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Good Winter 35" Tires, Please Help...

Old Oct 3, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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Cooper Discoverer ATRs. Great in the snow for me. Even put a set on dad's plow truck after seeing how well they did on mine. Good price and tread life too. My 315/70/17s were around 180-190 each mounted and balanced locally...
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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I think most A/T's or M/T's will do just fine in the snow...

I've run 315/70/R17 Cooper ATR's and BFG M/T's 35x12.50R17's in the winter time, and they will go like nobody's business...

If you snow plow deep snow though, you are gonna want something E rated and thinner though...

Siping is something I'm going to try when I buy my new set, (of whatever), this winter.
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HOHN
Or just buy a heavily siped tire to begin with... (like the DuraGrappler, Michelin M/S or the Dueler REVOs). Yes, I know those are all 285 size tires.

Finding a good winter tire in a 35" size is really rough. Tire selection in a smaller size is much, much better.

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Hercules Terra Trac are very close to the Dueler Revo in design and come in a 315. Probably the best tire I have ever run on 20yrs of 4x4s with lots of different tires.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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My 295 Toyo MT's did great on snow-covered roads and in the deeper stuff. The key is in the siping. Les Schwab did mine for about $10/tire.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Sounds like siping is the key??
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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I've never run tires siped before...

but the people who have swear they are better than tires with studs...
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 03:04 PM
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siping is well worth it if you can find a shop to do it for you. I got my Toyo M/T's siped on both truck when installed and they are great in the winter. Night and day difference over non-siped M/T's.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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Siping helps in rain too, increases the # of biting edges on the tires lugs.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Yokohama Geolander AT/S is hands down the best winter tire I've ever owned and I've owned a lot of tires. The Pro Comp Extreme AT's that I have now are a good all round tire but nothing like those Yokohama's I had.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 06:16 PM
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Anyone have any pictures of siped tires on their truck? Thanks...
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgediesel
Anyone have any pictures of siped tires on their truck? Thanks...

My Toyo MTs are siped. I'd post a pic,but the sipes are so fine,you can't even see them in a picture.

Siping makes a DRASTIC difference in wet,snow,ice traction.

Look at a real set of "snow tires". The key to their traction is small tread blocks with lots of siping.

Despite what most guys think,mud tires aren't the best for traction in snow.

Snow sticks to snow and thats where you get some of your traction. Mud tires clean the snow out too well and you sacrifice traction.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Tire Advice:

hello,
we have a 2004 3500 SRW quad cab 4X4 long bed we are running 315/70R17Goodyear Extreme with beadlocks and have run the the BF Goodrich AT KO but it dose'nt compair in wet conditions or ice. the AT Eterme's high speed stabality is also far better.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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i run ss irocs on my 1st gen welding rig awsome snow tire ... toyo ats are worse than the mt. but im telling you the ss irocs are so soft... i know a few rig hands that swear by them all year long and get 30000 km out of a set - smoke shows alberta truck style
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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buy three get one free on sale 298.00

http://http://www.4wheelonline.com/P...ProductId=7819

"An exciting new “Super Performer”…the IROK. Many years of experience have gone into the IROK to develop a tire with traction ‘as good as it gets’ in mud, snow and rock climbing. It has a directional tread in the famous Three Stage Lug design, scooped lugs, blade and molded siping, special sidewall features, extra tough cord and cut resistant compounds in a super traction package always"
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