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Need WINTER Tire recommendations for 2021 Willy’s Diesel—KM2’s NOT cutting it!!

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Hello,

in need of winter-all season tires for my Willy’s Diesel. Love the KO2’s in general, but they have failed the first minor snowfall/compact snow of the year alarmingly here in ND.


I do no trail running, mud running, etc., and would be fine with putting on a dedicated road tire. NOT the Duellers…they too we not safe when I had on my F-150.

My brother runs Falken Wildpeaks on his Wrangler, any other recommendations?

Thanks in advance!
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Last winter we had a good snow that dumped about 9 inches and I was very impressed with the traction of my Kenda Klever RTs.
 

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I have some wildpeak m/t’s for sale.
 

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Hello,

in need of winter-all season tires for my Willy’s Diesel. Love the KO2’s in general, but they have failed the first minor snowfall/compact snow of the year alarmingly here in ND.
Goodyear DuraTracs have been pretty good for me, at least for the first couple of years. The siping isn't real deep, and it seems once it wears away they don't do as well on ice and packed snow.

I'm in west-central Minnesota. We have snow here too.
 

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If you feel the triple mountain peak rated BFGs are not getting the job done, no other normal AT tire will, and it is time for some dedicated snow tires. The only other thing I would add is to put at least 200 pounds in the bed (bags of sand work great).
 

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This is yet another one of those things "what I have is best" but with tires, there are variables like types of snow, where you live, temperatures and other variables.
I chose my General A/TX based on dozens of reviews out there, both on tire sites and by individuals, a couple of magazine reviews and a couple of YT reviews.
I didn't want to swap tires each season was part of my reasoning. I'd been doing that, no more.
Dedicated snow tires will perform better in snow/winter because the rubber compounds are optimized for cold temperatures.
A/T tires are a compromise, but work great for Iowa winters.
My suggestion is do some searching and go through reviews and articles, otherwise, whatever the person here has will be the best so if 5 people respond, you'll possibly get 5 different solutions.
 
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If you feel the triple mountain peak rated BFGs are not getting the job done, no other normal AT tire will, and it is time for some dedicated snow tires. The only other thing I would add is to put at least 200 pounds in the bed (bags of sand work great).
Straight line wasn’t an issue, but the first turn/corner even at low speeds was an adventure…. and I’ve lived in Dakotas/Colorado my whole life😬

We’ve Used Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires on all our non-pick up vehicles, and they’ve been fantastic…but not available in truck tires.

I’ve avoided dedicated snow tires thus far in my life, but I do hear the same thing you’ve said from all that get them.

Thanks for response!
 
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This is yet another one of those things "what I have is best" but with tires, there are variables like types of snow, where you live, temperatures and other variables.
I chose my General A/TX based on dozens of reviews out there, both on tire sites and by individuals, a couple of magazine reviews and a couple of YT reviews.
I didn't want to swap tires each season was part of my reasoning. I'd been doing that, no more.
Dedicated snow tires will perform better in snow/winter because the rubber compounds are optimized for cold temperatures.
A/T tires are a compromise, but work great for Iowa winters.
My suggestion is do some searching and go through reviews and articles, otherwise, whatever the person here has will be the best so if 5 people respond, you'll possibly get 5 different solutions.
Fully agreed on multiple tires, but I’m hoping someone points me to a tire I haven’t checked out yet.

As this is my first Jeep product, I’m learning about a ton of different tires I’ve never been exposed to before. 😂

Thanks for the advice and reply, appreciated!
 

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ATs are fine and vastly improved over years past since you can get them with the 3pmsf rating which makes a big difference. Look for an AT that has that rating, couple examples Falken AT3W and Toyo AT IIIs, I have run both those tires in the snow and they do very well, also ran Toyo AT IIs which are not 3pmsf rated and they are nowhere as good in the snow.
 

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Fully agreed on multiple tires, but I’m hoping someone points me to a tire I haven’t checked out yet.

As this is my first Jeep product, I’m learning about a ton of different tires I’ve never been exposed to before. 😂

Thanks for the advice and reply, appreciated!
This is the first truck I've had in a while. On all my cars before I've gone with Continental DWS's. However, the local Jeep guys and the staff at a tire place a really trust all recommended the Toyo Observe GSI6 LS. Personally, I'm not doing a lot of off road travelling (yet), so that factored into the decision too. We haven't had any weather since I put them on, outside of some rain, but so far they're pretty quiet and not any worse than the factory Duellers that came on my Overland.
 

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My duratracs did GREAT in the snow last February. This was the snow-pocalypse that brought heavy snow west of Eisenhower tunnel and shut Texas down.

we drove home to TX during all the snow.
 

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The KO2s, Duratracs, and A/Tx are the highest rated all terrains for winter use, at least on Tirerack. I personally tried the duratracs and liked them.
But this year I lucked into a free set of spare overland rims, so I just put on cooper snow claws.

If the KO2s are cutting it, I’d look into a real snow tire.
 
 



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