I have found that my AT's are alright in light snow but they suck in the deep stuff

So yeah put some tall skinnys on it and throw some weight in the back and go

 

I like yokohama tires in snow. We have geolandar AT/S tires on my truck, as well as 4 plow trucks. They wear well, and seem to have better traction than anything I have driven. I don't think any type of mud-terrain tire is the greatest on snow either.

 

a little weight in the bed, some 255/85/r16 toyo m55 tires aired down and you'll be just fine. You'd be surprised where I went with my truck a week ago with that exact setup. Suprisingly, what made me buy my m55's is wht happened to you. I got stuck in the snow because I had bald tires.

And I'm not a fan of the BFG a/t ko tires... they suck...

 

olddodgetrucks is is dead on the money. Narrow tires are best for snow.

Fifty years ago my future father in law pulled me out his field at 5:30am when he got up to milk the cows.
"I'm going to tell you something young feller", he said.
Fear ran through me as I just knew he was going to chew on me for spending the entire night with his daughter.
"Get rid of them pretty boy wide tires and get the narrowest tire you can find", he said instead.
He further stated that as tires got wider through the years the less traction they had in the snow and that the old 26 inch clincher tires of the 1920's were the best ever in the snow.

Bet you one thing olddodgetrucks, these youngins aren't going to give much credibility to our dinosaur knowledge that narrow tires are better in snow.
I run 215/70/16 load range E on my dually. In really rough snow storms I have actually replaced the duals with a single tire to be able to plow better.

Trebor is on the ball too.
The artificial insemination technician drove a VW Beetle (with narrow tires of course) because he could get into almost any farm regardless of the snow.
We did have to pull him in and out once with the tractor as we had three feet of snow overnight from a storm one winter.

 

Blizzaks baby

 

I agree with this. AT's are okay if you live in town and the plow goes by every 15 min. Other than that the AT's are worthless. They dont clean out like an MT does. Around here where I have to drive through 2-3' of snow to get around the AT's do not work. One of the best setups I've had is BFG mt's with the middle siped. They clear out and bite. I've run a few sets of BFG mt's on my CTD's and I usually get about 50K out of them.

 

Best tires i've ever owned Cooper discoverer STT Great in the dry, absolutely no comparison in noise, just a slight low humm. In the rain they shed water with the best. Mud seemed to end up all on the truck so it was easy going once it was off the ground. Snow wasn't an issue either. Only got stuck one time, when i tried to drive over a parking lot median with 6' of plowed snow on it, and i got the front tires over the top and that was enough to titer me.

 

http://www.coopertire.com/html/produ...=discoverer_lt
If the tread is not worn down, these are pretty darn good year round. But mine are shot so I'm puttin on a set of
http://www.coopertire.com/html/produ...=discoverer_ms

 

yeah too bad they stopped making them :-(

 

I agree. I am a big fan of the Toyo M55's. I picked up a used set of them and ran them last winter in the snow and they are the best tire I've used yet. I like them a lot better than the Toyo Open Country A/T's I'd run previously. Oh, I'm using a "skinny" tire, too: 255/85R16 instead of the more common 285/75R16.

 

i use to have a set of 30X9.50's BFG A/T K0's on my 92 W150 thats not longer with me. ive ran past fords chevys dodges that had mud terrains on in snow half way up my grille with those tires, i loved them.

 

to be honest though, stock tire size will probably be the best because it's such a narrow tire. Wider tires are garbage because they float on the snow rather than cut through it and give traction from the ground. Mind you, one of the reasons I like the 255 wide m55 tires is because although the wall-to-wall width is just a hair over 10" the width of the actual tread is only about 8"

 

Remember snow sticks to itself, so a good snow tire has a lot of siping, not necessarily big lugs like a mud tire.

 

Problem is- most of us youngins choose looks over function.....215's are tiny

They may work better, but most people want a good thick tire for looks. Including myself. I'll admit it.....and i'm a youngin.

Sadly thats the way it is

 

my dad has a set of the 1st link you posted...33x12.50 though...16" rim

they sucked in the mud, but they were on a plow truck so they must have been good snow tires and someone KNEW it....they were good in snow