Not trying to be a negative Nancy here, but, idk how people give raving reviews of Mud/AT tires for plowing. In my experience it just doesn't add up, yet you see everyone suggesting/praising Duratracs or some other All Terrain for their Winter abilities. When questioned on the claim you'll sometimes see people talk about the Duratracs being siped or having some snowflake symbol & how that's a big reason why they don't suck like others. In reality, there really isn't much siping on them, not when compared to a dedicated Winter Tire & that snowflake symbol really don't mean **** if you know how easy they are too aquire. Personally, even with appropriate ballast & the dedicated Winters I have, I find myself wishing i could run studded.. especially after a couple seasons of use while the tire still has half it's tread left..
It makes me wonder if people praising these tires for plowing have ever run an actual dedicated Winter Tire before or if they are just basing there Duratrac/All Terrains' performance against other All Terrains.
After using dedicated Winters, i for one, cant imagine running anything else while plowing. However it's always right there in the back of my mind, like an itch i need to scratch.. saying to myself, what if these Duratracs, Wild Peaks, etc, are indeed what everyone is claiming they are... it sure would be nice to run just one tire year round in the 35"sizing i want. The only All Terrain I've seen recently that i would have been somewhat confident purchasing for winter was the Cooper ATW, but I think it's already disco'd. I had the AT3's at one point before i bought Winters & those things cost me a damn quarter panel... & That was all while on level ground!!
Anyhow..
I'd be curious to hear what people are comparing these tires against in their experience.