another tire thread....opinions?

When the KO's are new their performance is excellent on icy, snow packed roads. As the tire wears that becomes considerably less impressive. The KO's I have are on a truck that typically gets new KO's every year, so it works. I have the EXO Grappler on another truck and have bought these tires twice now. A really good aggressive AT tire. I have been getting around 50K out of them, which I am totally good with. I am tempted to try Nitto's new Ridge Grappler, looks like a good tread design. The Cooper SST's have been wearing well, especially for as aggressive as they are. They are worthy of consideration. Me personally and those in this area, have zero use for Michelin. The tire shop I use, has a huge pile of new take off Michelins. They simply suck in the Winter and off road. All depends on where your at, probably work fine in other climates and if you stay on pavement. My wife has a set of the Nitto G2 on here 1500 and they are wearing very well, with really good Winter driving traction, the tread design is real blocky and so it bites on ice very well.

Tires on my pickups is one of those areas that I have no issue spending the money it takes to get what performs. Unless taken to the extreme, I will accept less over all mileage if the tire performance is worth the reduced overall mileage.