All knowing Beeb - tire selection (SUV)

(I know, not a racing or even a bike question.)

Time for tires on the daily driver (2013 Ford Escape).

235/55 R17, need a bit of all-terrain bite as we do get snow and winter is coming.
Daily commute is 23 miles of mountain road past the lake.
Escape also gets used for our interstate road trips to WI and FL visiting family.

Any body got a good recommendation?

 

Whitewalls.

 

I put michelin AT '2 on my suburban, deep tread, 10 ply, great wet traction. It is there all terrain tire. No road noise, and nice sidewall stability. I think it's a 70k tire.
Excellent!

 

I put Dunlop somethings (Road Handler?) on my wife's Pilot and they seem to be pretty decent. We take it to WV a few times a year on dirt and gravel roads and it works just fine.

 

Michelin LTS M/S. Mileage, traction in rain and snow, no road noise, just a great all round tire. Best light SUV tire you can buy IMO.

 

"Michelin " - Melkman

 

The Tire Rack site really has some good information and comparisons. I know nothing about truck/SUV tires, but I always do my performance tire research there first

 

Check out Nitto Crossteks..... I put some on my 1500 and wear has been fantastic... Made the trek from GA to Road America with them this year and they were not loud at all...Great traction on slippery boat ramps, clay and sand... Haven't had them in Snow yet...

 

I've been happy with Toyo's on my Tundra. Seem to wear very well.

 

Power Cup Evo 7CT Pilots?

Those kick ass! :up:

 

Had some Toyo H/T's on our old Explorer and loved them. Even in the snow they worked well. Had 65K on them and they still had decent tread on them. Freakin awesome in the heavy rain, and they were pretty quiet on the highway. I would purchase them again.

 

I'm running Melk's on my Grand Cherokee after the OEM Goodyear wore out. Found a decent price for 4 and mount and balance at Costco :up:

 

This. Look at Survey results for whatever category you are considering. I have yet to find these rankings to be inaccurate over the past 10 years.

 

Thanks y'all.

 

I've tried Goodyear Duratrecs, Hankook A/T's (forget what model) and always end up back with BFG A/T KO's. Big reason is around here I need the snowflake symbol if I don't want to have to chain up going to the mountain. I believe the Goodyears actually had this as well, but my experience with them in snow wasn't that great. The BFG's are the loudest of the group though, but the tradeoff was always worth it.

 

I don't know if y'all are close but get in touch with Billy or Mac Massengill at Massengill Tire Service. http://www.massengilltireco.com/ They are in Benton

 

Wow, you need to try some tires that are actually good, if you think BFs are worth wasting money on.

 

Such as? So far they've worked the best for my uses. I'm all ears though.

 

Out of 7 different brands on the front of my 98 GMC 1500 [255/45/17's] the BFG's have by far been the best. That's a street tire though no offroad what so ever.....

 

I've had Michelin LTX and Bridgestone Duravis M773 on the truck. Michelins wore like iron, the 'Stones gripped great in the snow.

Put Cooper AT/3 on the van. Great traction and pretty decent wear for the load it carries.

Never had good wear or grip out of BFG.