I just recently got a new truck with Pirelli Scorpions on it. Has anybody tried these in snow and/or mud?

 

I am going to go with Goodyear Duratrac's if I can figure out what size 18's to get.
The Duratrac is the single most awesome "aggressive pattern but good on Hwy" tire I have ever seen.
I pick up my new F150 tomorrow and am going straight to the Goodyear store to trade.

 

I got to try them out in 14 inches of snow this past weekend, and while not ideal, they handled everything just fine. Granted I have 4wd too.

 

I used to have 240 lbs... but I felt it just wasn't good enough. So between my 800lb+ toolbox, and my six 80 lbers back there, it's like a rolling tank.

I just like the extra insurance of having extra weight... plus it makes the truck less bouncy with the long bed.

So for the record, it's roughly close to 1300 lbs of weight in the bed of my truck... all winter.

That is why I love my standard shift...

One thing I hate about automatics is the fact that if you shift to second, it is way too jerky and not fluid. Plus if you select first, it will wait until 30 mph for it to engage in first which makes the rear end lock up. They need to make it so it locks out first like on a real manual. I've almost been in a few accidents because of that unexpected rush of a downshift.

 

In the 6 speed auto, the shift down to third really isn't that jerky at all, of course I'm talking about at speeds of around 40mph or below. If it's wet out to begin with and I knew a sudden stop would be a disaster, I wouldn't be flying down the road to begin with.

 

I am going to clarify a few things.

First, I am not trying to be a jerk. It is just hard to accept someone who wasn't there claiming I ended up in the ditch because I don't know how to drive.

Second, I should have been more specific as to what transpired. The guy in front of me didn't just skid and go straight to the ditch. He hit the shoulder and then got it sideways heading back toward the opposing lane. Then he over-corrected and got sideways headed toward the ditch. This was not a split second event. I was there and KNOW that I HAD to hit the brakes. Believe me, if I could have avoided the brakes I would have.

I didn't go straight to the ditch. I skidded to a stop with 2 wheels on the pavement and 2 wheels off. It wasn't until I tried to move the truck that my rear end slid down the incline into the ditch. We had received about 2.5" of rain the days leading up to the snow, so the ground under the snow was pretty saturated. Combine the sloppiness of the ground under 2 of my tires and the snow build up on the shoulder of the road with all season tires and even a slow take off in 4wd couldn't overcome the slope down into the soggy ditch.

I appreciate all the responses. The biggest point of this thread was my frustration with the performance of the stock tires once I was in the ditch and couldn't get any traction to get myself out.

Lastly, to address the "why go with 4x4 instead of 4x2 question". I spend a larger portion of my off-time hunting and fishing. There are a lot of places that you can't in and out of with a 2wd vehicle. While I do have a Bronco that is specifically for hunting and fishing, I don't want to take the chance of not being able to hunt or fish when I want too because my 20+ year old Bronco decides to not start.

JJ

 

My next truck I won't even wait for that. They'll have new ones on before I take delivery.

SR-A's are not an all-terrain tire. Their an all season tire, big difference. There is no guarantee you would have made it out of the ditch even with good tires. If the snow was deep enough you may not have had the ground clearance for the tires to do any good. But in general the SR-A tire is not good in snow compared to much better alternatives. Believe me I have been finding this out as well up here in MN where we have had storm after storm in the last month or so.

 

But the bigger question is do they last.

Replacing an expensive tire every 30-40K gets expensive. I had Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armors on my '05 and when I traded her in they had 40k on them and had plenty of tread on them. But the best thing is they were fantastic in light or deep snow and worlds better than the Generals (all seasons) that came on the truck. Go to Tirerack and read some of the reviews.

I know some fellas with the Firestone Destinations AT and so far they like them in snow as well.