Tires NITTO or BFGoodrich

Southern Maine here. The KO3s I’m currently running are terrific in both rain and snow. Every bit as good as the old AT3W in both. Only time I went 4hi last winter was on a particularly twisty/hilly part of my commute (narrow two lane rd) and that had more to do with me being overly cautious, not because it was slipping

My KO2s were 5 or 6 years old with plenty of tread left. I stuck with BFG because I get plenty of miles out of them and I have no complaints from the KO2.

I switched from the stock Goodyear tires to E-rated BFG KO2 on my 2015 F150. There is a small but noticeable loss of quickness that you get used to. I also lost 2-3 mpg on the highway. I gained much better flat protection.

The traction is one aspect but proven durability off road is hard to put a value on. K02s have eaten some ugly road.

2k miles in and I love them. 1-1.5mpg decrease from the stock OEM tires.

I have KO2s and they’ve worked great for me.

My take after several sets of KO2 and the competition. KO2s look good and are very durable for off-road work. Excellent puncture resistance and tough sidewalls. For on-road they start fairly quiet but tend to get noisy after wearing. They flat-out suck in the rain, marginal at best in snow/ice, and tend to push in corners (poor lateral traction).

I burned through 2 sets of tires this same way! Was going about 70 on he fwy one morning and a large strip decided it had enough. was flopping around the wheel well and was super loud.

My ko2 spun all 4 in 4” of soft wet snow worst tires I’ve ever had plus spin tires when it’s wet mud anything these things just spin

I got bfgoodrich advantage controls at 10k miles. I HATED the toyos, i lived in Alaska at the time and bought my car in the spring, i would spin out on the road simply because there was sand leftover from icy roads. They were the worst tires i swear.