Hello,
Does anyone have experience with running these tires in the snow (winter months)?
Contemplating on going back to my KO’2s for winter.
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Hello,
Does anyone have experience with running these tires in the snow (winter months)?
Contemplating on going back to my KO’2s for winter.
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They do good in the snow. It snowed one day last winter and I ran through it just fine.Originally Posted by Rubiman_JL
Edit: they do everything better than KO2.
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Thats not hard at all.....KO2s suck hard.
Good to hear the stt pros are good in winter conditions, I might change to these next year
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I've run 2 sets in the snow here in CO. They actually perform really well. Me personally, I prefer the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac All Terrains for daily snow driving, but if I was set on having to have a mud terrain tire, I would run the Cooper STT Pros in a heartbeat. They perform well in the snow for a mud terrain tire.
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The only complaint I have of the STT Pros is they are extremely hard. 26psi is what I am running on the highway to keep them happy on these wonderful Oklahoma roads. They are also a lot louder than BFGs. On the trail and inclement conditions they are superb in every way.
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These tires perform super well here in the northeast winters. Grip the snow and throw it out of the way!
Sorry, but maybe it’s that they were on a truck but there’s nothing good about the STT pros in the snow in my experience. Downright dangerous on my Power Wagon. Other than that, great. Now, that’s not really a problem with the tire. They aren’t made for snow and ice. To those that say the KO2s are bad, have no experience in snow and ice. That’s where the BFGs are excellent. Completely different tires with no comparisons. Both are great at different things. If you regularly drive in lots of snow and ice, please don’t think these will be anything but what common sense will tell you. If you have a set of KO2s sitting around, use them and save the Coopers for the rocks.
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I'd disagree with this ^^. I've had both and I didn't think there was a comparison between the two. While I'm not saying that the Coopers are the choice as the best snow tire available, I thought they performed better than the KO2's. The tread pattern on the Coopers cleared the snow better and the tread compound seems better suited to slick conditions that the KO's.
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This is probably going to be useless, but what the hell...
I have no experience with Cooper STT Pros in the winter.
The tiny 215/65R16 KO2s on my Subaru (seen HERE) have been superb in all types of snow, only surpassed by my wife's blizzaks.
I really wanted to like them (Coopers) in the snow and tried my best but they just aren’t a winter tire. I knew that going into it. They are a terrific tire overall and for those that don’t see the snowfall like we do they are superb. I couldn’t even make it up my hill without 4wd in the truck with the Coopers. The KO2, I didn’t need it, even in the deep snows coming home. We run Blizzaks on the Lincoln and went with the KO2S on the truck and Jeep. I give up some strength with the BFG but gain more in the winter. Our winters are long. Lol
My post wasn’t a bash on the Coopers. Just my honest experience with them. I would use them in a heartbeat the rest of the year.
Last edited by Onlyone; 09-24-2019 at 06:56 PM.
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