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Originally Posted by EcHo
lol no offense but spokane is a joke compared to alaska as far as winter weather goes .... my opinion you wont regret it if you get nokian
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After several trips to Johnson's Tires in AK (where they changed the price on me several times) I gave up on the idea of Nokians for the Pilot. I went to Contiental Honda and got a set of Hankook studded tires for my wife's Pilot. We have had some snow recently to try them out on. I am very impressed as these were studded tires, installed and out the door for $707 (this included a set of Honda wheels). They stop, go, and hold traction pretty good. We have a FWD Pilot (not the AWD). I took them through a pretty good test the other day and am quite confident letting my wife and infant son drive on them.
I am now looking for some studded tires for my Tundra. I see lots of post on all kinds of AT & MT tires.... What I want is tire only to be used in the winter. I want a studded winter tire. I am thinking of using size LT235/85R16 since I currently run BFG AT 285/75R16s (over 40K miles and still looking like they have another 10K+ on them). I think the 235s will be narrower and bit shorter, but with studs should do me well.
I have two options on the table right now, Hankooks don't come the size I want. These options are a studded BFG Commercial TA ($680 installed), or a Cooper M+S ($642 installed at TDS West). I am leaning toward the Cooper since it is more of a snow specific tire. There are not a lot of options up here in Alaska and shipping bites! Any thoughts, suggestions?