Winter Tires for Severe Winter - Michelin X-Ice not Cutting it

[The Blur]

I love when people compare new tires to old tires. or even new tires to 1/2 worn tires. It's such a waste of reading internet gibberish.

 

[userfriendly]

https://tiresize.com

Have a look at General Grabber Arctic LT.
My daughter put 245/70r17s on her 2022 Acadia. No ride issues, goes through deep snow.
Tread depth 16/32.

 

[The Blur]

16/32's is a true LT tire. Has to ride harsher. LT is serious. with a hum

 

[UNC196]

I ran Nokian tires for my snow tires. All in all, they performed well…better than I expected for the relatively cheap price. They were a bit loud on dry pavement, but not crazy loud.

 

[userfriendly]

16/32's is a true LT tire. Has to ride harsher. LT is serious. with a hum

Harsher than what, is the question. Her summer set are 275/35r20s on 20x9.5” Black Rhino wheels. Suspension has been upgraded with a Rough Country lift kit, stiffer springs, shocks, struts and all.
Finally the car/suv handles like it should have from the factory.

 

[Duckless]

One often overlooked technique, even on 4WD vehicles, is weight on the rear wheels.

We put 100-300 lbs of tube sand or weight plates over the rear axle on our 4Runner and Outback when we are expecting a bad storm. Both the 4Runner and Outback have over 55% weight on the front wheels, so adding that weight to the rear gives you a lot of drive.

Both vehicles have Hakka R5 / R5 SUV.

I do this in FWD cars as well for winter. Ive always felt it gave the cars a little more stable feeling.

 

[NO2]

We are on our 5th year with Michelin X-Ice Snow, at 7-8/32. They still work well on a Subaru. People seem to think you can drive in snow the same way you can drive in dry pavement. No tire can overcome physics.

 

[mcm0455]

I run Blizzak DM-V2 on my 23 Lexus GX and the Vredestein WinTrac Pro's on my wife's 24 Acura RDX. The Blizzaks are great for winter conditions but suffer when the roads are dry. The performance winter tires are much easier to live with but do give up some winter grip. They work perfect because my wife drives exclusively in the valley, whereas I spend a lot of time on greasy canyon roads.

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