My goodyear duratrac tires are down to 3/32 of an inch. At 30k miles they are toast. I'm looking for an all season tire that is good in snow and fairly quite on the highway. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm thinking about the Michelin defenders because I definitely don't want the horrible noise of another set of duratracs. Kumho crugen ht51 all season tires get rave reviews and they are dirt cheap,but I don't really want a tire made in Vietnam. Please chime in with your opinions!
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ok thanks. What tires you running redford?

 

BFG T/A KO2 in stock size. Good in snow, mud, wet grass. Great in rain, on dry pavement and towing. Fairly quiet for the aggressive tread.

Many owners don't like them, say they get poor life out of them, or they have difficulty balancing them, but I have not experienced this.

 

Like the aggressive look of those. How do they affect your gas mileage compared to previous tires?

 

My mileage dropped compared to A/S tires, by about 1/2 to 1 MPG.

 

BFG Ko2s are a good tire for snow, sand or street, but they don't even come close to being good in the mud.

 

Cooper AT/3's are I have run for years.

 

I am about to order the Michelin LTX M/S2 for my dually front and rear. Great price at The Tire Rack and a superb all season highway (quiet!) tire.

— Dave

 

If you are considering the Michelin Defender I can attest to how good they are. I am still running them now in a 295/70/18. I ran them last winter and drove the Santiam Pass many times. I was pleasantly surprised at how well they did on snow and ice. When reading reports about their winter manners the Defenders always scored well. The road noise is non existent, and I picked up mpg when I switched to them from a slightly larger Yoko G015. I also ran them at Elk Camp where we do a lot of rough gravel driving. I have seen flats up there every year and I was prepared to get one, but I did not. My local tire shop went to a Michelin test and was impressed with the defender's ability offroad and durability.
With that said, I love the Cooper AT3's. I have had several sets and I am getting a new set because I am making a tire/wheel size change. I have run the AT3s in the same winter conditions and they never left me feeling like I needed a "better" snow tire. My reason for switching back to AT3 is the Michelin just picks up an incredible amount of rocks. I'm on gravel job sites daily and the rock retention and rock flinging is astonishing. I know all AT's hold rocks, but I'm pretty sure the Defender's are on the top of the list.

 

I've been running toyo at 2's for about 12,000 miles now and love them. The only bad thing about them is they made my truck ride way rougher compared to the stock michelins. The toyos do excellent on wet roads, dry roads, snow, mud (to a certain extent, they are all terrains after all). They are also very quiet on road and at 12,000 miles, they still look almost new. They are pretty pricey, but you get what you pay for.

 

Michelin's are certainly good tires. I like nittos. Although I've never ran the exo grapplers, they are snow rated. I've ran a couple sets of terra grapplers, and I am currently running the ridge grapplers and am very happy with them. Never had an issue out of nittos. And have ran a lot of their performance tires as well.

 

Michelin XDS2 (Commercial Grade) 19.5
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Living in Colorado 20+ years and Nevada (Tahoe area)...


I've had 3 sets of BFG All Terrain KO and they "Do Not" do well in snow or ice. The tread packs with snow or ice and becomes a smooth tire with very little to no grip. They do not self clean due to the tight tread. Good in sand, or gravel... Maybe they have been improved.. No more BFG's
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...rain+T%2FA+KO2

Michelin LTX for some reason just slides all over the place on slippery wet or icy road conditions. I just couldn't keep from easily sliding all over the place and doing 360's with LTX. That experience was 15 years ago and are likely to be better today.
https://www.michelinman.com/tire/michelin/ltx-m-s2

Duratrac tires did very well in snow, ice, sand and mud conditions. They are an excellent gripping traction tire. I was getting about 5,000 miles per 32nd before trading the truck. I didn't notice excessive noise and actually thought they were fairly quiet for a rugged tire.
https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires...ratrac/reviews

The only true Winter Snow and Ice tire I found was the Bridgestone Blizzak, but they are for cold climate and Winter season only. I took a car to a school parking lot to test them on a very icy surface. The Blizzak's stuck like glue to the icy parking lot. Wow!
https://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire-brand/blizzak

Next to them for Winter only is the Michelin X-Ice Xi3 Tire.. They are good studless tires and Winter only.
https://www.michelinman.com/tire/michelin/x-ice

All season tires that are designed specifically for snow/ice and excellent for summer tires are not available. In the Winter you need a soft rubber compound under cold temps (stays soft) and lots of siping. Summer tires are totally different.


Areas with a lot of rain are another consideration. Goodyear Tripple Tread tires work well in rainy conditions and from personal experience do very well in snow.


Conti HDR's would work for an All Season tire. The HSR's are a summer tire.
https://www.continental-truck.com/tr...ires/goods/hdr-

 

Completely agree with these. They're expensive, especially in 20" size but it's all I've run on my pickups/large SUV's for the past 7 yrs or so. I like the ride, lack of noise and winter grip - especially when siped - has been fantastic. Probably not the best for off road but, then, 90% of my driving is on pavement or gravel roads.

 

I'm running Cooper AT/W tires here and on 2nd winter. Fairly quiet on roads, great wet /snow traction. Good tread wear. All season tire that is winter rated.