Funny how one can spend the better part of 5 or 6 days on the
internet, at tire sites and still not have a through understanding
of all the terms.
Here all along I've been putting the M/S Mud/Snow tread as the
more aggressive one over the A/T All/Terrain.
I guess I got that idea from descriptions like this:
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/tire-tech.htm#All_Terrain_Tires_offroadersAnd like this:
"M+S, or M&S: Mud and Snow, These are winter tires, with self-
cleaning tread and average traction in muddy or very snowy
conditions, and for low temperatures."
I just can't picture running an A/T or M/S tire on a Cadillac
or Lexus. But of course, even though I might find a 30.5"
tire that would work with them, they also would be a tire
that leaves a 12" wide footprint.
Just because I've got a truck, I don't need a truck tire. As
I've tried to stress to tire shops and in everything that
I've posted, as long as I own this truck it's never going to
carry any more load than one could carry in the trunk of their
family car.
After this past week, I'm just about to say the 'ell with it
and finish out the next 27 years with those lousy Cooper's
that are shaking my teeth out now.
And I still haven't been able to find an explanation of what
the '2' suffix stands for on the Michelin tires, as in A/T2 or M/S2.
Denny Graham
Plumb 'tired' out in Sandwich, IL
