Ran A/T3W’s on my 4Runner and Land Cruiser. No noise, solid performance dry and, well, deep shit.

I hear the, the added performance you gain in snow isn’t worth the performance you lose on dry roads but if you are within 90 percent the limit of your all seasons on dry roads regularly you are probably driving like a jerk or at least in a manner that would get you called in to the highway patrol.  The handling of…

The snowflake rating is only tested for acceleration on medium packed snow. Braking and turning are not tested. M+S tires are better than snowflake rated tires for most winter driving. I have Michelin LTX M+S on my truck, and they work really dang well in snow. Still have snows on the wife’s car.

Here’s a pic of the…

Illustrates the point perfectly.  Inland snow, versus coastal.  There are simply just too many types of snow to be covered in the kinds of blanket statements being tossed around these days.

It totally depends on what’s under you. If you can get to earth, you want narrow. If there’s feet of compact snow beneath you, then you should treat it like sand.

To a point, small amounts of snow and rain will wreak havoc on A/T’s and worse on M/T since they aren’t designed for that on pavement. But if you are driving through fresh snow or semi-packed snow, like 2+” on the ground they’ll perform better. Just gotta know what you have and what conditions you’re driving in

If there’s less than 3 inches of snow on the road, I drive my WRX with snow tires. More than that, the Jeep is better. Mostly due to ground clearance and the axles being locked together.

It looks like there’s a front differential, so either the system failed or he’s too poor to do the lift all the way and there’s a Bluetooth driveshaft in play.

Having been in these tire/snow debates for many MANY years, I’ve come to the conclusion that people don’t understand that there are different kinds of snow. Would I try and get away with my AT3W’s in Maine in the winter? No. Do they work great in Utah? Yes.

Depends on the tire, My Falken AT3W on both my vehicles kill it in the snow.

Haven’t we known for a long time that a 2wd pickup truck is terrible in the snow regardless of lift or tire?  

As always, the answer is... it depends. Lots of ATs are pretty bad, some are ok, are some are approaching good.

Because one’s ego knows no bounds.

Good A/T tires with the mountain/snowflake symbol are acceptable in snow. I’ve done multiple winter rallies up here in Canada on them and never been stuck. They aren’t as good as dedicated winters, especially on ice, but they are far, far better than all seasons and about on par with ‘all weather’ tires.

Winter tires are overrated. Especially now that tire tech is so much better than it was 10 years ago (plus, advances in traction control systems). They aren’t worth the negative impact to dry performance if the worst snow you get is what is pictured.

Lifting their truck has nothing to do with obstacles, or utility.

It’s not winter until someone throws down the “never driven on actual snow” gauntlet.

Im a patroller, and I’ve heard other patrollers say THEY have been left on the lift while doing final sweeps. We have to do 2-3 sweeps if there aren’t enough of us to do it in one sweep, and the lifties are not always the most experienced, sometimes still high school aged. No comments on our lift operators, they seem…

Time for a Ski Lift fight:

Good lord was that handled poorly. Where the FUCK was ski patrol to radio with the lift operators? Only one or a few chairs at most should have been pushed through the geyser. The stop/start operation just blasting more riders.... must have been absolutely horrific to await your turn, just knowing some 17 year stoner…