Awesome pics!!! You pretty much confirmed what my thoughts were, I've rolled mudders in powder and some ice, and my experience was the same as yours... Horrible on ice, but good in slush or powder! I rolled some Goodyear MT/R's up on icy and snowy roads and they were not horrible, but not nearly as good as my Duratracs!Others here may have a different experience than me...but I can tell you that from my personal frozen trips...while muds will do fine in slushy or thick snow, they can be really scary on icy roads. KOs will do WAY better on ICY roads than most muds because of siping. In fact...many muds are downright SCARY on icy roads. Really...its the ice that's dangerous...
For snow mixed with highway ice? KOs (or KO2s) do pretty darn well.
Here's me 100 sloggin through a serious BLIZZARD at -16 F...
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And in hard-pack snow...
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And Icy Highways...at 10,000 feet +...
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Never even a HINT of wishing for chains when on roads. The only time I might want muds would be in slushy stuff, or where you have to grab an edge of concrete, etc. Others here might have a different view.
This is why I went ahead and got KO2s instead of more aggressive Trail Grapplers. While I'd love Trail Grapplers in muddier stuff, I'm more likely to be in snow than mud...
Anyway... Just thinkin...
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