All weather tires, best ones....

I think 25% off at Canadian tire

 

*ahem*

My Cooper ST Maxx have been awesome on highway, wet roads, snowy roads, icy roads, off-road, etc. They are heavy and expensive though. And not great for fuel economy.

 

They did indeed go on sale since my post! Have had them on hold the past few days... still up in the air with what to do haha I am terrible at making decisions.

 

KO2 are excellent tires, winter, summer or rain.
Also, 35k miles almost show no wear on them on my truck.

 

we got 6-10cm of snow last week, and my KO2's handled it no problem (and still are since the side roads have yet to be cleared), considering they are not a true winter tire I am beyond impressed! Braking performance was better than I was anticipating. accelerating is also no problem. they are by no means gluded to the road like a true winter tire would be, they offer a little bit of slip but grip quickly. 9/10 would recommend, just drive accordingly and dont over work the tires.

 

We got snow last week too, I have new the new K02's on my '97 and was impressed with how well it handled the snow and ice, I've been driving a VW jetta TDI for years with snow tires.
I looked at all the brands and ended up with the BFG's from Costco.

 

How are the KO2 versus the KO?

On my 2013 OR with the electronic brake booster (the initial hard brake that everyone who drove the truck for the first time put their teeth into the steering wheel) I found the KOs to be not so awesome in the slush. I could engage ABS fairly easily. I don't know if the 3G trucks have that same initial bite as my 6MT doesn't have the same bite as my 2G 5AT did.

I ended up running dedicated snows on the 2G which solved the issue of the ABS engagement, and it kept my nice wheels out of the salt and slush since Toyota's wheels tend to oxidize quite fast. I was able to hold onto the snows after my 2G was totaled so I'm currently running them on my 3G.

I know it's a different vehicle but my best friend ran 265/75-16 Duratracs on his Xterra and once they got some miles on them were significantly louder than my BFGs, even though my tires were E and his C.

Whether or not this is relevant to what the OP is interested in, I'd be curious the difference in KO vs KO2 in snowy situations.

 

My vote is for Cooper AT3s. I've had them on several Tacos and 2 Tundras in the Montana mountains for years, also Alberta and Colorado Rockies, Idaho, Wyoming. Great in snow, off-road, and quiet on pavement without too big a mileage hit. I probably do 70% pavement, 30% fire roads etc. Last a long time if you rotate regularly. I got the 10 Ply for beefiness.

 

Another vote for BF AT KO2's. My drive like a Lexus with a really bad shake. Actually, they are pretty smooth for an AT tire.

 

Beautiful truck.

I'd also throw a vote for the Cooper AT3's. I've run two sets of 235 85 16 through winters in Maine, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. no complaints about their on road grip from slushy to ice packed to covered a foot plus of snow.

First year I had them we would get a storm that would start as snow at maybe ten to fifteen degrees outside, then it would warm up to rain for the rest of the storm. Within twelve hours it would be single digits or below zero. A lot of the roads would have two to four inches of solid ice on them because the snowbanks would be solid and keep the rain on the road then it would all freeze when the temps dropped. Cooper's worked fine in that.

Was in Utah when salt lake got sixteen inches in 15'. Work got snowed out because it's hard to weld when it's snowing like that. Drove all around town on roads that had anywhere from a skim coating to ten inches. Left the truck in two wheel with the traction control off. had to work to spin a tire even uphill. I did have around five hundred pounds in the bed though.

Now I'm running Yokohama G015 to try something different. they also have the mountain snowflake that the Cooper's didn't. Haven't had them on snow covered pavement yet, but they did well in the mountains of Wyoming last weekend with a foot or more of snow in places.

 

That's my experience in New Mexico in rain, snow, and ice, and excellent off-road in all conditions.

We have the Toyo Celsius on our Subaru, and in the snow and ice in high elevation New Mexico, they have been great. They do have the winter "snow peak" rating for the U.S. and Canada.

By the way, when looking for winter tires, I check out Canadian Tire's website. If it works in snow and ice in Canada, it will damn well work down here in New Mexico's winters.

 

Nice truck. I have a white ACC. We are a minority.

 

"Looks don't get you out of the median on the interstate." Smart human. I've had good luck with KO2s in New Mexico, but ice isn't as common as farther north.

 

"just drive accordingly" is the secret isn't it? I've used KO2's for 5 years (two sets), and never been disappointed in New Mexico in rain, snow, ice, and muddy slush. When there is snow on the road, I slow down and watch the morons speed on by. I've pulled two out down the road (for 50 bucks). I do have a winch though!

 

Yeah, I've always been the smart one. Some people get beauty, some people get ability. Those people just look at me and, shaking their head sadly, whisper "At least he's got a brain."

 

Well, you did get the Inferno color!

 

I don't want to be "that guy" but the best all-terrain tire, even if it has the snowflake, performs very poorly compared to a dedicated winter tire. Like, twice the stopping distance on snow/ice. The qualification test for getting the snowflake is pretty mild, you just have to show ~10% improvement over an all-season tire.

Me, I am putting a set of Blizzak DM-V2s on the stock rims, and buying a set of 4Runner TRD Pro rims with KO2s, for summer. If you have the means (and I know not everyone is lucky enough) this is 100% the way to go. To me, the expense of the winter tires is nothing if it saves you from a single rear-end incident. And I'm not even sure the extra expense is that much, considering that each set sees half the use and will last roughly twice as long as a result.

 

In the past 30 years, basically since I grew up, I have been the responsible one. The practical one. The white, silver or beige one. Kids are now out of college so this time I just said F it and got something with a color. I doubled down and got a manual trans. How's that for being the wild and crazy guy? Just kidding but I did want some color this time. Last three vehicles? Two white and one silver. Before that? Dark Grey. Boring just like me.

 

Pretty much haha 10 years of driving in Canadian winters has taught me that.

 

This is 100% what I wanted to do... snow tires on the stock sport wheels and then get the TRD Pro wheels with AT's for summer. With a wedding (next month) and honeymoon (end of Feb) I just couldnt squeeze the extra funds to grab the wheels and KO2's but i agree this is very smart. To get me through winter I picked up Wildpeak AT3W which I could then transfer to the 4Runner Pro wheels if the funds pop up before next winter