ANYONE TRY THE COOPER DISCOVER S/T MAXX STUDDED?

I want the s/t Maxx studded for my winter tire but i wanna know if they worked great on ice. Anyone have advice?

 

Do you currently have a set of S/T Maxx’s or are you planning on purchasing some?

 

Im planning on getting some i live in Canada and winter is coming.. i was wondering if the studded one work great.. and if anyone can give me advice

 

I just got rid of my S/T Maxx’s (after about 10K miles) because two of the four would no longer balance. My truck was also pulling to the right really bad so I took it in for alignments at 3 different shops and it ended up being the tires. I’d look into different tires if I were you.

 

It think this tire is really for a heavier truck. My experience exactly. the moment I went with wild peaks, straight as an arrow. I've seen the ST maxses studded in my neck of the woods. It is possible.

 

Yea the ones I had were 10-ply and rode like they were made of cement.

 

I have had the s/t Maxx as a 6 ply all terrain on my sequoia and I found them not bad for what they are. They’re a really rugged tire with relatively good road manners, but I would never run them as winter tires.

When I lived up north and did a lot of winter travel on unmaintained remote forest roads in steep terrain, I tried a set of studded mud tires thinking they’d be great on ice and would dig through heavy snow.

Win/win, right?
Wrong.

They sucked on ice compared to every other dedicated winter tire I’ve ever used. I wound up paying to have them siped at a tire shop. It helped a bit but not much. Even studded, there were worse on ice than Michelin Ms2 all seasons. They couldn’t hold a candle to blizzaks.

I guess it depends on your intended use, but I’d say get any modern winter tire with soft rubber and lots of zigzag siping.

If you will be doing lots of deep snow off road stuff, make sure the tires you get are LT rated so you can pick up a good set of aggressive v-bar tire chains.

If you want to take it a step further, go narrower (like a 235/85r16 or 235/80r17, or if you’re on 17’s you can sometimes find a 255/75r17 in a C load / 6 ply) A narrower tire will cut through slush better to avoid hydroplaning and you will track better on the highway. It actually makes a huge difference.

 

I have no advice to offer on ST maxx. If you don’t care about them looking like an AT Tire, and just want winter performance, get General Grabber Arctic LT and have them studded. I have them without studs and they are “beast mode” in the snow and ice. I can only imagine they’d be more so with studs. They look like a winter tire is the only downside, with no fancy sidewall.

I bought them as they were the only true snow tire I found that claimed durability on gravel roads, which so far has proven true.



https://generaltire.com/tires/winter/grabber-arctic-lt

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nsBNF-0EE50

 

I've had 4 tacomas 2nd gen 05 thru 2015 and I hate paying to have summer and winter tires. I've been in CO for 22 years and for hwy & mountain hunting forest and jeep trails up to 2 ft of snow and in town 25+ inches. I've used the older Michelin ms ltx, ok for solo ice and mild snow, sucks off road for mud, snow, wet grass, fair on packed snow/ice. Bf gdrich all terrain 2s, ok off road, hard tread for packed snow/ice and loses a lot at half tread, would be my #1 pick if studdable, cooper st maxx with studded are not as good as winter tires but for me a longer lasting AT tire for all seasons and studs make winter driving better in packed snow/ice better than bfgs. I've used E rated in all my tires. Rides rougher but want extra sidewall for pointy rocky jeep/crappy mountain trails/roads. If I'm really in the shit, hd snow chains and don't have to worry bought getting stuck. I wish more studded all terrain versions vs dedicated winter only. I only know of a few studdble truck AT tires, 2 by cooper, 1 by Goodyear, one other can't remember brand. I would take studded st maxx over bfgs in packed snow and ice for sure more stopping and control at higher speeds, if not studded there are several AT tires that are ok

 

Can stud the General Grabber ATX, might be the one you can’t remember.

https://generaltire.com/tires/light-trucksuv/grabber-atx