Destination LE 2 tires durability in snow country?

I had them on my Liberty CRD, they were the last set of tires I bought for it in late fall 2017. They did fine for me on that vehicle in southern Pennsylvania winters. On that vehicle I would often need to use the full time 4wheel drive mode in snow. I can't say how they would be on the Tacoma with a lighter rear end. You would for sure do a little better with an all terrain tire and much better with a snow tire. My work commute was only 8 miles on mostly back roads too not 20 miles.

 

One set of rims W/TPMS, two sets of tires, and swap tires November-April.

 

OP, there are a lot of good points being made here and it is up to you, of course. Everyone makes different choices but when I hear 20 miles, lots of snow, a mountain pass (!) and needed to be at work there are only two things I would consider:

1) Studded snow tires.
2) Snow chains.

I understand that there are good snow tires and all that ... I am just saying what I would do for me ... but when I hear mountain pass, I am putting the snow chains on those tires.

Yes, I am nuts. I fully agree with anyone who thinks that. Still grabbing the chains, though.

 

Is there ever a final and correct answer on these "which tires..." threads? They are kinda like the "when should I change my oil" threads.

 

I had Firestone winterforce on my manual 18’ Colorado RWD and they were awesome. I’m going to put them on my Taco during my first oil change (next week).

I lucked out that the Colorado has the same size wheel and tires as the stock Goodyear Kevlars that came on the Taco.

 

In this case, and for the OPs purpose/description, it's quite clear that there is a correct answer.
OP should have a dedicated set of winter rubber [possibly chains] for their conditions and to ease their worry is the correct answer.

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It's up to OP whether they take that advice/read the info, or not, to make it final in their thread.
Typically though, and to your point, these threads do tend to go on forever and in circles even if OP does come back to update and close out their question. Ah well. Best of luck to the OP and hopefully they choose wisely.

 

Thanks for all the posts guys! Having run both dedicated winter tires and Ko2s in the past, i am well aware that a dedicated winter tire is better. They DO do better on Ice. Does that mean you will crash without them? No, but winter tires are for that one time something went wrong no matter how well you drive, period. Thus since my truck has highway tires that id rather not run in winter or sell at a loss,im buying a pair of used 4runner rims in great shape for 200 bucks and I'm putting grabber arctic LTs on and i will use my highway tires in the summer untill they wear out or pop. $200 bucks is cheap insurance.

 

What don’t you like about the Cooper AT3 4S? They have great reviews on TW and my family back in PA love them. Haven’t really heard anything bad about them, so I’m curious.

 

I don’t do any crazy off-roading rock climbing ect. Mainly forest roads and trails. Lots of highway as well.
Really disappointed with snow and ice performance. I know they are not a true snow tire but I bought them for the 3 peak and they just haven’t met expectations compared to other tires I’ve ran.
They are slick on dirt roads with snowpack as well.
Tread wear is good and even and more road oriented. This played a choice as well because of commuting across I80.
My opinion 6.7/10 it’s a good tire just doesn’t meet my needs as well as others.

 

Fair enough. What other tires have you run?