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My family once destroyed a set of nearly new snow tires simply by driving through Wyoming in the summer. They wore perfectly evenly right down to bald on a roughly 3000-mile trip. Snows in the summer if you get heat is a bad idea.

I would have recommended the General Grabber At/2's I have on both my MJ and my Niva, but they don't come in your size. I got them on the MJ because they were the cheapest brand-name AT's I could find. Got a set of five up here in Canada for $600, but that was four years ago. The Niva has them because they were the only AT's of any brand in the Niva's size. They're a hell of a lot better in snow than the BFG AT's that were on it when I bought it. Anything would have been better than what was on the Niva, so that's not worth comparing. I'm not sure I'm going to get the 60,000 miles out of them that they expect they'll last, though.

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Look up Firestone winterforce. I have them on multiple vehicles. Its an awesome tire and CHEAP. We put a lot of miles on these winter and summer. They are a harder compound so they don't west bad in summer. But grip amazing in snow and water

 

http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireDetailsServlet?partnum=27SR5FWFUV&ef_id=VdudSQAAAfDN7aeF:20150906125237:s&KEYWORD=tires.jsp_Firestone_Winterforce_UV_Tire&ci_src=17588969&tireModel=Winterforce+UV&ci_sku=27SR5FWFUV&ci_sku=27SR5FWFUV&src=17540115&code=yes&tireMake=Firestone&GCID=C13674x012-tire&

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Leaning more and more toward the Cooper Discoverer AT/3. I've had good luck with Coopers in the past.

I've encountered a disappointing setback in the search for the Cooper AT/3s.

 

The shop I wanted to buy from, an independent tire shop up the road in Waterbury (CT), doesn't stock them but can order them. I was getting close to pulling the trigger when I happened to read a news article on the web site of one of the local newspapers. The article was about a couple of gentlemen who stole a truck, then went out and stole dozens of sets of tires and rims off cars on new car dealers' lots -- including my Jeep dealer (24 sets!) The cops got a lead, obtained a search warrant to collect security videos, and got a video of the two thieves unloading the stolen tires. And where were they unloading them? Into the back of Tony's Tires & Wheels.

 

Looks like I'll be searching for a new tire dealer.

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Ouch. I bet ol' Tony won't be around much longer.

 

Just to add fuel to the fire, I run 265/75r15 AT3s under my 86. These tires are quickly becoming my favorite tire I have ever run. I like them so much, I bought a full size spare and started doing a 5 tire rotation.

 

While I have driven the MJ through snow with the AT3, our winters have been mild the past few years and I don't feel it was a good test of the tire. I did drive a GMC Duramax with AT3s through a terrible Colorado snow storm and felt sure footed and confident the whole time.

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I have always gotten free shipping or bought when they had a rebate which would baically pay for shipping. Still way cheaper than buying retail.

 

I actually got my last set from tractor supply. There was a buy 3 get 4th free that ended up costing the same as buying online. Those are the ones on the MJ currently.

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Find a tire shop/ car dealer who gets tires from American Tire Distributors and ask about buying tire tires through them at cost + mounting. Saved me $50 a tire for my AT3's over the best price I found online. Most dealers can get the tires in next day as well.

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