All Terrain Tires vs Continental DWS06 in Snow

[mzeee]

I've run DWS06 on various vehicles for years. They are great all-season tires, known for being a cut above other all-season tires in the snow.

Does anyone have experience running these as well as All-Terrain tires (KO2, Geolandar G105, etc) in the snow? I'm trying to determine if the All-Terrains will be noticeably better or worse in the snow.

Thanks!

 

[jadmt]

I have run ko2 and toyo at3 and falken wildpeak at3w in the snow and all were great. Well i mean like in normal snow like beat the snow plow out snow And normal Montana winter driving hey were all great.

 

[Grassland]

In deep fresh snow the KO2s have been good.
On ice and hard pack polished stuff not at all.
Superior to the Hankook Dynapro OEM tire that came on my truck, but I'm considering a true set of winters to run 4-5 months of the year.

 

[skyfree]

I've used KO2s and Duratracs extensively in snow. As Grassland said, the KO2s are scary on hard pack and ice, releasing suddenly when they go. The Duratracs are much, much better. Both are great in deep snow.

I haven't used DWS06, but I have lot of experience with other all season tires like the Bridgestone Dueler and Continental Crosscontact on all-wheel drive SUVs in the same conditions. All-seasons are of course terrible in deep snow compared to the A/T tires. On ice and hardpack they are about the same as the Duratracs but better than the KO2s.

On my overlanding truck I run the Duratracs year-round. On SUV's I put on dedicated snow tires in the winter, like the Blizzak or Michelin X-ice. The Blizzak is the best by far, sticking like glue to ice and hardpack like no A/T tire can, decent in deep snow (but not as good as the A/T's). The X-ice is OK and much better than all-seasons, but not as good as the Blizzak. They are extremely long-wearing for a snow tire though -- especially compared to the Blizzak which change considerably as they wear quickly.

 

[jadmt]

I did not have any scary experiences with my KO2 (34x10.5) on my jeep in fact quite the opposite I thought they were excellent on ice and hard pack. On my Power wagon my Toyo RT's seem as good on ice as the oem duratracs did. I have been driving going on 50 years in Montana winters and for over 30 years my job required that I had to be driving on the roads when nobody else needed to be.

 

[Grassland]

Weight distribution probably makes a big difference.
On a gentle incline approach to a roadway I went to drive up and turn right onto the road and even with LSD in 2WD truck just spun and slowly slid sideways rather than move forward in any way. My truck isn't unloaded in the back, but far more weight is up front.

 

[karlmagnum]

I had Duratracs and they performed well in the snow.

 

[roving1]

Not Contis specifically but other HP all seasons yes.

I would say that HP all seasons are better than AT's in snow in general. I would also say a lot of AT's really are not that good in snow really.

Notable exceptions for me would be KO2s which suck in snow and are downright horrible on hard pack ice or cold wet roads and Duratracs with with their abundance of sipes and softish compound and relative squishy sidewalls are actually pretty good in snow.