I would try siping first and throw a couple hundred pounds in the back but if you are looking for a seperate winter only tire go skinny I went with general grabber at2 and love them in the snow

 

I have to agree about the A/T's they work good on light snow and packed snow but suck when you get into the deep snow they just dont throw it out to clean and get a good bite. I usually drive through 3+ ft snow drifts nightly on my way home from work they didnt work for me the stock SR/A's did a better job in the deep stuff. Still waiting on 2 of my KM2's were supposed to be here today but something about a holiday. Truxus MT makes 35's and they claim to have the most siping of any mud tire if you dont want to sipe your KM2's I heared they go pretty good in the snow and ice.

 

Still waiting on 2 of my KM2's were supposed to be here today but something about a holiday.

No UPS ground delivery today only overnight stuff.

 

I run KM2s in the summer and Hankook studded/sipped tires in the winter. The Hankook is the only 37" tire you can get with studs. I did a lot of research on this. They are cheaper than the KM2s and they are awesome on ice.

 

Re Siping and ice & rain use etc,....IMO, the Mud tire with the most siping from manufacturer is the Dick Cepek Mud Country, Im looking to get a set of these as a year-round tire for use on trails and street - anyone have any better suggestions ?
cheers

 

Its odd that the KM2 is the only new MT on the market that has zero siping.

 

yeah i noticed that about the KM2's they don't have any siping, just like the KM's. i have been alright in snow and ice b/c my terra's are siped pretty well for winter driving.

 

sipe them... I had my Tj 33's siped and they worked great.

 

Yeah its odd... matter of fact, its flat out wrong. BFG dropped that ball; big time!
The KM2 w/ some squirly sipes would rock!

Anyway back to topic... I grew up in So. IL . . right at the crappy temperate zone.
Just warm enough not to snow during the day, so we got rain or sleet. . .

Then nightfall came w/ sub freezing temps to ice everything over. Our only hope
was that we would get a lil snow, when the temp dropped, on top of the ice
for some traction.

Without studs or chains or a 'full-on winter' tire, the best tire I ever ran on the
ice was a Michelin Cross Terrain. It came stock on my wife's Explorer and never
let us down. If I didn't have the big ol' jeep ego (and if I didn't like to play in the mud )
they would be on the jeep today.

 

I drove to work last wednesday morning on about 1 inch of ice, in 2wd, with km2s (35s) and od had no problems! No unstudded tire or vehicle does great on ice, unless it's track drive!