CUCV Mud & Snow Help Please.

[edpdx]

wallew and makerstelemark: I have been looking over the recommendations here. I am not done yet; but I found this regarding the Cooper M+S:

The only winter tire that flunks at snow traction in a major U.S. test -- the Hankook Icebear W300 (*Est. $80) -- also gets a bad grade at APA, where it is judged "not optimized for ice or snow." One studdable tire available in the U.S. in SUV/light truck sizes, the Cooper Discoverer M+S (*Est. $130), is downgraded by the APA "because of the numerous safety recalls related to Cooper tires." In a U.S. test, the Cooper Discoverer M+S (minus its studs) places dead last after braking poorly on every road surface -- icy, wet and dry.

I realize that we all have our opinions; but "scientific" tests are hard to ignore... still looking. Thanks

 

[MakersTeleMark]

I can tell you from living in the high country for over a decade that that tire K'sa in the snow over anything else that you can put on that heavy of a truck, no matter what they say. And I get an average of 500 in. a year.

 

[PropDr]

I would look at the Interco super swamper LTB series or Denman ground hawgs and have them siped at a shop or do it yourself.
Tire Siping

It makes a noticeable improvement in traction with mud tires on wet or icy pavement. It also lets the tread flex and conform better while driving off road for better traction.

 

[wjruth]

BFG All Terrain is one of the few tires on the market that have the severe weather rating and not just M&S. Mud tires do well in mud but they tend to not do so well on the highway. I ran BFG All Terrains on a CJ-7 and the only time I got stuck was when I parked on a snow pile overnight and it turned to ice.

 

[Timber]

wallew and makerstelemark: I have been looking over the recommendations here. I am not done yet; but I found this regarding the Cooper M+S:

I realize that we all have our opinions; but "scientific" tests are hard to ignore... still looking. Thanks

I had a Cooper Discoverer fail at highway speed on a civvy K5 some years back. It was an earlier version of the tire but it was 31x10.50-15 tires on 15x8 rims. The casing split from the tread to the bead and nearly caused a bad accident with me and my daughter in the truck - front tire failure. Random anecdote, but I won't run Coopers on a dare.