[BigRedOne]

Newby here. I've done minor-league wheelin for years and am converting my old Ram 2500 V10 into a ranching, hunting, foul weather rig since moving to the Sierra NV Mountains. I've been disappointed with all-terrain style tires on past snow-wheelin adventures, and since this will no longer be a daily driver I’m looking for something more aggressive with better grip in the local snow, ice and slush. I'm lifting my rig to fit either 36's or 37's to help keep the Dana-80 diff from plowing in deep snow, so what's my best tire choice? All opinions and suggestions welcome...

 

[three60fish]

If you do some searching there was a thread about what tires people liked best for the snow, might have been discussed in a thread that I believe was called 'Snow wheeling'. I do believe that the consensus is that the best relatively non-street tire for snow is the IROK.

 

[BigRedOne]

Thanks for your summary of the previous thread. Hopefully others reply since I can't find the "Snow Wheeling" thread.

 

[three60fish]

Ok, so go to the 'general 4x4' section, click the 'search this forum' in the top right corner, type in 'snow wheeling' and about every 2-3 threads will have commentary about how a tire is working in the snow or how it will work in the snow. some of the titles are obvious, some are not, you'll have to do some work to get your answer:mr-t:.

there is a poll type thread about 2/3 of the way down that is just titled 'Snow!', it is the one i was talking about and has a lot of commentary on snow wheeling in general and what people use for tires.

 

[BigRedOne]

Didn't realize the search function was section-specific. Newbie mistake. Headed there now. Thx!

 

[mtsnowrunner]

snow tire

I would only run an IROK Radial, not bias. If you want better on road time go with the MTR Kevlar and they kick ass in the snow as well. Siping on any tire is a must. Those are pretty much your two choices.

 

[BigRedOne]

Thx for the input. I don't care much about road manners as this is for my weekend warrior hunting / foul weather rig. I have some Swamper Trxus Mudders on now in 33" and they are a big improvement from the Cooper Discoverer's that were on when it was a daily driver but i'm looking to move up to 37's after I lift it to convert it into more of an off-road rig so I figured that this is the opportunity to put on the best snow tire I can find.

 

[bigbaggedbeast]

truxus the tire you know just make sure they are a load range e or check out the goodyear mtr but really that truxus tire with it's siping is gonna be the best do it all for you imo

 

[BigRedOne]

Yeah, all that siping on the Trxus is why I went that way on my 33's, and I certainly have no complaints (yes indeed mine have a load range 'e' rating, as do the IROK's). That said now that I'm upsizing I have a do-over and so now I'm re-examining the IROK because it looks to have a more open tread design, closer to the 50% void:tread ratio recommended by some serious snow wheeler's in at least one thread, and in that regard the IROK looks better than the Trxus which has less voided space. Of course the IROK has siping as well, just not as much, but that looks to be mainly due to the overall reduction in tread block area, so to me it comes down to weighing the experiences of those who have snow-wheeling experience on various tires. To that end I appreciate all the comments here. All good info.

 

[cody88]

iroks kill it in the snow

 

[ChevyBoy2010]

Trxs STS. My old boss had em and he couldnt get the damn thing stuck no matter how hard he tried. GREAT in the sand too.

 

[Tadlock]

iroks kill it in the snow

x2

 

[thirteenbelow0]

I ran some 37" truxus in the snow for a few winter and I was happy with them tires. There probably one of the best overall tires I have ever used.

 

[yellowk20]

I have some 37" Cooper STT's they work really well in the snow