Just a couple personal experience data points for the thread here...
That's the first I've ever heard that KM2's do well in the snow. Usually I hear quite the opposite.
I have KM2's on my LJ as well and my opinion is they are borderline terrible on snowy/slick pavement (no mud tire does all that good on slick roads, but I think these are below average even for a mud tire). And in my opinion they do just "okay" in deeper offroad snow. The old style MT/R's I had on the Jeep before were way better in both scenarios. I did have those MT/R's siped, which probably has a lot to do with why they were so much better on snowy/slick pavement. Those old style MT/R's totally kicked the crap out of the KM2's in deep offroad snow too though. That said, I really do like the KM2's for my application. Of the five 35x12.50x17's I bought for my Jeep, the worst one took 4 oz. to balance and one took no weight at all - it was perfect right out of the mold. They stay balanced pretty well between rotations. I can run them 80 MPH down the interstate smooth as silk. Nice and quiet for what they are. Do pretty well everywhere offroad except snow. I've been suspicious of the carcass strength and the sidewalls do have some slices and chipping, but they haven't failed me yet and the tread itself hasn't chunked as bad as I thought they would. Current set has about 23K on them now, looks like they'll be toast at around 35K - exactly what I expect out of a mud tire. I'll buy them again. Agree with earlier comments about them on a tow rig though, don't think I'd even consider them for that application.
I got about 35K out of the 35x12.50x17 Toyo MT's on my CTD. I was never overly impressed with these tires. Especially for the cost. The best one took 5 oz to balance and the worst one took almost a pound. They would always be shimmying on the hiway a couple thousand miles after being rebalanced and rotated. I would say that I think they were hell for stout and I was never concerned with carcass strength on them though.
Have gotten over 50K miles out of three different sets of BFT AT/KO's on my last two Ram CTD's. Running them on my '08 CTD right now, with about 25K on them and they look like they'll go over 50K again. Also have them on m Wife's Denali, in a 265 on 17" wheels, those have about 55K on them and still have over half the tread left! They look like they might just last forever on her car.... I've run these tires as long as they have existed on a bunch of different vehicles. Right now, they are on my DD mentioned above, my Wife's Denali and my work car an LX470. Not the strongest carcasses in the world. Have shredded a few sidewalls over the years, had at least one I can remember that a stone went right through the face of the tread just booking down the PET one day, had one that had something wrong with it to where it wouldn't stay balanced. I always buy road hazzard on them and have had it pay off quite a few times. But, this is over many years, many vehicles and many sets of tires with easily over a quarter million miles total. All in all, I've been totally satisfied with the AT/KO's and continue to run them.
- DAA
