Stock Goodyear kevlars in snow

I got it, i read the thread lol

 

Duratrac's are snow and mountain rated.

 

First winter on them was a good experience for me. I'll have about 13-15k miles on them this winter, but the tread still looks great.

I'm gonna run these things into the ground before I replace them.

 

Got the adventures w/ kevlar on my work truck and Duratracs on my tacoma. Both good tires but I prefer the Duratracs

 

+1. Bought my truck in September of 2018 and so the stock GY Kevlar's had maybe 2500 miles on them when the snow in Northern NY started getting serious. They aren't horrible but not great, and I thought they were pretty terrible on ice. My only other comparison was my F150 on stock GY tires seemed to be better in snow and ice, but it was a much heavier truck with a longer wheelbase which I think made it handle better in the snow. I just got Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S tires in the stock size, I'm hopeful that what I've read about them is true. They're supposed to be much better in the snow than the stock tires were.

 

I have Cooper AT3 4S as well, I dont want to buy winter tires anymore. Hope this year isn't too bad.

 

If it's snowing and icy everyday I suggest getting a decent set of winter tires. If it's in the 40s every day then you won't need winter tires. But they are suggested for days under 40 degrees

 

I dont keep my trucks/cars long enough, so this time I'm giving an allweather a chance, rather than buying 2 sets of tires.

I'll buy winters if I need them. I won't buy Hankook Ipike ever again, thats for sure. They were barely better than a set of BFG's on my 16' tacoma.

 

When I encountered snow at <10k miles on them I did well. Mainly stayed 2wd up until I got to the hills then I put 4wd on and drove slow.

 

You were doing it wrong then.

 

They're a decent tire for what they are. Im in the northeast and plenty of people run them here, I had no issues for the short time I had them. They just look like Prius tires. And I wheel in the snow so needed a better tire. But for a DD tire, decent. Drive then this year and see.

 

Used to ride with a dodge 2500 hauling a 10k enclosed trailer with 4 sleds in it running studded coopers.

Now that the pissing contest is out of the way it depends. Last year around the PNW we had the snow apocalypse apparently and I gotta say they worked pretty well. I ran around wa into Oregon and used em to get around. Ice wasn't the best ( shocker I know) but I prefer to travel over snow and not clear spots in a shitty situation anyways. Are you wheeling ? Get something else probably. Live north of the boarder ? Winter set. Winter driving changes from region and person to person. Some sipping on dedicated winter tires are not a bad idea if studs arent in the cards.

 

I’ve been drifting since before i got my license, so, nope. Probably just wasn’t an overly slick day.

And i’ve taken the factory tires across the US - over Moab, up Engineer Pass, Mt Shasta, down Mojave Road. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with their (and the Tacoma’s) tenacious grip - even when it’s scraping across it’s belly

 

When my dad was showing me how to drive, i attempted a left turn in my moms 15 passenger van and instead flipped it around 180 and headed down the road completely sideways - and, instinctually recovered it. I’d never driven on ice before and didn’t know giving it gas would kick the tail out like that

Kudos to my old man, he was very chill. Ma woulda had a heart attack

 

They were better than expected. They blew dicks in mud, but snow was the only place I felt they were adequate. Now I did not had them in more than maybe 8". I sold them at 1k miles right after my first trip off road.

 

I always wondered about this. The E rated tires are snowflake/mountain rated but they have harder compounds to resist cuts and chips (exactly the opposite of what you want in a snow tire) and the same tread pattern?

It seems if what I assume is true, the non 3 peak tires should perform about the same, and its a possibility goodyear just didn't bother getting the certification?

 

I don't know what people are smoking (no offense), but the Goodyear is a horrible snow tire. The tire compound is very hard, yet they don't even wear very well. Maybe it does OK in fresh dry Utah powder or something. I drove on mine for almost 30k and found them to be below average in pretty much every situation, including gravel roads, where they had no traction at all, and the Kumho's were glued to the road, by contrast.

 

I think if I lived back in snow country as OP does (originally for south of Chicago, rural area, now in North Texas) I'd get a dedicated set of snow tires mounted on cheap steel wheels. Let those take the beating form snow, ice and salt.

 

^Absolutely. There are even cheap, very decent, and halfway stylish alloys out there. Only go steel if you find them at junkyards or used or whatnot. They are actually very expensive new from the dealer.