[kenny-1907]

I personally think it is not only a matter of the tread pattern that makes for a good tire in the snow but the rubber compound as well. I can not speak on expierence for the bfg a/t cause i have never had them although i have had a set of 33/12.50/15 hoosier a/t's with exactally the same tread design but never ran those in the winter. They had such a soft compound (which would have been a great winter tire imo) that they only lasted 2 years as a summer tire. I have had a set of 31/10.50/15 uniroyal lareado mt's also one time that were my winter set and had the same tread pattern as the bfg mt and they were an aswome winter tire, they only had maybe 1/4" tread left and i was going through snow that was over the front bumper on my old 88 full size jimmy with a 4" lift. In the past i have also owned a set of 255/85/16 baja widetrack radials i think that were made by firestone not sure though. They had a pretty decent tread pattern on them and i have to say that they were probably the worst tire i had for winter. The compound of the rubber was so hard that when they got cold they were like a frozen hockey puck, little to no traction at all. I currently have a set of 255/85/16 bfg mt km's that have been used year round for the last 3 years, approx 50k (kilometers) and still have approx 1/2 tread left on them. Even without a posi last year in the snow they handled pretty well and now that i have a posi i am sure that they will be a hell of a lot better, although they suck big time if it is icy i have to say cause of the large lug design. So now that i have rambled on and on about past tires i have owned and to sort of answer your question, my next set of tires will be the bfg a/t's. I have a fair amount of confidence in them, just the tread pattern alone offers great traction in the snow and if the rubber compound in them is anyting like it is in the mt's they would make an excellent winter tire imo.