Daily driver? Snow?

[Altahami]

I've only had my Rubicon a few days. Do most people use them as their every day car? How do they do in snow?

Daily driver - stock - more fun to drive in snow.

Love it!

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[grady2hig]

Do you have a 2 or 4 door, thanks...what kind if tires do you use in winter?

4 door. The stock KO2 tires.

 

[ClaytonW]

This test can give you an idea what is a difference between MT tire, snow rated AT tire like BFG KO2 and a very good dedicated winter tire (Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2):
https://news.pickuptrucks.com/2016/03/winter-tire-test-some-treads-are-better-than-others.html

The only problem is that they tested on a snow covered road. If there would be more ice, the advantage of dedicated winter tires would be more significant.

 

[Aonar]

DD
Very comfortable driving in the snow as long as I can stay between the ditches. This was a couple years back.

 

[Heimkehr]

Was that Jeep wearing all-seasons? Just curious. That snow didn't seem deep enough to shut down the vehicle's momentum in the manner that it did.

 

[Aonar]

At that point they were stock all season. Trust me, the drifts were deeper than they look on here. Also firmly packed

 

[Aonar]

Was that Jeep wearing all-seasons? Just curious. That snow didn't seem deep enough to shut down the vehicle's momentum in the manner that it did.

Haven't had a good snow to try out the RT's yet!

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[Steph1]

For any Jeep enthousiast wanting snow performance, other than good tires, the 4wd auto which acts like an all wheel drive makes for the best wrangler ever for winter conditions. Especially when the selec-trac transfer case is coupled with the trac-lok lsd, which were made to work as a team. The winter performance is night and day.

Living in Canada and having owned Jeeps with all the transfer cases and combinations possible, I can affirm that without a single doubt.

 

[Fatbob Frank]

Haven't had a good snow to try out the RT's yet!

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The first thing I did when I bought my 2021 Powerwagon was replace the 33" stock Duratracs with a set of 35x12.5x17 Kenda Klever RTs.
3 winters in and I can safely say they work great and are wearing well!
In fact- I see they make a set of 33x 10.5x17 so likely I'll put them on my wife's Willys when the stock Falkens need replaced...

 

[Aonar]

The first thing I did when I bought my 2021 Powerwagon was replace the 33" stock Duratracs with a set of 35x12.5x17 Kenda Klever RTs.
3 winters in and I can safely say they work great and are wearing well!
In fact- I see they make a set of 33x 10.5x17 so likely I'll put them on my wife's Willys when the stock Falkens need replaced...

I decided to wear out the stock before buying new. Budgets

 

[Fatbob Frank]

I decided to wear out the stock before buying new. Budgets

I actually sold the stock Duratracs to my uncle for his F350 for dang near what the Kendas cost me...

 

[Twisted10]

mostly this. my jeep doesnt see winter.
i also have a caravan cargo van that i daily bc its a work vehicle

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I've only had my Rubicon a few days. Do most people use them as their every day car? How do they do in snow?

Stellar in the snow. Depending on what kind of snow and what kind of driving you're doing, I usually pop it in to four high and turn off traction control, and then if you hold down the traction control button for about 10 more seconds, it'll turn off electronic stability control, and then you'll have pretty much total control over your vehicle in the snow. Very ideal and awesome!

I daily drive my EcoDiesel Willys Sport.

 

[Stetson]

I have a ‘19 Sahara with the manual transmission and the V6. It’s my daily, I live in salt lake Utah so it sees plenty of snowy roads during the winter.

Drives great. I use BFG K02s and I think they are a good all terrain and all season tire.

 

[hoch]

Try You Tube. Good Luck.

Dug up a 6 year old thread to say this?

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