Blizzaks for areas with real winters.

 

If I struggle this winter (and in southern Ontario, we get "real" winter) with the stock Wrangler HPs. I am pretty sure I will be going with a set of Michelin LTX MS2.

Hopefully though, the stock Goodyears will do just fine, as i don't want to buy new tires to replace new tires.

 

I've got the stock 17" goodyears on mine, and they have been OK but not great - now with 36K miles on them they are going to be fairly useless for a MN winter.

I'd be curious how blizzaks hold up on a pickup truck, especially when towing. We run Blizzak WS-50's on one of our small cars, and they are so soft that they get pretty torn up when the roads stay dry for long periods in the winter.

 

COME TO TEXAS , DON'T USEM OR NEEDEM ...LOL Good luck on the snow

 

HAHA, Thanks, but for the most part I prefer winter to what you have for summer. It gets hot enough here in August.

 

Yes, but we do get a real good laugh watching the news when you guys do get a tiny bit of snow or ice

 

Well I live in the mountains in Bc and I can give you some thoughts on tires I have run in the winter. 1-10 ten being excellent. They really don't use sand out here more like 1/2 crushed rock, ya It sucks bad!! this is why I added rock throwing. All used on the same truck over the past 8 years. I really think I will be using the cooper STT again this year but have to wait and see how the Goodyears do. This is more snow driving than ice and about 80% hwy and 20% city.


Bridgestone Duller AT Revo LT285/75R16 (33")

Snow 5
Ice 3
Hard Pack 3
Rock throwing 1
Slush 3

Dick Cepek FC 2 LT285/75R16 (33")

Snow 7
Ice 5
Hard Pack 5
Rock throwing 8 (these tire's are bad for this)
Slush 5

Cooper STT LT315/75R16 (34".3)

Snow 9-10
Ice 7
Hard Pack 9
Rock throwing 2
Slush 8

Goodyear MT-R with Kevlar LT315/75R16 (36".7)New Oct/10 so can't say yet

Snow ?
Ice ?
Hard Pack ?
Rock throwing ?

 

The new Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac's do awesome in any sort of snow from that I have read. That is what I'll be going with for my next set of tires...

 

I just picked up some Michelin LTX M/S2 s to replace the scalloped HPs.
We will have to see how they do. I figure those and 4 wheel drive should get me through the NH winters. Basically plowed roads. I have a V6, 4WD, RAV4 with dedicated snows to use as well....That thing is a ball to drive in snow...

 

My Nitto Trail grapplers did awesome last year and we got dumped on a lot.I didn't need to use 4 wheel drive.I did so I could get away from non snow drivers quick if I needed to.Which was quite a bit lol.I seen a van trying to get to Mcdonalds through a 4' snow drift.They musta been pretty damn hungry.Ya they didn't make it lol.I kept on trucking too thinking "what a dumbass" lol.