Off Road Tire Winter Weather Performance

Hey everyone I'm looking for first hand experience and input on any off road / AT style tires that have been used regularly on icy road conditions with good results. If you spend a good amount of time driving on ice or snow please let me know how your tires perform.

I live in Alaska where the roads are basically solid ice for 5-6 months a year, and I would like to find a good tire that I can run all year long. My old Jeep used to swap into Bridgestone Blizzak's during the winter months and I had great success with those tires, but they're very expensive and are designed specifically for winter conditions. I'd like to know if any of the typical all-terrain tires perform well in winter conditions with our trucks so that I can run the same tires all year and avoid the headache of having to swap out tires every 6 months.

I'm currently running the stock tires that came with the rig when I purchased it in November, and I just can't get any traction on these winter roads unless I'm in 4wd. It really doesn't surprise me with stock tires, but I want to see if anyone has found good year-round results with A/T tires in any climates similar to mine. Hopefully I can find some good off-road style tires that can help me avoid running 4x4 24/7 in the winter time.

 

i cant speak for other tires but i had cooper at3 last year and it was great. no issues in ice or snow

 

Like you, I ran the stock tires for the first season but I didn't trust them enough to push them a second season once they started to wear. I now run a dedicated set of Cooper Discoverer M+S in the winter and am very happy with them. In fact, once the stocks are finished I'll be running these Coopers all year.

 

Duratracs. Rated very high in both shallow and deep snow

 

The blizzacks will be tough to beat with 5 to 6 months of ice.
Lots of AT tires are fine in snow but suck on ice.
I'd pay the price for safety and stick with a true winter tire.

 

^^^ What he said . I run Blizzack as well very happy. My .02

 

Thanks for all the input. I do agree that it will be tough to beat the dependability of the blizzak.
I plan to upgrade from my stock tires this summer and I’ll probably run whatever I decide on through the first month or so of next winter to get a feel for how they perform. I may still end up biting the bullet on some dedicated snow tires.

 

I tried running a/t the first winter we had a Tacoma, had Blizzaks installed less than a month in.
They've been great on snow/ice/pavement for 8 winters now, but I'm noticing a bit of spin and ABS this winter.
Next Sept I'll be deciding between the Blizzak DM-V2 or the Blizzak Lt..