I'm due for new tires on this v6. I got it this spring, and it needs new tires before the winter starts. I don't have enough money to buy a sepate set of winter tires. How much weight do you guys/gals use in the back? What kind of tires do you recommend for/against? I mainly do city driving and have to be at work no matter what, even if that means getting oun the road before the city clears snow or throws salt on the ice. Anyone use tire chains?

I'm also a 2x4, in Wisconsin. I have 3 tubes of sand in the rear (from Home Depot, 200lbs). Good tires helps, but the big thing is the winter button, assuming you have a automatic. the winter button is a must everytime you come to a stop, it will basically stop tire spin from a stop.

If you have the winter button try it out now so you know what it feels like and how the engine reacts.

I have a 2000 and live in kansas as well. I buy 4 bags of play sand (50 lbs each) and it helps the rear end. I put some Goodyear Tracker 2s from wal-mart on and they do pretty well. Definately use the winter button. I did a 360 on black ice in this thing and don't want to do that again.

We had BFG Long trails on our 4X4 here in Ks and I thought they worked great in the snow.

BFG long trails are ok, I had them for stock tires on my 4x2 Rodeo from the factory. I wouldn't chose to outright purchase them again.

I drive heavily snowy/icy roads here in Colorado's high country, and in fact, many times I can get through this crap in my truck better then most 4x4 owners.

I run Bridgestone Revo tires, they are pricey, I'll grant you that. But, when one has a 4x2 in snowbelt areas they need the best tires they can get.

These tires make this truck act and feel like a 4x4, and in all of our 12yrs of owning this truck, driving through sand, thick mud, snow, etc, we've only been stuck once, that was with our last set of tires, Yokohama Geolander A/T's of which I won't purchase again.

Revo's are an excellent all around tire, they are magnificent in the rain, run good on the highway, etc. They are considered an all terrain tire and last quite a while on these trucks.

Take a look at tirerack.com and you can look at the reviews of these tires.

Don't fall for the gimmick of the BFG A/T KO's having the snowflake symbol and being better then the Revo's, I've had both sets of tires, the Revo's leave the BFG's behind in the snow and ice.

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