what tires to run in snow

91 wrangler, 1 ton axles. I run 38 swampers off road but i am looking for some advice on what oversized tires run good in the snow on pavement. right now i am running some micky thompson baja claws and i couldt just as well run slick. just looking for a little advice, maybe a first hand experience before i spend the money. THANKS  

I'm not saying I'm a expert on the tires for snow, but with my experience of snowplowing for almost 20 years, I have a  97 f350 with mud tires on to plow with they are not super wide I found for pavement narrower is better, they dig down in stead of float on top like wider does, better to grab the pavement than just snow and I've tried many tires over the years, I live in the snowbelt in ohio

good luck, just a thought

I really like the BFG's AT/KO for the snow & ice.  They do really well when it gets deep & icy...

just my $.02

I wheeled with my buddy (we have similarly equiped jeeps) running TSL's & he was slipping & sliding on some icy stuff that i just crawled over.  The BFG's have their limits though...

good luck.

J

i agree with the BFG's, i had a 33x12.50R15 A/T's set of them on my '89 fullsize jimmy.  great highway manners as well.  however my dad put goodyear at/s in 245/75/16.5 form on our '81 plowtruck and we never had a problem with them.  he (my dad) said that narrower was better, i never had problems sliding on pavement with my 12.50-in wide treads.  it boils down to how heavy your rig is, and how you drive.  if you're a maniac there's no tread out there for you.

maniacs have a tread

called superswampers and thats what we have ( or want ) out here.

narrower is only better for snow if you have solid grip under the snow if theres loose junk unpacked dirt its gona dig pits and sit there.

if narrower was better i have a set of bike tires to sell

narrower my bet better in some cases but there are other cased that the snow may pack down in witch you will slide anyway. i'm one of those mainiacs and i got a 78 thunderbird stuck in a field witch there wasn't a mudder big enough to save me, it was tricky because the top was snowy and frozen but under neath was a slopy mess witch is the worst because when you in the wholes you can't climb out cause of the frozen ground around it. when i went back the next morning the whole bottem of the car was frozen to the ground thats when i decided to start saving money for a 4x4  

hands down the best snow tire out there is the BFG AT.  good on road in snow off road in snow

just dont hit the mud with em'