Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 (2 Viewers)

[Dan Higgins]

Dan, yes certainly you are right about the dry weather here compared to what you experience in Oregon. And if I recall Oregon does not allow for studded tires. Right?

Not that Colorado is easy if you head up into the mountains. It is only that we have had to adjust a bit now in Bend. Black ice. Yuck.

You can use studded tires in Oregon but not until November and they need to be off by April. Most don’t use them. To be honest, we don’t get a lot of snow in Bend but there can be a lot of wet, heavy snow up in the Cascades. And, therefore, lots of ice!

 

[elkeye]

Thanks, @elkeye! That is good thinking. I was wondering about doing something like that but hadn’t looked into the availability of said LT3’s. And thanks for providing the chart! Looking at the chart the 275/70s look to be a bit taller than my 285/65 KO2s? Yet being narrower they would still fit with any issues? Makes me wonder if my next set of KO2s should also be 275/70R18s (if those exist - haven’t actually looked at regular tires for a couple of years now). My truck runs about 6700# for regular driving. When we tow the trailer adds about 700# of tongue weight.

BFG makes the KO2 in a LT275/70R18 125/122R 'E' Load Rating

as well as

Both have the same 125/122 load index.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain+T%2FA+KO2&partnum=77R8KO2RWLV2

 

[liv2bike]

I’ll pile on bc we run the Hakka R3 SUV on our 200. Night and day difference between the Hakka and our summer KO2s. We went up and over Teton Pass a few times this weekend. Surface friction was poor. The R3s were amazing.