Advice on Tires for my Pro-4X in Denver Area

[ATL XTERRA]

Lol, that's the same thing I said.

[robust57]

On my second set of BFG ATs, solid tire.

[rthinchey]

Have you looked at the Michelin LTX A/T 2? I've had them on for a year now and they've been great tires. The snow here in Oklahoma is probably different than the snow in Colorado, but we also don't have all of the snow-removal equipment so there is usually snow left on the roads every year. They aren't noisy on the highway and have a 60k warranty. Discount sells them and I got a 100 visa gift card. Check em out!
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[devlinz34]

You might also keep the Cooper Discoverer A/T3 in mind. Pretty good reviews and a bit cheaper than the Hankook's. I'm seriously thinking of going with them before winter hits as my Bridgestone Duelers are running thin.

[Mattyb13]

Man, so much awesome advice. Some of you have asked me some good questions that I should have answered in my first post. I don't plan on plus sizing and I do very light off fording. Barely more than a dirt road here or there. However, the amount of heavy snow I can encounter at any given time could be big. Really not sure which way to go. Can anyone speak to the wear or hiway ride of the BFG AT KO? I think BFG probably is the brand to beat but not sure which way to go with regards to tire model. Winter is coming!!! SO STOKED! THANKS!!!

[skibum315]

BFG ATs can wear like iron and ride like truck tires; it really depends on the compound you wind up with. Ideally I'd want those tires in a 'D' load rating and with the severe snow 'snowflake/mountain' mark as well ... I'm pretty sure that specific combo doesn't exist, however ... so getting as close as you can, may be the best you can do.

Higher load ratings will make them ride stiffer, and I'd put the snow rating as a higher priority anyway ... some folks give that tire terrible reviews for snow performance, and I've always suspected that maybe they got a set that weren't the snow-rated ones.

IMO that's a good tire that will give you a good value and many miles of service.

[ATL XTERRA]

I hated my BFG A/T KOs. They were terrible in the rain, they liked to hydroplane, they didn't wear any better than average for me, and they cupped really easily. I had to start driving like a grandma and rotate them every oil change to stop the cupping.

[RMZ-Eq]

Toyo Open Country A/T load C would be ideal for your use.

[mtownsle]

If you do very little off-road driving and want the best winter traction possible, then maybe you'd be better off buying a set of steel rims and mounting snow tires. IMO, nothing beats a snow tire for winter driving. When the siping wears down there's still plenty of tread left to use it as a 3-season tire. Obviously it will lose it's effectiveness as as snow tire, but there's still a lot of miles left on them. This is what I used to do when I lived in Michigan where we had all kinds of winter driving conditions.

[Cruiser]

Maybe the price has gone up since I bought mine, but I got over 40K miles out of a set of Nitto Terragrapplers and still sold them for about a quarter of what I paid for them. They were very good in rain, decent in snow, and very good off road. We were pretty happy with the Dynapro ATM's that we put on our Pathfinder too, although Mrs. Cruiser wasn't 100% satisfied with their snow performance. That may be in part because her last snow car was a turbo'd Subie with studded snows though...

Oh, and my KM2's chew up fresh snow like a hound dog with a chicken neck.