looking for a good snow tire, I'd like to go slightly taller than stock, what are all the other northerners running, pics please!

 

Running Duratracs on stock Sahara 18" rims. See my profile for pics and sig line for size. They have been impressive in the snow.

 

The best snow tires that I have ever run are bridgestone blizzaks, hands down I am not sure on sizing because I have only run them on cars, with 4 of those on my civic it drove like it had 4wd in the snow

 

I figure I'm far enough up to consider myself a northerner. I'm also about 25,000km into a set of Duratracs on 17" stock wheels. They've been wearing well.

My comments: great on soft surfaces such as mud and snow. Awesome on snow in fact. Good on wet pavement, great on dry pavement (but give you a fair amount of sidewall flex if driven harder than a JK Unlimited should be driven). I highly recommend the tire as a do-all piece of rubber.
Now for the surprise: they suck at temperatures below -30. They become pucks.
I've owned Hankook, Nokian, and Blizzaks in the past. No tire likes extreme cold but I don't consider -30 extremely cold and Duratracs have been the cold weather disappointment of the lot. I'll likely end up with a second set that are studded for winter use because they are just too good all round to give up on simply for being weak in one area.

 

30 below~not cold! LOL anyway, the true test of a snow tire is its ability to grip so hockey puck doesn't sound like its grippy. being in VT and NH, i'm sure I wouldn't have those issues. thanks for the help!

 

Downright balmy here at -15C this morning!

 

Same here and also worth mentioning that they do pretty damn good on the ice. The ABS rarely ever kicks in compared to the stock Duelers which had me sliding to a stop at almost every light if I wasn't very careful.

 

235 85 16 dura tracs on stock steels. drive 100 miles a day to work on back roads through the adirondacks. they preform great anywhere any condition.

 

walmart has some goodyear that are awsome in snow or mud, they are called the authority and only sold at walmart

 

duratracs all the way they look amazing and are pretty good. sahara tires are good in snow too for what they are