I recently bought a 2006 Mega Cab short bed DRW with Auto. Truck has Goodyear Wrangler tires on it. I bought it for towing and to use on snow days when needed. Here's my problem. This truck slides around in the snow pretty easy Doesn't feel real stable.
My old 97 2500 long bed auto worked great in the snow. Is there any better tires I can get to use year round or should I run lower tires pressures? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I did do a search and some guys said they are bad in snow and a few had no problems. What to do?

 

Was your '97 a DRW or SRW - - Ive read on here in a few places, complaints that the DRW doesnt do too hot in the snow due to the training wheels mainly I would guess.

 

try a more agressive tire maybe and some wieght in the bed my drw work fine when i'm in the snow but i'm loaded most of the time and a 4x4

 

weight in the bed will make a world of differance. i would suggest around 600-1k lbs. i usually keep my 4wheeler (750lbs) and tool box (~200lbs) in the bed of the truck while driving in icy/snow conditions.

 

My 2000 Jeep Wrangler came with those tires on it stock. I really was disapointed as to how the Jeep was performing in snow until I got new tires. All of a sudden my Jeep was trucking down the road, mastering the snow like my old Jeeps used to do.

I would get better tires, ones that actually have a bite for winter driving. The Goodyear Wranglers tires are just summer treads in my opinion. I would never buy them for any vehicle that I own. If they came stock on another new vehicle, I'd probably not buy the vehicle or would be negotiating different tires to close the deal/sale.

I certainly would never put a set of them on my truck, I'd park it first.

CD

 

Thanks guys. I will be looking at the Toyo At,s next week.

 

My dually is also pretty useless in the snow if the bed is empty, if it isn't in 4x4, and with the tires inflated to where I keep them.

Best results would likely come from doing all three (better tires, drop the air pressure, and put some weight in it).

 

If they're goodyear wrangler silent armor tires, you already have a great tire for the snow. It's a dually. That means you've got twice the contact patch with next to nothing for wait on the back end. Either throw a ton of weight in the back end, drop two wheels for the winter, or learn to drive the loose rear.

My dad has a dually with silent armors, and I think it handles great in the snow for a dually. He doesn't have weight, but when needed we load the bed with snow.

Shawn

 

Well, I first dropped the air pressure and that helped a little. Put 700 pounds in the bed and played with air pressure and found the fronts liked 64 lbs. and the rear 54lbs. with the added weight. Better, but still not good in my book. Put new Firestone AT tires on and man what a difference. Drives like it should in 4wd or 2wd.

 

Dual rear wheel vehicles have twice the surface contact patch and therefore a lot less pounds per square inch. Duallys tend to ride on top of the snow a lot easier than SRW trucks, and just do not have the bite. Put some weight in the bed... stock tires are weak at best!