ESQ

What is your choice for a mud terrain that will give good performance in both compact (road/highway) snow and deep snow?

I was thinking of siping the centre blocks of a set of Firestone Destination MTs or go for the Trxus MT that is already centre siped. The Destination looks like a better tire from what I have read, except for the lack of siping. I'm nervous of havig the local garage monkeys sipe a tire due to cutting too close to the edge of the tread blocks.

Thoughts, alternatives?

ESQ

Anyone?

79toy20r

Get some center siped toyo MT's

Matt16

I've spoken to a couple BC guys who use Trxxus MTs and they like them for snow/ year round, BUT they wear out quickly. A couple other tires I think might be alright would be the Maxxis Bighorn MT, the new Goodyear Workhorse AT-MT hybrid, the new Goodyear MTR Kevlar (maybe??- its got siping).

The Trxxus MT is a VERY soft rubber compound than the BFG MT. That's the reason it wears fast, but does well in the cold.

SNOWBOUNDTRD

I like my Destination M/Ts but to each his own i guess

904_runner

I ran the trxus mt's and they were the best tire i have ever run..

HIGHLY recommend them. They did wear pretty quickly, but i drive a lot.. Balanced as smooth as glass too.

ESQ

I'm looking at the new Goodyear Duratracs. They are designed for snow use. I'm just wary as they haven't been out very long. But I would prefer factory siped to aftermarket. My bias is slightly towards better snow performance over mud performance.

rowdy235

My Cousin ran Maxxis Bighorns on his S10 Blazer. Thing was unstoppable in the snow. He'd pass me in 2wd when I was in 4wd

ESQ

Are there issues running 285/75/R16s (which generally recommend widths of 7.5-8.5in) on a 7in rim? I just have to watch the pressure/tread profile, yes?

bxlt

If you are worried about snow more then mud why don't you just go with an AT? I have cooper discover AT's on mine and the are an awesome snow tire. I have always ran them on every truck I own and they stick to the snow. I can't really speak as to how they do in the mud as there aren't many places to play in the mud around here but I have never had a problem with them off road and again I LOVE them in the snow plus I could get 60-70K out of them on a full size GM and have 36,000 on my toyota with very little wear.

ESQ

Need the bigger lugs for clearing deep snow. But I do some mud as well, so ATs aren't ideal.

bxlt

As you can see by my pic mine sees a lot of snow and for 31's I had no problem getting through about a foot and a half of fresh with drifts even higher. Hopefully before the snow flys here I will have some 33's on the 4runner to help out but I'm going with ATs again because of the grip they provide on the snow, but I guess if I did any real mud I would probably look for a MT and have it siped

fillsrunner4

Get some of these on your rig LMAO JK


My friend has had many pairs of the destinations and loved them to death on trails, snow and street. Another friend had no troubles with his goodyear mtrs. I used on my 2wd chevy 1500 some dick cepek mts's all winter and only barley ever chained when we got some good snow. had I had 4wd I would definetly not have needed to

bxlt

Oh if I had 12g I would buy a set of these. I've seen a couple rigs with them on and they will go anywhere!!!! A guy up by where I live has a 4wd van and he hauls the family up the snowmobile trail to go sledding then pulls all of the idiots in cars and trucks out that get stuck

ESQ

1mpg out of those things? :S

fillsrunner4

My cousin out in cle elum has a set for his old land cruiser. He said I could come play with them anytime. they might actualy bolt right up to my truck too

Also a guy up stevens pass has a suburban on them too. goes everywere and anywere he would like. I think theres a company out in minnesota my stepdad was telling me his friend worked for that makes them. they did a sick test in all types of conditions with two army hummers one on some at's or mt's and the other with tracks. it was so badass. ill have to try and dig up the link sometime.

Anyway Hyjack over

bxlt

I'll continue the hijack

Mattracks is about the only company I've found and if you look on youtube they have all sorts of videos with them hitting 3-4 foot snow banks and they don't even skip a beat. How much does your cousin want for his??? (I wish )

fillsrunner4

No sale Sorry

Yup thats the company out of MN. thats cool you found it. Heres a link to it

Mattracks.com

Matt16

Sorry, I meant Duratracs, not Workhorses. IIRC, the Goodyear DTs replace the WHs.

ESQ

I'm going for the Duratracs. Snow rated and will do okay in mud. Air 'em down to 10 and hit the deep snow

I hate up skinning logging roads with my skis