Hey guys;
I've got an 06 Tundra DC 4WD. I live in Michigan, we get lots of snow, I plow my personal driveway with this truck and tow a 26' travel trailer in the summer.....having good tires is important to me
SUMMER TIRES: Factory 265/70-17 Dunlop AT20s.....I can't stand these tires, they must have been the cheapest, lowest-rolling-resistance tire Toyota could find. They suck in the rain, look "puny" on the truck, and my greatest hope is that they wear out really soon
WINTER TIRES: 265/70-16 Blizzak DMZ3s on aftermarket wheels......they look great, but are worn out and need to be replaced. (In all honesty, for how much $$ they cost, I'm not all THAT impressed with how they did in the snow.......) They look nice and "beefy" on the truck, though
I called Tire Rack today.......the guy says that the Blizzak DMZ3 is the best truck snow tire they've got.....that the second best truck tire for ice/snow is actually the Bridgestone Dueler REVO, and that it's not THAT far off the performance of the Blizzak.
So I'm thinking.............I need a set of snow tires and would LIKE a set of summer tires, too. In a perfect world, I'd have a set of Blizzaks for winter ($700 on the truck) and a set of REVOs for summer ($700 on the truck)........
But hey, if the REVO is *almost* as good as the Blizzak in the snow, why not just run the REVO all year long???
Does anyone on here have experience with the REVO in the snow versus a dedicated snow tire (Blizzak, Hakkapeliita, Winterforce, whatever)??? I have dedicated winter/summer tire packages for the other 7 cars in the family........am I making a mistake going with the REVO and giving up my dedicated "snow tire"???
Thanks! Ben
I've got an 06 Tundra DC 4WD. I live in Michigan, we get lots of snow, I plow my personal driveway with this truck and tow a 26' travel trailer in the summer.....having good tires is important to me
SUMMER TIRES: Factory 265/70-17 Dunlop AT20s.....I can't stand these tires, they must have been the cheapest, lowest-rolling-resistance tire Toyota could find. They suck in the rain, look "puny" on the truck, and my greatest hope is that they wear out really soon
WINTER TIRES: 265/70-16 Blizzak DMZ3s on aftermarket wheels......they look great, but are worn out and need to be replaced. (In all honesty, for how much $$ they cost, I'm not all THAT impressed with how they did in the snow.......) They look nice and "beefy" on the truck, though
I called Tire Rack today.......the guy says that the Blizzak DMZ3 is the best truck snow tire they've got.....that the second best truck tire for ice/snow is actually the Bridgestone Dueler REVO, and that it's not THAT far off the performance of the Blizzak.
So I'm thinking.............I need a set of snow tires and would LIKE a set of summer tires, too. In a perfect world, I'd have a set of Blizzaks for winter ($700 on the truck) and a set of REVOs for summer ($700 on the truck)........
But hey, if the REVO is *almost* as good as the Blizzak in the snow, why not just run the REVO all year long???
Does anyone on here have experience with the REVO in the snow versus a dedicated snow tire (Blizzak, Hakkapeliita, Winterforce, whatever)??? I have dedicated winter/summer tire packages for the other 7 cars in the family........am I making a mistake going with the REVO and giving up my dedicated "snow tire"???
Thanks! Ben