Dave

 

[AllanD]

If THE concern is performance in snow then Bridgestone Blizzak's
or Nokkian Snow tires.

BFG A/T's are a bit "hard" for grip in snow Ice and rain, and even though the KO's are better than the older AT's they atill aren't a wondeful winter tires.

Frankly I have KO's on my 4.0 4x4, but I generally take them off in the winter and throw on a set of Goodyear wrangler RT/S

Which are actually BETTER in the snow than the A?T-KO's are.

AD

hey guys, im in need of a new set of tires soon, and im wondering what would be best for winter. a set of BFG all terrain?

http://s417.photobucket.com/albums/...=view&current=P9230009.jpg&mediafilter=images

or approved winter tires?

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow.../PRD~0021471P/Goodyear%2BNordic.jsp?locale=en

I've never driven a truck in the snow and since i only have 2wd i want the best rubber between me and the road.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Frank The Tank]

Me and my brother had fantastic luck last winter with cheapy o'l "Wintermarks"

they ride great on the highway and were under 300 for all 4, pretty aggressive in mud too.

Frank

 

[countryboy]

i voich for the wintermarks like frank said have run two set in the years pass and they done well

 

[feellnfroggy]

Mac hit on something which I normally reiterate in thread like these. I just forgot this time, but it depends on the type of snow driving yoru expecting too. For fresh fluffy powder your gonna want a wider flotation type tire, mudders or generally ok here. But for hard compacted icy type snow, your gonna want a narrower all terrain or snow style tire to bite through the ice and snow. I also forgot to mention there is a tire review section down south of this one that might offer some more input.

Thanks for the wintermark comments, I might give them a try this year. Are they good snow tires on road? or off road? or both? As in trail riding up the side of a mountian with some deep mudholes?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Best tire out there IMHO

http://www.deantires.com/html/products/tires_suv.aspx?page=dean_tires_light_wintercat_radial_sst

I run them on my Sport Trac and my Ranger in the winter, both sets studded.

 

[adsm08]

I like the BFG A/T. I haven't had issues with them so far through 2 snowy winters. Before that I ran Dayton Timberline H/T's for 4 years and had no complaints about those.

For a good economy tire that has good all around performance the Timberlines can't be beat. They are NOT a top of the line tire though.

 

[sloth69mustang]

kind of shocked nobody said the dueler a/t revo 2. i had a set or regular revos but they discontinued them when the revo 2s came out. which is pretty much the same tire. they are the best a/t i have ever had. great for everything and quiet on the street. i had them before i got my m/t's. both great tires. the m/t's suck in 2 inches or less in snow but you get into like 4+" they are amazing

 

[Original_Ranger84]

I'm with Sasquatch on this one. If you run winter like tires or winter rated tires such as the BFG A/T's or any A/T or M/T or whatever combo and then run strict Winter tires the difference in traction is night and day.

I always ran A/T's in the winter time and never really got stuck, I slid around a bit but that was about it (this is with my old 84 with L/S). Then I decided to get some true winter tires for my new truck with no limited slip and I never got stuck once except for when my hubs stopped working at the bottom of a very steep hill. I have the Wintercat SST's and they are amazing!

The difference between an A/T and a true winter tire is mainly the rubber compound. A winter tire has a very soft compound for better malubility when cold (usually they also put walnut shell or someother thing in them for grip as the tire wears) while the A/T has a tough and hard compound for better mileage and the ability to stand up to asphault and dirt roads. The winter tires also have A TON more siping in them for gripping ice and compacted snow while the A/T has larger blocks and spacing which does better in mud and sand then ice. You can get A/T Siped and drilled studded but for the extra cost you could just buy 2 sets of tires and find a cheap set of rims to throw your winter tires on so you can swap them out every year.

 

[sloth69mustang]

If THE concern is performance in snow then Bridgestone Blizzak's
or Nokkian Snow tires.

we (firestone) have a tire i think is way better than the blizzak's its all the winterforce. they are the softest rubber ever and the tread on them are extremely aggressive. it is the m/t of car snow tires