Looking for all seasons that don't suck in snow

[swathdiver]

What ever tire you get, I would highly recommend having them siped. It is usually pretty cheap and will help on the ice. Also helps on the wet and on the boat ramp.

What's that? KO2s are awesome in the rain.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

What's that? KO2s are awesome in the rain.

Siping is the little cuts in the blocks for traction. Look at a general grabber red letter, not siped. The KO2 is siped. Aftermarket Siping can be done to improve traction on water and ice.

 

[mooman]

What air pressure did you run in the BFGs? Mine were wearing fast until I listened to BFG and put them at 50psi. If I'd taken their advice sooner, they might have lasted 60k miles.

40psi. I never assumed to max out the air pressure on tires. Interesting, I might have to do that again. I really liked the tko2's.

 

[bluebear15]

What air pressure did you run in the BFGs? Mine were wearing fast until I listened to BFG and put them at 50psi. If I'd taken their advice sooner, they might have lasted 60k miles.

I got almost 80,000 miles out of my last set of BFG's and looking to get at least 60,000 out of this new set I put on this past fall. I rotate every other oil change so about every 6,000 miles.

They work great in all conditions! Mud, rain, snow, ice.

 

[mooman]

What's that? KO2s are awesome in the rain.

Siping is where a tire shop will make slits cross direction on the tire. It increases traction by introducing "biting edges". I see it benefiting wet traction and snow traction, but at the expense of dry traction.

 

[swathdiver]

40psi. I never assumed to max out the air pressure on tires. Interesting, I might have to do that again. I really liked the tko2's.

I called BFG and also figured out the max load per psi of air pressure. 42 psi exceeded the axle capacity with the same margin as the P-Metric tires. Still they wore too fast. They actually ride better at 50 psi too.

I knew about sipes but not the act of adding sipes to tires. The BFG sipe design is what makes the tires perform so well in the rain. Even the famous Radial T/As are awesome in the rain, in fact what sold me on the KO2 is that the C-block of tread on the edge of the tire is very similar to the Radial T/A which I used to use extensively. Both tires also provide excellent dry traction, I used to make 1.76 60' foot times on them with a best of 1.72 when drag racing on street tires.

 

[Dlayne]

I called BFG and also figured out the max load per psi of air pressure. 42 psi exceeded the axle capacity with the same margin as the P-Metric tires. Still they wore too fast. They actually ride better at 50 psi too.

I knew about sipes but not the act of adding sipes to tires. The BFG sipe design is what makes the tires perform so well in the rain. Even the famous Radial T/As are awesome in the rain, in fact what sold me on the KO2 is that the C-block of tread on the edge of the tire is very similar to the Radial T/A which I used to use extensively. Both tires also provide excellent dry traction, I used to make 1.76 60' foot times on them with a best of 1.72 when drag racing on street tires.

I should clarify my previous post about siping. If you can get a good siped tire from the factory / manufacturer that is usually preferable. As someone else pointed out dry traction will suffer some but in these vehicles it might be hard to tell. It’s like a “sports sedan” there are trade offs when trying to find a one quiver anything.

Good luck.