bigreen505
Expedition Leader
Does anyone here have any first hand experience with Trxus tires, either as a daily driver or on-road snow tire? I have seen a handful of reviews on the net, but they are so polarized it is hard to take them too seriously. People say they are really quiet (compared to their 40" boggers?) and great in snow (compared to a BFG MT?).
There is a guy on mud who is very evangelistic about his because they are great snow tires compared to Nokians and wear really well. Well, when pushed in a couple threads it seems that he doesn't really drive them in less than about 6" of snow and he thinks his tires will make it to 20,000 miles and is pretty pleased with that.
Ideally I am looking for a tire that is great on on-road snow (packed snow, ice, slush and say wind slab up to about about a foot deep), off-road rocks and dirt, light mud (spring thaw, fall storms, etc.), is quiet on road at highway speeds (say, no louder than studded snows, but quieter is better) and has a useful life (meaning the tire can handle any condition it could when new without me thinking twice about it) of 20,000 miles or better.
If such a beast does not exist or the Trxus isn't it I suppose I can raid my savings for a set of proper snow tires and steel wheels and then buy a set of good AT tires for the summer. It is a tough call because that seems like a very irresponsible thing to do, but sending my family out with tires that don't cut the mustard in the conditions we drive in seems dumb.
Right now, the Trooper is my wife's daily driver as her weekly mileage is only slightly more than my daily mileage.
There is a guy on mud who is very evangelistic about his because they are great snow tires compared to Nokians and wear really well. Well, when pushed in a couple threads it seems that he doesn't really drive them in less than about 6" of snow and he thinks his tires will make it to 20,000 miles and is pretty pleased with that.
Ideally I am looking for a tire that is great on on-road snow (packed snow, ice, slush and say wind slab up to about about a foot deep), off-road rocks and dirt, light mud (spring thaw, fall storms, etc.), is quiet on road at highway speeds (say, no louder than studded snows, but quieter is better) and has a useful life (meaning the tire can handle any condition it could when new without me thinking twice about it) of 20,000 miles or better.
If such a beast does not exist or the Trxus isn't it I suppose I can raid my savings for a set of proper snow tires and steel wheels and then buy a set of good AT tires for the summer. It is a tough call because that seems like a very irresponsible thing to do, but sending my family out with tires that don't cut the mustard in the conditions we drive in seems dumb.
Right now, the Trooper is my wife's daily driver as her weekly mileage is only slightly more than my daily mileage.