Hey all, I have a 97 cherokee 6 inch lift and have on BFG MT's. I have owned Jeeps all my life and have only had MT's on. I live in Butte, MT and it's WINTER now. I am so sick of sliding all around and am wondering if anyone has had the Hankook I-Pike winter tires. How well do they do on lifted jeeps? I don't want AT's I just need snow tires for the winter. Any replies would be great, Thanks

 

cant help ya as i live in fl. and it not an issue, but remember skinny tires do better in snow then big old fat ones

 

buy a grooving iron and sipe them, or take them to a tire shop to get it done. It helps traction on other surfaces besides snow and a world of difference on the snow. Supposedly extends life as well but I have no idea how true this is, and they chunk on rocks easier.
Still worth it IMO, it takes a fair bit of throttle to spin these in snow and before I did them I could light them up easily in the rain. Mine are also grooved but I did that for rocks, not snow.

 

I got a/T's on mine, hope they do alright if the snow ever comes lol. Why would mt's not do good in snow?

 

The large lugs on M/Ts act like slicks in light on-road snow because they have no siping but the deep aggressive tread works great in deep off-road snow. A siped mud tire is as close as it gets to best of both worlds, but they are still worthless on ice without studs.

 

Do you know how much it is to get tires siped at a shop?

I got BFG ATs and would love to go winter wheeling plus I go to snowboard alot and roads can get snowy. Does it really make the tire last longer on the road as well?

 

BFG ATs are great in the snow. you dont need to do anything to them.

 

I've had every set of tires I've ran on all of my vehicles in the last 20 some years siped, Siped tires handle snow and ICE great. I only sipe the centers on tires that I use in the rocks and trails because the side lugs will chunk if they are siped.

They are a long way from worthless on ICE. As good as or almost as good as studs.

 

I heard the Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs are great in the snow. I have these tires, but I'm in Florida and it doesn't snow here. I like them for everything else too.

 

Those aren't snow tires. And you have no experience with them in the snow, or in the snow at all. Why bother posting? Lol

 

What is siped?

 

True I never had my swampers on ice without sipes, plus they are swampers lol they aren't designed for the street in the first place. I siped mine all the way since they are old and worn and I don't care if they chunk.

And siping are the tiny slits you can see in this pic that are filled with snow

 

Why are you even involved in a snow thread since live in Florida?

To the op bfg ats are good in the snow. If all else fails get some chains

 

Thanks all to who replied. I am sticking with my BFG MT's and just siping them and give em a whirl. I am so familiar with these tires and never had problems, it's just that I have about 8-9 months of hardcore winter here and thought i would give other (snow) tires a chance but i have 15 in weld's and no one has snow tires any taller than 28in., but 16's and up all the selections in the world. Let yall know how they do siped.

 

how do you sipe tires? ive never heard of this haha. anyone give me a rundown?