Well, we get over 200 in of snow and I did just fine on the factory M/T's in the snow. Not good on ice, but we just get a ton of snow and not very much of icy conditions like you get back east. For ice, would reccommend siping your tires or getting some tires with studs for the winter

 

I would sipe the M/T's, or another really good tire for ice are the BFG A/T KO. I live in the snow belt region of Ohio and they are awesome in the winter, and excellent overall, though deep mud is an issue.

 

x2 on the bfg AT's. You arent going to find a MT that is good on ice and snow. The most you will find one that work ok..

 

Super Swamper Trxxus Mt has a lot of sipes. I've not run them myselft so I can't say personally how they perform.

 

I live in the snow belt of Western NY, & am currently running 33x12.5 Cooper STT's. I have no complaints at all with them on snow packed, deep snowy roads/fields, they "float" a bit on the slushy stuff, but i think that is more because of the width than the tire itself. I havent had them on glare ice though, didnt happen to have any last winter, so I cannot commet on that.

 

We did the stock rubicon tires this past winter here in western WA. and they did well BUT did get them siped at Discount Tire.

 

Bf Goodrich MT's are super in the snow and ok on ice.

This last winter, we had the most snow we've seen in the last 25 yrs in Southern Ontario, and they performed admirably.

What you have to remember is that if you maintain the stock pressures on snow and ice days, you'll crash for sure. My stock Rubi BFG's were run at nothing higher than 25psi all winter. With snow fall days I would bring it down to 20psi. The traction was just phenomenal.

With ice on the road, the best handling vehicles are the ones that have the smoothest and most pliable suspension with the biggest contact patch possible. So with solid axles on both ends, the JK has to make up some ground somewhere. While you'll never get the performance of a true winter tire, you will come close and will be a lot safer that a summer tire. So lower your tire pressures a little and see how it handles.

You'll notice it goes over bumps a little easier as the tire absorbs some of the impact, thereby not skipping over the bump. You maitain full forward control.

 

over 55,000km on stock rubi km bfg's,alot of that is winter highway driving in Canadian Rockies,absolutly no complaints,My only complaint is they will not wear out so I can buy bigger BFG's.Very strong tire in winter and wet pavement conditions

 

my brother runs them on is YJ. its does great for him in the winter..

I've had really good luck with my procomp Xteme MT's. The ESP helps alot too.

I know people with there regular MT's that like them for winter driving. They actually turn them around for better traction.

 

I was gonna say, the truxus M/T's look like they are siped half descent. I think I'm gonna go with them when I go to 35's. Anythings gotta be better than the Goodyear MTR's that were on my old rubicon. I hated those things.