After reading these threads every yr.
I stopped replying.
My brother managed tire shops for several yrs. I bought in to it for a while.
We ended selling almost everything off 6yrs ago. Still have the balancer.. can't trust most shops to balance to 0...
My brother and i have ran a lot of different tires. Along with lots of friends and many many customers. Everyone has a different opinion on the same tires. Even on similar trucks.
I ran Goodyear Duratrac's on my Superduty. I thought it was a good looking tire. Lots of customers raved about them, some of my friends ran them on their Superdutys.
I swear they were worse than any tire i had ever ran, dry, wet, snow..... (235/85R16)
Side by side comparison, identical trucks.
In snow and ice. Cheap azz mud tires(thunder mt) kicked my azz(35x12.50R20). I had to lock in 4wd and other truck was in 2wd even climbing the hill. I put it back in 2wd several times after i picked up some speed, didn't last 50ft.
I put on some Hankook RF10(285/75R16) and went back to the same road, same trucks.
I kicked his azz. Didn't need 4wd the rest of the winter unless towing a trailer slowly uphill. Put that Hankook in some mud and ur done.....
Irok radial directionals will kick azz on any tire i have ran in deep snow, pretty good in mud and rocks also. Not great on the hwy as a daily.
Everyone has their favorites, just like snowmobiles and trucks. What works for one, doesn't necessarily work for someone else.
I run cooper discoverer At3 on my 1500 work truck, i have no complaints about them for traction year round.
BFG KO2 on my diesel, luv those tires all year round, especially in snow and ice.