I have searched quite a bit and cant find what I am looking for.

I have a 2009 F150 with the factory 20" wheels and 275/55/20 tires. I need to get a set of winter tires for the truck, these will be swapped out in the spring and back to the OEM's. I am having trouble finding a dedicated winter tire for the size I am looking for. I have found the GY Wrangler Silent Armor as well as the Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo, which were two I saw recommended on here, however those are AT tires and not a dedicated snow tire(although I dont know if I need a dedicated snow tire). Somebody also recommended the Pirelli Scorpion ATR(the factory's are the STR) and said they were pretty decent.

Any recommendations on what to look at in the size I am looking for? I live in St. Louis so we only get snow a few times a year and the roads are cleared pretty quickly, but I still would feel better having a better tire on the truck than the factory tires, which I have heard are really bad in the snow.

 

I have the scorpion atr's on my truck. I am in central oklahoma and had to switch it into 4 wheel drive any time we had any snow to get traction. So if you don't have 4 wheel I don't know if i would get them for a snow tire. But they do great on the highway and decent in mud.

 

i'd get BFG A/T KOs in 305/55/20 and leave them on until they need replaced 60k miles later. Perfect tire for snow, rain, mild mud, general driving.

 

I have a 2wd, thats why I am even bothering with this. If I had a 4x4 I wouldn't worry about it one bit. I think with a good set of winter tires and maybe 10 sand bags in the back I will be just fine during the 4-5 times a year we get snow. Damn living in Texas and having no need for 4wd when buying the truck and then moving to Missouri a few months later and wishing I had forked over the cash.

 

I own a 4wd but live in Atlantic Canada where we get alot of snow and I am going to fork over the cash for 4 studded WINTER tires. I capped winter because a A/T tire is not a winter tire. My previous truck has BF Goodrich A/T's, they are a great tire but they are not a winter tire. Winter tires are made with a different rubber compound that stays softer at lower temperature allowing them to grip snow and ice better. This softer rubber makes them wear very fast if you run them year round so you are definatly going to want to take them off when winter is over. I run mine from Dec to April. Now since you only get snow a couple of times a year I would also be tempted to just go with the AT's but you can't beat a good set of winters. The sandbags will help alot also.

 

If you only get snow a few tines a year then why bother with a full time snow tire? What if it doesn't snow at all or minimal if anything? Your just gonna burn through tires every winter. Winter tires are made of a much softer compound and wear much faster than a standard tire. Go with the tires you have now for this winter, see how they handle and perform. You might like them and they might do the job especially if you have four wheel drive. I live in New England and run a A/T tire in the winter and it does just fine. Most of the time the roads are plowed and dry anyways, how often do you drive in a blowing snow storm anyways? I drive before and after storms, not in them.

 

do yourself a favor and get some 17" steel wheels. you can get 17" wheels and tires for the price of just the tires in 20". Not to mention the ease of swapping them over twice a year.

Also a winter tire isnt just for snow and ice they are also recomended for temperatures below 5*C or 41*F

 

I had a 2wd before i bought my new truck. It had Dueuler AT's on it. They did great once I weighed the back down but they didn't do all that good with the ice. But really I don't know what you can do once you are talking about ice unless you go to studded tires. And I think those would be overkill in your situation.

 

So far I have only gotten recommended 1 tire, was hoping for more. I am doing lots of searching, but I am coming up with nothing as far as a winter tire in the size I am looking for, just A/T tires. I think I would rather have a dedicated winter tire than an A/T tire to give myself the best chance to get traction with 2wd.

 

Not to try and side track you but I ran the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo's up here in Canada for 3 winters on my '03 2-wheel drive without an issue. And I drive a lot of Northern Ontario (not Toronto) and Northern Quebec for work. I just put 3 x 75 lb. sand bags and a Rubbermaid container filled with salt (just in case) in the back for extra weight.

And I live in the "snow-belt". Meaning that, because of our geographic position relative to Lake Superior and Lake Huron, it is the norm rather than unusual that we get snow 5 out of every 7 days during the winter. From November 1st until March 31st you can take that to the bank.

 

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