Snow Tire Recommendations - 2019 SR5

Decided to buy snow tires for my new SR5 and not sure what to buy. I do lots of highway driving, back & forth to Maine every weekend and lots of local miles during the week as well. Driven 14,500 miles since picking it up on June 7th.
What would folks recommend for snow tires?
Thanks,
Pete

 

Defenders have never let me down except don't look as cool as an off-road tire. I pick saftey over cool and will be picking up a winter set shortly

 

I think the Blizzak tires get the highest rating.

 

Nokian is the way to go but Blizzak DMV2s are great and much easier to come by.

 

+1. I'm amazed by the Nokian Hakkapliittas on my Scion TC.

I think Blizzaks are the next best thing.

 

My issue with those tires can't run them over 40 degrees. Chicago can have 60 degree temperature changes in a day. Not very productive to keep changing tires

 

Well said. If ice tires get warm the wear at an insane rate. In our last car we ran Blizzaks first then a set of Nokian. The high temps in spring & fall killed them.
If you are running the interstate the tires will warm up & wear out.
We now have Goodyear Duratracs on all 3 of our vehicles. There are a lot of good choices.
Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac https://g.co/kgs/LLWWfW

 

The continental Vikings are the newest here but have been for sale for years in Europe I drove on them in Canada awesome grip
J

 

I leave them on all winter. The treadwear is fine. They're fine in any temperature. They feel a little soft if it get warm, but they stick like glue.

 

Why is it single post people get the most attention?
James, I have to agree to disagree. If he is running 70mph consistently and daily I would look into an all terrain. He will get significantly longer tread life & a way better choice of tires. Plus, how much ice is there? Then there is the fact of the T4R. It isn't unstoppable but it is close.

 

I never said that anyone should run snow tires in the spring or summer. Of course you'll have reduced tread life.

The article you posted said that snow tires shouldn't be used when average daily temperatures are about 7° Celsius, which is about 45° Fahrenheit. Who the hell is running snow tires in April?

I wait until it's cold to put them on, and remove them when it gets warm. It's not that complicated.

The thread is about snow tire recommendations, not about whether or not to run snow tires.

There are plenty of all terrains that perform well in the snow, but none of them will be anywhere near a dedicated snow tire.

 

I am sorry you misread my post. I was not coming off in anger or telling you that you are totally wrong.
I see him as needing his cake & eating it also. He asked about snow tires & then says he drives 3k miles a month. I would not put that abuse on winter tires. Plus, they are not cheap!
I absolutely see the value in them but maybe not for someone who drives as many miles.
Also, it has been 50° here in February so you can never rely on mother nature!
Hope I cleared up my misunderstanding.

 

Yeah, it's a tough call when driving that many miles. I can definitely see where you're coming from.

I can't really say what's best for the OP's situation. I've personally had good luck with snow rated all terrains, but If money wasn't a concern I would love to run snow tires for the extra grip.

 

Winter tires will be fine with the occasional warm day, just like people in Florida with be fine with summer tires even though they occasionally see temps near freezing. It’s not ideal no, but realistically it’s just fine. Our vehicles for winter testing usually have a snow tires put in October down south while it’s still hot as fuck everyday and get driven thousands of miles to the cold the cold weather testing location(s) and it has no real world effect on the tires.


How's this for a crazy weather statistic.... (I looked it up again to make sure I had it right) a couple years ago the month of February in Boulder Colorado saw 2 days with the high in the 70's, 8 days with the high in 60's, 5 days with a high in the 50's and still set a February record with 56.4 inches of snowfall.

My winter tires survived that month just fine. It’s also worth mentioning that even through you may get a warm day or two here and there it’s not going to be warm all day. Winter time of year your still getting up and driving to and from work in the dark.

If you’re truly stuck on the temp thing all weather tires (NOT to be confused with all season) are snow capable tires you can run year round with good results.

 

@pjcski , with the amount of highway miles you're driving, something like this might be worth a look:

https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/nokian-tire-wr-g4-suv




They are all weather tires designed for excellent snow traction. This could be a great compromise, if you decide against dedicated snow tires.