So I am a day or two away from committing to buying 5 new tires for my JK. I am planning on going with 285/70/17's. I have narrowed it down to three tires:

Nitto Terra Grapplers- cheapest of the three
Dick Cepek Fun country's- Best appearance of the three
BFG TA KO- What I think is the most practical (most $ too, on Tirebuyer.com anyway)
My point also being I don't want to go over $260ish maximum per tire.

I am really just seeing if anyone out there is running any of these or have ran multiple for comparison purposes or maybe have a better suggestion.
I have been through the threads pretty hard and am just hoping maybe I can get more out of my own thread.

I am leaning toward the Fun Country's because of look and function from what I see so far, anybody know how noisy they are?

I live in Eastern PA where we can definitely get good snow and ice accumulation. This is for a daily driver(30-40 miles per day) that I WILL be taking to Rausch Creek off-road park at very least once every two months once I get new tires of course and have spare money for future broken parts.

I also have adequate space and lift for these tires as well.

Thanks for the help, I love this forum.

 

I know you did not mention the Toyo open country at2's but worth a look. I also would skip the 285/70-17 and go to the 285/75-17. I live in Montana and I am on my 3rd set of Toyo OC and if these were stolen tonight I would get another set tomorrow. Smooth as stock on street and do extremely well in snow and ice. click on the photo and you can see they do well in snow. The only thing I have not used them on is deep mud so can't say how they would work but you can see how well they clear snow out.

 

Suggest looking at GY All-Terrain Adventure, the LT285/70-17 has the mountain snowflake rating and weighs only 54 pounds.

I'm running the predecessor to this tire, the Silent Armor, which has worked really well on snow, ice, as well as rocks. Just was out today during freezing rain on top of snow covered roads. Tires with the mountain snowflake rating are legal here when the signs say traction devices required, along with studs or chains.

 

If good performance in adverse conditions is a selling point, I recommend the Goodyear DuraTracs. They are more aggressive than your standard AT but still have the severe weather snowflake indication. I have been out in a few ice and snow storms already this year in SW PA and they have done incredibly well.

I have the 285/70R17s

 

Another vote for GY Duratracs, best all around tires I've ever purchased.

 

Yep x2 on the toyo mt 81,000 on mine and love them.

 

I went with the Duratracs... Cooper STT's are pretty happenin' too! Both will come in under the price you're looking for

 

I want with Kelly tsr same as duratrac just a but more aggressive. Still great on snow and Ice and mud sand and rock

 

I have 285-70-18's terra grapplers on mine and have no complaints, they ride great and look awsome, as a matter of fact, I'm getting ready to buy 5 trail grapplers that are 35's since I like the terra grapplers so much

 

I'm going with Cooper ST Maxx. I had STT's and they lasted about 78k miles before I finally broke down and replaced them. They were on a 99 Tahoe 4x4 that was used to pull trailers in the summer and plow in the winter with daily driving.

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