Winter tire recommendations

specta wrote:

jimh425 wrote:
but they aren’t as good the rest of the time.

Other than longevity what conditions are they not as good in?

Winter tires aren’t usually as good in Mud and Snow, hard rocks, or higher temperatures. :D Their blocks aren’t typically as far apart and the compound is softer. They are better on ice due to the amount of rubber on the road and a different compound that works better when it is cold.

jimh425 wrote:
but they aren’t as good the rest of the time.

Other than longevity what conditions are they not as good in?

Regardless of what everybody else likes the tires I recommended are better than all the others because they're the ones that I like. :B

Geewizard wrote:
I used Brigestone Blizzak on my Toyota Tundra for YEARS in Fairbanks, AK. They are the cat's patootie. Highly recommended.

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I put a set of Nokian Rotiiva on my dually last winter and thought they did very good in the snow even empty .

PS they do have the snowflake symbol

It’s just a question of do you “really” want a true cold Winter tire or not. For sure, they are better in really cold temperatures, but they aren’t as good the rest of the time.

Otherwise, I think almost any M+S will be fine with a TC in the bed.

Any number of dedicated snow tires if you want winter tires only.
Or virtually any aggressive AT tire, siped, will be very good in all winter conditions.

Personal preference, siped mud terrain tires. Almost as good as dedicated snow tires on ice and better deep snow performance than snow tires.
Air pressure is just as important as the type of tire, and with a dually you virtually cannot run low enough air pressure in an empty truck, so 25-30psi in the rear and add as much weight as you need until she sticks to the road!
Stock size front dually pizza cutter tires generally do well in the snow, but again minimum required psi for the weight is the best traction.

TCjeff wrote:
Any recommendations for winter tires and wheels for our 2019 Ram 3500 dually? We live an hour north of Montréal Quebec. Winter can get nasty.

Mine is a dually just like yours..I had almost new AT3's on it when I bought it and in my opinion,they were terrible on snow and ice..First trip up on the hill with the TC on got squirrly and I immediately came back and had Les Schwab's sipe them..What a difference,now there not to bad at all on snow and ice.

Mine are narrow(215/85/16) compared to other duallies and it does a great job on the snow/ice and 2WD..My next set of tires will most likely be Nokian..

Cooper Discovery or Toyo.