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[rusty ol ranger]

I had a set of mud terrians on my 83 F150 2wd. I got stuck in litrally 1/2 inch of snow.

On my 96 4x4, even running in 2wd, with BFG A/T's, i made it through 3 or 4 inches no problem.

NOthing but chains/studs are good on ice. The BFG A/T's arnt the greatest in the mud, but they do the job as long as you got the ass to spin them and keep them clean.

BFG A/T's are actually rated by the NHTSA (or one of those agencys) as safe in severe blizzard conditions. Go to www.tirerack.com or BF's site and it will tell you all about them.

If all your worried about is snow and ice, and highway travel, the A/T's are hard to beat. If you going for serious off road and mud, the M/T's are the way to go. But they wear horrible fast on the street.

Peronsally i am a firm believe in the A/T's, probely one of the finest tires ever made.

later,
Dustin

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Will, your logic is not all wrong. But a little misguided.

Ive had them both. The A/Ts are by far the best all around tire.

The A/T's are actually rated by the NHTSA or one of those agencys as safe in severe blizzard conidtions, check tirerack or BF's site, it will tell you all about it.

Surface area does screw you in the snow, but not so much the tread pattern as the actual width of the tires. A 31x9.50 tire is going to better in the snow then a 31x10.50 tire, espically on a 2wd. Your back tires with an aggressive (mud like) pattern are grabbing more and digging faster, , and your moving more snow with your front tires. So your basically choking your wheels and digging down in the snow, jsut to find more snow, or to create ice.

My little General Ameri-Tracs on my colorado do amazing in the snow, why? because there like 6 inches wide.

Mud tires might do ok in very deep snow with a good bottom (like pavement or hard gravel) because they can dig (which is what there designed to do) and get you to a hard packed surface.

A/T tires and made to grab what is underneath of them, reasy they have the not quite so aggresive pattern. 95% of the time mud tires will bury you faster in the snow then highway treads will.

AT tires pack the snow togther underneath of them and make a firm place to grab hold, in light and heavy snow. Mud tires throw snow in light snow, and dig in heavy snow, which whinds up either A- Spinning the tires uselessly or B-Burying yourself.

Mud tires are designed to spin to keep themselfs clean, In the snow you want to keep from spinning.

Besides that, mud tires suck on the highway. They wear out faster then a 90 yr old hooker and they suck on wet pavement.

The A/T's are a great all around tire. Not really for a serious wheeler, but they do anything a stock 4x4 should ever be used for.

later,
Dustin

 

[Bondo]

I agree ROR.

 

[Jay FX4]

I agree, too. You should never buy a hooker over age 75.

 

[wrecking-crew]

I agree, too. You should never buy a hooker over age 75.

get some goodyear at tires. theyre good or get the goodyear mudder

 

[kansas 4x4]

I have owned 2 sets of bfg at's and they worked very well in the snow here in Kansas, they absolutely suck in clay or very wet mud!! they do work very well on gravel roads and dry pavement and dirt.

I just really wanted to buy a set of KM2'S they look like a good compromise between the standard bfg mud and the bfg all terrain.

I don't think anybody has yet to say they ACTUALLY have owned a set of KM2'S, seems they are commenting on the NORMAL bfg mud, anyways it's all good

I will most likely buy another set of at's, MAYBE, errr, my first set of KM2'S SHIT I DON'T KNOW

 

[Toms01PSD]

I saw some new Goodyears at walmart the other day. Authority A/Ts or something like that. They didn't look too bad. Everyone truck i've seen with BFG A/T's on it was a mall-crawler. I think people buy them for the look over the durability...

 

[Shran]

Having wheeled both BFG A/Ts and various mud tires... I can and have gone places in the snow on 215/75 AT's in my stock '88 that my '86 that is lifted and on 33" mud tires can only dream of going.

Why? A/Ts are an advantage in snow and I would take them over mud tires in that specific situation. Reason being, mud tires dig down so when you get stuck you're really stuck. A/Ts will not dig as far plus the fact that they have more lugs with smaller voids means you have more surface area to grip whatever the tire is touching. This is why you see people cutting and siping tires, like this:

 

[darkspork]

I really like my Coopers...