I also don't have the money to do both right now and regearing or lockers in Europe is out of the question, simply to expensive here. My brother can help me do it for free when I'm home. I just can buy km2s stupid cheap here and I don't understand why since everything else is more.

 

Wouldn't the cost of shipping them back make up the difference in savings? Or you have your Jeep with you now and will need to ship anyway?

I feel like I may have missed something earlier..

 

The jeep is with me here and everything gets shipped back on uncle Sams dime.

 

So pretty much are mtr k (35") worth several hundred more than 37 km2s. If both of these tires are just unacceptable in winter then I will get duratracs.

 

I know typically the km2s are more so many people say to get mtrs but my situation is the opposite. Duratracs would be I get 4 of them for the price of 5 km2s and I don't like that the duratracs run small.

 

BFGs way better IMO. Been reading lots of folks with balancing problems with MTRs.

Tread life is important to me and I've yet to have a set of BFG MT or ATs last less than 60,000 miles.

Many complain about snow and ice with bfg's, but I've had zero problems. Our neighborhood has two hills you have to climb to get out. Saw many fail. I had no issues. Same on our overpasses which are steep AND banked, no issues.

For that price there is no question.

I've experienced first hand, second hand, and Internet reading, of hundreds of folks getting 60k+ miles from BFG M/T and A/Ts. Only a handful of Goodyear Internet stories on MTRs and duratracs that last no more than 40k miles.

BFGs seem to do everything average to slightly above. Excel in tread wear. Other tires seem to excel in one or two categories but are poor in the rest.

I've just ordered my 6th set of BFGs. 35x12.5R17 for $311/tire.

Sent from some string and a few tin cans.

 

I also have had KM2's that went over 50k miles on my 2dr. They were just a bit more than half worn at that point. I could have EASILY went a lot longer in them, but it was time to go bigger.

 

Yeah I just don't like how they run small. I've decided to pull the trigger on the km2s and honestly 40k miles on any tire is all I could hope for by that point I'm going bigger. I just want to know if a duratrac or ko2 will be better in Alaska. How are the ko2s at holding true to size and performance on ice? Any mt and most at should do great on snow.

 

There are very few tires that don't run small. And you can't go by manufacturer specs for the truth. You need actual mounted measurements from folks that have them. Overall Duratracs are favored by law enforcement and EMS up north due to durability and winter traction. I have seen the Duratracs easily get 60,000 miles. Very few people up here in Northwestern Ontario run KM2 in winter.

 

That's good to know, I'll probably get a studded set for the middle of winter then.