Anyone use BFG ATs as a winter tire?

[ForealBoreal]

How do the BFG ATs proform as a winter tire. I am currently needing to buy a set of winter tires for trips to our ski hill. They do have the snowflake rating...

i am thinking some supreme pizza cutters.

aka 33/9.5/15s, my dad swears by them being a good snow tire.

 

[sailor]

I had em on during the epic Vancouver snow dump of Xmas '08 and they performed very well. Just crawled up Eagle Rigde and they were great there too. My$.02

 

[ForealBoreal]

thanks for the imput sailor. I am thinking they will be good. How were they on ice?

 

[sailor]

Well- I never got totally stuck- An A/T is a compromise. BFG KO's have never let me down so I tend to play it safe. I'm sure there are better ice tires out there but the KO's seem to do everything well enough.

 

[Lka1988]

I plan on not switching to winter tires this season. Running BFG AT's, 33x12.50R15 variety. Gonna be fun...

 

[T Y L E R]

I ran 315 BFG ATs for years and loved them! Very quiet, and they wear really well. In the snow they were never an issue...

 

[ForealBoreal]

9.5s are going to look redicouls on the 81
but pizza cutters are the way to go for winters.
if you see what we drive through to get to shames mountain you would understand
the skeena river is nuts. highway 16 is nuts.

 

[VFRMAN]

Mine do the trick, but a pretty hard compound. Ice is not really your friend, but for the mileage you get out of them, you have to take a serious look at them. They've never let me down.

 

[decavo]

I have BFG AT KO"s and they totally suck. 2 years old 10000 miles maybe, and they falling apart. Stuck in snow and mud nearly every time.... I will never own another set of BFG's

 

[VanGo]

285/75s BFG ATs, year round, 10K rotated on schedule-no issues. You may want to consider BFG KM2s as alternative.

J

 

[96r50]

I have BFG AT's in the 285/75r16 size, load range D, with the mountain/snowflake symbol. Load range E is not winter rated FYI. I've had them on for two winters now and they have handled great. Ottawa got a couple big dumps of snow last year and I had no problems plowing through anything with these tires (at about 75% tread life). I would also consider General Grabbers AT2 (more siping than the BFG AT, and studdable, winter rated) or the Goodyear Duratracs (winter rated). I drove the Generals on a stock Pathfinder last winter as well, and it had no trouble in the snow even in two wheel drive.

 

[wearsabrowncoat]

They have been OK for me when I stick to the roads. Not real good in ice but manageable if you keep it slow. However, they are bad in deep snow - not very good at clearing themselves out and quickly perform like a slick.

I am going with a MUD terrain next time. Its my opinion that if I get a modern style with a good tread compound and siping that it will perform just as well on the road and way better off.

 

[Corbet]

IMO the tread compound is too hard for very cold weather. I run them on my 60 when I lived in Frisco, Colorado but quickly changed them out for my MTR's as the BFG AT's were terrible as the temps dropped below 20 degrees. If your snow conditions are more commonly closer to freezing then great.

If your want a pure snow tire for HWY trips to the ski hill look at the Nokian Vatiiva tires.

 

[Romer]

I have them on 3 of my 4 trucks and they are great in the snow. Still need to use skill and awareness when driving in incliment weather. Lots of folk dont know its better to down shift and let the engine brake in slippery conditions to maintain control.

 

[Sethro60]

I run them on my two f-350 plow trucks at 9000 ft in Colorado. I used to buy snow specific tires and had to chain up on some driveways. Not so with the BFGs.

 

[Elijah]

I had them on my first 80 series and now on the 100 series and have done great in our winter driving conditions.

 

[Dr Gonzo]

They have been OK for me when I stick to the roads. Not real good in ice but manageable if you keep it slow. However, they are bad in deep snow - not very good at clearing themselves out and quickly perform like a slick.

X2

 

[Olaf]

New to site, 1997 lx450, how to get to rear drains in sun roof, or how to take out sun roof. Any ideas?

 

[Box Rocket]

Use them in year round. Several trips each season to the Utah resorts for SNOWBOARDING. They're not a Blizzak on the ice but they are still quite good. I've never had any concerns with them in the winter. They've performed well in snow in my experience.

 

[Blue77FJ40]

My experience is that they are a superb snow tire. Don't know about the newest variants. If you want to wheel with them in rocks however, be advised that they have a well-known sidewall weakness issue (read that they tear easily). Again, new variants may have addressed this issue. YMMV.