Best All Around Tire?
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Well, we just got our first snow of the season. Probably won’t get anymore to tell you the truth. Anyway, my tires are about shot (found out after sliding all over the road, so much for having a 4×4) and I’m looking for something to replace them. A good all around tire for both road and very light off road use. Any ideas? New shoes for a 92 K1500 4×4 6.2 diesel. Beaner
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I don’t have longevity to back me up, but I am really liking the Remington Wide Brute tires I just put on m wife’s ‘94 Burb. They don’t throw you in heavy water, have great traction in the snow (uphill driveway and drifts on the road), and are very quiet for a tire of this size. Just my opinion. Snowman
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Well, we just got our first snow of the season. Probably won’t get anymore > to tell you the truth. Anyway, my tires are about shot (found out after > sliding all over the road, so much for having a 4×4) and I’m looking for > something to replace them. A good all around tire for both road and very > light off road use. > Any ideas? New shoes for a 92 K1500 4×4 6.2 diesel. > Beaner
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I got 101K out of my last set of Michelin LTX tires. I have about 60K on my current set. They are fairing quite as well as the others, but I’ve done more off-road then that last set. They are great in snow and water.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Well, we just got our first snow of the season. Probably won’t get anymore > to tell you the truth. Anyway, my tires are about shot (found out after > sliding all over the road, so much for having a 4×4) and I’m looking for > something to replace them. A good all around tire for both road and very > light off road use. > Any ideas? New shoes for a 92 K1500 4×4 6.2 diesel. > Beaner
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> I got 101K out of my last set of Michelin LTX tires. I have about 60K on my > current set. They are fairing quite as well as the others, but I’ve done > more off-road then that last set. They are great in snow and water.
As far as Ice and hardpack, I think they are the best I have ever driven. I have been using the LTX for years now, and have not found a condition where they have been less than superb. But they are pricy. Well worth it. Cheaper than a body repair. Scott
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I say you get what you pay for, LTX’S are good tires. I would’nt put anything but michelins on my vehicles. Larry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I got 101K out of my last set of Michelin LTX tires. I have about 60K > on my > current set. They are fairing quite as well as the others, but I’ve done > more off-road then that last set. They are great in snow and water. > As far as Ice and hardpack, I think they are the best I have ever > driven. I have been using the LTX for years now, and have not found a > condition where they have been less than superb. > But they are pricy. > Well worth it. Cheaper than a body repair. > Scott
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Kelly-Springfield Safari SUV. Superior wet and dry traction, awesome in yesterdays wet snow! 265r16 should run around $92 on the truck. Here’s what, I have not needed 4wd yet! Have a great one! Bush 2001 GMC Sierra Z-71 SLT x-cab loaded 1952 GMC 1/2T long stepside 3.90 open drive T-5 gearbox 12V – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Well, we just got our first snow of the season. Probably won’t get anymore >to tell you the truth. Anyway, my tires are about shot (found out after >sliding all over the road, so much for having a 4×4) and I’m looking for >something to replace them. A good all around tire for both road and very >light off road use. >Any ideas? New shoes for a 92 K1500 4×4 6.2 diesel. >Beaner
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Michelin, michelin, michelin
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BFG A/T KO!!! THE best all-around tire I have EVER come across, including the LTX. The only non-snow-specific tire to have a severe snow rating. Very quiet on road, long wearing, great handling, strong sidewalls, fair priced… Awesome in everything I have put them through except serious mud.
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My vote for the Bridgestone Dueler AT REVO…….DAMN am I impressed with them. We just got 14 inches of the white stuff here in NY and I have been biting thru everything on the roads. The plows werent out and I had to get to work (yes, I am one of those lucky people who are considered "neccessary travelers") Although it was slow, I had ZERO problems driving . Remember, the best is ALWAYS subjective to who is writing
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> BFG A/T KO!!! THE best all-around tire I have EVER come across, including > the LTX. The only non-snow-specific tire to have a severe snow rating. Very > quiet on road, long wearing, great handling, strong sidewalls, fair > priced… Awesome in everything I have put them through except serious mud.
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>BFG A/T KO!!! THE best all-around tire I have EVER come across, including >the LTX. The only non-snow-specific tire to have a severe snow rating. Very >quiet on road, long wearing, great handling, strong sidewalls, fair >priced… Awesome in everything I have put them through except serious mud.
I’ll agree, though I haven’t used mine offroad. I think they’re an EXCELLENT snow tire because they’re designed for mud and snow is the next worst thing. I tried doing a donut in the parking lot at work the first snowfall we had after I got them and had trouble, in 2WD. This is my third winter with these tires and I don’t think I’d want anything else.
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I’ve been running the AT’s since before they re-designed them and started calling them "KO’s", and they’re hands down, the best tire I’ve ever tried. I used to have an ‘85 C-10 way back in HS when I lived in Northern Maryland, and lemme tell ya, the All-Terrain T/A’s made it handle like a 4wd in the snow. Lived in Pittsburgh for 6+ years, and never had any probs with the TA’s there either – and I’ve got a friend that plows snow on the side to make hunting money and all he’ll ever run are the AT’s. And if i remember right, if you buy all 4, and *somehow* manage to get stuck, BFG will send out a tow truck……how’s that for product support?? Jeremy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->BFG A/T KO!!! THE best all-around tire I have EVER come across, including >the LTX. The only non-snow-specific tire to have a severe snow rating. Very >quiet on road, long wearing, great handling, strong sidewalls, fair >priced… Awesome in everything I have put them through except serious mud. > I’ll agree, though I haven’t used mine offroad. I think they’re an > EXCELLENT snow tire because they’re designed for mud and snow is the > next worst thing. I tried doing a donut in the parking lot at work > the first snowfall we had after I got them and had trouble, in 2WD. > This is my third winter with these tires and I don’t think I’d want > anything else.
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hey beaner, dixie is right-on: for years i drove my 3rd-gen camaro in the snow with blizzaks, and we get for-real lake-effect snow up here by lake ontario. tires make all the difference- i’ve never gotten it stuck. so when i was forced to buy a blazer, i immediately put 31" blizzak winter duelers on it, and it is unstoppable. by this i mean, i can drive in 2hi almost always, and a couple of inches of snow merely feels like driving in the rain. if there is six or more inches of heavy slush, and i put it in 4hi, i can just about break the tires free if i floor it. i also have to stand on the brakes to get antilock to rear its annoying head. in fact, i have yet to see snow that even needs 4hi, but i did use it in reverse to yank a duster out of a ditch for a pretty girl… summary: buy blizzaks, run 2hi, ignore weather forecasts. use "m&s" tires and expect to need 4hi. i will not discuss 4lo. one more thing- the blizzaks are a true "ice tire". you just cant believe how they hook up on a sheet of super-hardpack until you see it. for snow, they have big ol’ square knobs. -
