35"+ Wintertyres

[Oilworker]

G´day,

I am looking for 35" (or 37"/38") winter tyres (for 16" rims!) that are really good on snow and ice.

I found Nokian having one in 315/75R16 (35") (Vatiiva) but can´t get a quote and havn´t found anyone who´s been using them either.

Thanx,

Robert

[Owyhee H]

I know they are spattered all over here but the BFG AT KO is one of the best snow tires ive used, and I use them often. Do you want studs, ice tires, or just a good tire for snowy road travel. If you just want a good tire for snowy roads I would go with the BFG. I work as a ski coach and when Im in my personal rig with the bfg's I rarely have to go into 4wd. The acceleration, cornering, and stopping are very good. if you look at the design you can tell that there are many gripping surfaces in each direction to create traction.

JMO

Idaho85

[Oilworker]

I am planning to compete in the Arctic 4x4 Experience 2011 and was thinking of getting myself 4 tyres just for snow and ice (driving up there and home & my regular use in the alps) and 4 studded for the race and for my trip into Siberia later this winter.

Thanx,

Robert

[The Adam Blaster]

Check into Coopers, they make a lot of winter LT tires that other manufacturers do not. I'm not sure if you'll get them that large though, 285/75R16 might be the largest ~ 33" tire.

You may want to look at the Dunlop Maxx Traction, it is winter rated, and I know they make them in the larger sizes that you're after. I do not believe they are studdable though, at least not from the factory. But to be honest, any tire with enough tread depth is studdable, it just takes the tire shop longer, and it's more work which of course ends up costing more $$$$$.

[shredwagon]

G´day,

I am looking for 35" (or 37"/38") winter tyres (for 16" rims!) that are really good on snow and ice.

You could check out 315/75/16 Yokohama Geolander I/T GO72 with walnut shells. A dedicated snow tire that requires no studding.

[o0synge0o]

I have had great experience with BFG MT KM's, and have seen a friend do just as well on KM2's.

The best example would be high speed midnight runs over Cold Creek Pass from I95 to I93 north of Las Vegas in the middle of winter with traction control only kicking on if you intentionally pitched the tail out. 10" or so of snow in most places, and ice underneath that, the couple times we did stop to check things out, the guy we were with that was on AT's(can't remember what brand) had a bit of spinning and carrying on to get moving again, and with the MT's, we just pulled smoothly away as if on asphalt, traction control never beeped or clicked.

[Co-opski]

Coopers and Nokian Hakkapeliitta tire are popular up here as well as Hankook.
I run Nokian Hakka 10LT now in a 32" (235-85-r16) with good success and I have run Hankook Ipike in the past in a 29" (255-70-r16) with no complaints. Both were studded tires. The wider Hankooks would drift more in deep slush on the highway.

For the folks running bigger tires up here they will often have a mud tire sipped and studded for winter use.

"Arctic Trucks" are running Dick Cepek FC II
http://www.arctictrucks.is/Forsida/V...itil-jeppadekk

[Oilworker]

Thanx for the advice!

Sadly the larger tyres are mostly, like the ones used in Iceland, used in fresh snow or powder.
Driving on roads with a closed ice cover as it´s pretty common in Norway or Finnland is a completely different story. Sady most people in these regions don´t seem to drive 315/75s.
As studs are not road legal in most of Europe I need a set to get up north and back home again and a studded set which I´ll mount when getting of the ferry in Sweden.
I have often seen images of LTs in Alaska with pretty large tyres, but have no idea of what´s a common winter tyre up there.

[hillbillyjake]

my buddy runs mastercraft courser at2's on his 06 cummins. 35/12.5 r17. they make in the same size in 16" wheels as well. extremely good winter tire. i've run 2 sets on an 08 tacoma and my wifes fj and they work very well.

[spressomon]

I've been impressed, for an MT type tire, with the snow, hardpack and ice included, performance of my Goodyear MT/R Kevlar's. I'm running 285/75 18 which is 35" but they're also available in the more traditional 35"r 315/75 16.