I can't speak from personal experience, but I've always heard mud type
tread designs described as "suicidal" on ice or hard-packed snow. My
understanding is that AT's are a much better choice for winter because
of all of the siping in the tread blocks. (I've had good success with
AT type tires, never tried MT's myself, so take this for what it's
worth.)
AT's will work fine for off-roading unless you're planning on driving
through deep sticky mud. Even with the crappy stock Goodyear RT/S tires
on the '98, we've only been stuck twice. They manage to pull through
mud until it gets really deep or you try to climb a hill or something.
Jason
dugan wrote:
>
> Ok, now im getting confused again... making the choice between the AT's and
> MT's seems to be a rather difficult one. Anyway, I would just like to
> know... you people who have the Mud Terrains on your Dakota.... How do they
> wear? How is the ride? and MOST importantly... How loud are they? Do they
> make a LOT of noise or just a little more noise than a tire like the AT's?
> Sure I dont do much off roading.. or mudding... BUT I want a great looking
> tire AND a tire that will get the job done when i DO go off roading or have
> to drive in very bad road conditions (in missouri this is very often in the
> winter). So all of you experts out there... am I better off with the AT's
> or the MT's? Right now I think im still gonna get the AT's.... but if
> somebody can give me some more info on the MT's perhaps I might change my
> mind.
>
> -Tom-
> dugan@iland.net
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