Has anyone run these? If so, how was the traction in the snow and ice?

Thanks

 

We have these on my 'sig truck' right now and they have performed extremely well. Very solid contact even on icy roads at highway speeds. My wife is very comfortable driving the 3500 in any conditions.

 

I have the coopers on my 05, and they are by far the WORST tires I have ever owned. I will never, ever buy a cooper product again due to my experience with the discover series crap.

Get Nexxen or Federals, half the price, 10 times better tire.

 

Skwurlz, can you back your comments up with some experiences? I find it hard to believe that our experiences are that different. Where do you live?

We frequently drive a stretch of highway (Highway 63) in Northern Alberta, which is known as a very dangerous road in the winter due to the excessive speed drivers attempt to negotiate the road, and the lack of maintenance. All winter, I did not feel the truck slide out on my a single time, and we do not have studs installed.

 

I've owned a few cars in my day, and run just about every performance brand tire, as well as AT's

I live in SoCal, and the coopers suck in the rain, horrible in gravel, and just an all around lousy tire.

I've run BFG's on my F350, Yokohama's, Federals, Dunlops, Nexxen, Falkens and more on other cars throughout the years.

My favorite is Falken by far, good dry traction, wet weather traction and fair life expectancy.

The coopers, just suck, no grip in the dry, wet or gravel, what's the point then?

For snow, use Vredstien

 

Thank you for qualifying your experience.

I find it humorous that you are unhappy with it's winter performance in California. Considering the Cooper tires you've reported on are identified as a very soft, winter tire. They may not perform well if offroading, as they are obviously not designed for such purpose.

Wet/dry performance is acceptable in my experience. I do not over-drive my tires/traction nor am I any more cautious than the average driver.

You may want to consider a more appropriate tire for your vehicle given your territory. Your tire shop should have been able to convince you of that when buying them.

 

Didn't buy them, they were fitted on the truck when I bought it used. The truck has never seen a harsh winter under my ownership (2nd owner, first owner had it registered in CA then HI, then back to CA). However, we just went through a spell of record rainfall here, and the wet performance of this tire is horrible. The Falkens on my GTi's were strictly performance summer tires, and they were far better in the wet. So were the BFG TA's on my lifted F350. I don't offroad the ram either, as its a 2wd and lowered.

Had I bought them, I would have returned them to the Tire dealer a LONG time ago. My experience wth them, will keep me from ever buying a Cooper product in the future. Also, if someone offered me a free set, I would pass, and save myself a headache.

 

I currently have Discoverer STT's on my little Ram. Personally they're one of the best tires I have ever put on it. Plenty of grip in mud and dirt, snow and ice is just fine too, they wear well, they are aggressive but surprisingly quiet on the highway. Very happy over all.

 

We get excellent feedback on the S/T's. Not so much on the S/T Maxx. You can read some reviews here:

http://www.treaddepot.com/review/dst.html


Let me know if I can answer any questions. Thanks


Andy
Tread Depot