Snow Tire debate

Anyone have a good snow tire suggestion? I live in Ohio and have a 2001 Prerunner currently running 265/70 Michelin LTX M-S's. They're great general purpose tires but won't bite in 4+ inches of snow no matter how much weight I add to the bed or how for down I take the psi.

 

My BF Goodrich Commercial T/A Traction tires climb walls.

 

My Nitto terra grapplers have done great in 12”+ in buffalo with only a bed mat and some snow in the bed also never dropped tire pressure.(running like 35 or 40PSI)

edit: also welcome from East TN!

 

BGF T/A--or move south!!!
Had those on my old truck--NEVER got stuck ANYWHERE-NEVER!
<<<<<<<< PIC to the left

 

WOOOH Columbus OH represent! Knew I wasn't the only one here.. Oh and impulse pearl? Well played sir, well played indeed.

 

Or a dedicated snow tire with the snowflake symbol . These are also studded
Here is what I run and they work great for running the lakes where I live

 

6 years to retirement. Then moving south!

 

I have general grabber at2's. They are snow rated and studdable. Didnt have a problem with them this winter.

 

I have the BFG All terrain TA ko, they have the snowflake logo on it but honestly they are not good on ice, good on snow

 

I have Hankook winter tires that work great here in Buffalo NY.

 

I'm not having any trouble with the stockers on hardpacked snow, haven't had a chance to try them in fresh fallen.

Top two best selling light truck tires up here are Toyo open country AT2 and Hankook DynaPro.

 

I have Yokohama Geolandar I/T G072s on mine for the winter. They were very inexpensive and I've been happy with them.

 

big at's work great here in nh

 

Bfg's damn auto correct

 

My Goodyear Duratracs did great this winter in deep snow and packed snowy icy roads..

 

General grabber at2 are severe snow rated. I use them, live in Buffalo, and can normally do just fine in 2wd. But sometimes we get blasted with a few feet and 4wd becomes necessary

 

+1

I had run the Hackapallita (spelling?) which are a full winter tire and although great on hard pack or ice they were terrible in anything more than 3" of snow. The Cooper STT's were great in the snow/mud and rock crawling but wore kinda poorly and I didn't like them on wet pavement at all. Been running the Duratracs for 6 months and have had them in stupid deep snow and everything else and they seem unstoppable. lost a bit of traction on some off road compared to the STT but now much

 

I'll be pickin up a set of ST Maxx in a week or two. Still get great offroad traction but wet/dry pavement isn't sacrificed!

 

Thanks for all the advise! Anyone ever run Bridgestone Blizzaks? They get great reviews but I don't know anyone who has them.

 

Also thinking about aftermarket rims and considering going larger. Currently have 16" star rims. Had one tire place tell me that 16's and 18" on up would fit but 17" rims will not fit on a Tacoma??? Is there something to this or is it bs?