Looking for better wet traction/ snow-ice tires

[MCrossley]

well after being a californian all of my life I have been able to get away with the crappy stock tires but now that I live in Washington just the heavy rain I am slipping around on these tires. I would like to know what is a good wet traction tire plus a decent snow/ice tire. Also these will be going on stock wheels so nothing too big... . Thanks

 

[Bertram65]

I put Toyo 285/70/17s load range E on my stock wheels, I can barely break them free in the wet, I have had Michelin, BFG All Terrains and Long Trail T/As, the Toyos are much better than those three and they really hold in the wet and snow.

 

[Froadin]

I had my Bridgestone Revos in a LOT of water while in TX. They worked GREAT, especially when towing (meaning, the front tires still steered very well).
Cost more, but they did a very good job for me.
Very little ice/snow driving on them though.
And I have studded tires for ice/snow now.

 

[Matt400]

Hey there "M", didn't know you moved.

I put these on our Jeep and they worked great last winter in the snow & wet conditions at 4000 feet. They are also pretty quiet on the road.



I am seriously considering the D rated 285/70R17 for my Dodge as they are rated for 3195 lbs.

 

[MCrossley]

i just did actually and I love it up here... only thing is I had a friend with his dually that put a D rated heavy tire and he was NOT pleased at all he said the front end was all over the place.

 

[Matt400]

Currently I have D's rated at only 2600 lbs but those will get changed out when we trade up to a 5th wheel from our TT. I keep them at 50 and they seem stable enough for now.



We have a daughter in the Coast Guard up there and she loves it too, guess you wont miss the cali rules, regs & politics.

 

[JVantreese]

Bridgestone Revos are a great tire for snow and rain. They have an E rated tire in 17 inch in 265 and will have 285 sometime this summer. I have used these tires on 4 different vehicals with excellent results.

 

[pullya]

I agree about the Revo's. I've never had a better tire on wet roads--ever. I'd buy them again in a minute.

Jay

 

[JFlagg]

I haven't had any problem with my Pro Comp ATs, and my MTs were awesome in the snow and ice here in MO a few winters ago. Actually made enough money doing vehicle recoverys they paid for themselves the first winter! That was with barely over stock power though, bet I could break 'em loose real easy now though..... all in the GO pedal though.

 

[Matt400]

They have an E rated tire in 17 inch in 265 and will have 285 sometime this summer.

Thats good news, I drove a truck the other day with the Revo 265's and they were quite on the highway. I hope their 285 will be an E.

 

[BarryG]

Another plug for the Revo's. One of the best tires I have ever run. Wet and in the snow. They are great dry too high traction and low noise. Only place I found them not to be too good was in gooey mud.

 

[BTowler]

My Revo's are great in the rain, and we get hammered in Texas just a little more than Washington, maybe less total rain, but more intense flooding downpours. Can't say anything about ice/snow for obvious reasons.



MCrossley, you shouldn't put anything less than what comes o. e. , which is an "E" rated tire. D. O. T. requires "E"'s for these trucks, and from what I understand, it is actually against the law to go lower (never heard of any tickets, though). I know there are a lot of tire stores that will refuse to change you to a lower rating.

 

[Grey Wolf]

Another vote for Revo's here

 

[TFucili]

I had success with Cooper ATR's on a previous truck.

 

[Matt400]

you shouldn't put anything less than what comes o. e. , which is an "E" rated tire.

That can be deceiving though now days because the letter code always related to plys and not load carrying capacity, generally the more plys, the higher the load but the rating system has since changed to a "load index" number that corresponds to carrying capacity.



Some good info on that here:

Tire Load Range and Load Index

 

[BTowler]

According to that chart the load rating (letter designation) is the current method of figuring a tire's load carrying capacity.

 

[Matt400]

Ply ratings: An older method of rating load capacity.

Load ratings: The current method of rating a tire's load-carrying capacity.

I read that as load rating means load index.

 

[monkeyman]

Any tire you have can get siped, Discount tire siped my tires for $10. 00 each, it made a huge improvement! And my tires are not an aggressive tread

Rick

 

[dresslered]

That's interesting what you guys are saying about the Revo. Gary Troyer turned me on to the Michelin XPS Traction's which I have just loved! If the Revo performs at least as well, the cost savings would be substantial--especially on these trucks with the training wheels. :-laf



How do you handle the raised white letters on a dually? At some point, the letters will be on the wrong side after a rotation.

 

[BTowler]

The lettering will always stay inside or outside, where ever it is originally. To change that you would have to take the tires off the wheels and turn them around.