- It is mid-January up here in Wisconsin
and it is absolutely freezing out.
In fact, you guys have probably been seeing me
wear my Carhartt hat a lot more lately in the videos
and I do that because, well, one, I want to stay warm,
but two, I want to keep myself protected from the elements
and it's not a lot different than running these
BFG Trail-Terrain tires that I have on my car
that are three-peak mountain snowflake rated.
Now I've been running these on my Highlander for about,
it's probably been about four months now
and I think I got right around that,
honestly, I lost track.
It's probably right around that 7,500 miles or so
on these tires and the last couple
of months have been in temperatures that are averaging
in between that 10 and 25 degrees or so.
And these tires, I mean up here in Wisconsin
or any northern climate where it gets
below freezing quite often and consistently,
tires go through a lot of abuse.
I mean, you got to think about it.
They're sitting there overnight on your vehicle
in the freezing temperature,
sometimes well below zero degrees.
Hence, the reason I'm running a 3PMF rated tire,
three-peak mountain snowflake rated tire
like these BFG Trail-Terrains.
So even just like a regular mud and snow rated tire
won't be able to be as pliable as like the
3PMF rated compound that are on these BFG Trail-Terrains.
And you guys have seen some of the videos
that we've done before on the BFG Trail-Terrains.
If not, definitely check them out.
But one of the things that we wanted to do
is some real world testing
in snow and ice.
And we've been able to do that here
a couple different times.
Just a little bit ago,
we had a pretty nasty snowstorm come through
and I was really able to put these BFG Trail-Terrains
to the test in some pretty nasty weather.
Snow, blizzard, wind, icy, slushy.
It was a mixture of all kinds of stuff.
We had basically a snowstorm
and then it rained and then a snowstorm
and then it froze.
So there was still some slushy stuff on the road
but it was ice layer underneath that.
And then snow on top of that.
So it was definitely
like a perfect scenario
as far as testing out these tires.
And even through those types of situations,
these Trail-Terrains definitely exceeded my expectations.
I mean, I thought they were going to be good, right?
Because they should be.
They're a tire that's designed
for those types of situations
and severe driving conditions,
in the snow or ice and or even off road.
And they still are designed to have an ample amount
of traction in all of those different types of situations.
And they definitely do.
There's plenty of siping throughout the tread.
I mean, when you're looking at the tire,
you can see that all across the tread,
you don't even go an inch
without there being more siping going
across all of the different tread blocks.
Plus, there's definitely plenty of voids
in between all of the tread blocks.
And speaking of voids in between the tread blocks,
one thing I did want to address to you guys
is we we have had some inquiries
about what we'll call like
the closed off shoulder lugs.
And I contacted the engineers at BFG
to find out exactly why those shoulder lugs,
why there's no void in between the center treads
and the shoulder lugs.
And even with that closed shoulder lug area
with that lateral void space that
it's not necessary to prevent hydroplane.
You don't have to have that void there.
If the tread pattern tread design was engineered
with enough void ratio and tread void depth,
along with the combination of siping
to evacuate enough of that water
that it's not going to allow the water
to make the tire hydroplane,
if that makes sense.
Now, with that being said,
guys, if you're going too fast
for any type of situation
where there's a lot
of water on the road or slush
or snow or ice,
regardless of whatever tire you're running,
it's going to put you
in a situation where that tire may lose contact
with the ground, okay?
So even though BFG did absolutely take
into consideration the combination of the sipes,
the void ratios, the tread depth,
the positioning of the tread blocks,
the compound that they're using
to make it 3PMF rated,
if you're going too fast in the scenario
and you lose traction,
it's not going to be the tire's fault.
It's either going to be maybe negligence
of replacing the tires in a timely fashion.
Maybe they're just too worn out
or it's going to be you're just driving
too fast for conditions.
Because I did have that happen with these.
In that same day where we had that snowstorm,
I was driving too fast.
I was over confident, which, I mean
these tires were really gripping and grabbing.
And I was extremely impressed
with how well they were sticking to the road,
even with ice on the road.
And I just got into a spot where the road
was basically had trees on both sides.
So the wind wasn't able to push the built-up snow
and the slush and all the crap that was on the road.
Wasn't able to just clear the road
off in that particular section.
And it was just, I don't know.
It was maybe two inches of slush or so,
and well, I did start floating on top of that slush.
But I was driving
a little too fast.
I was driving about 60 miles an hour
which I probably should have been doing
about 35 miles an hour.
So I do not blame these tires at all.
In fact, I don't even know if a mud tire,
like I don't even know if the Cam 3s
on my Scout would've stuck
to the concrete in that situation.
I mean, probably.
I mean, the Scout's definitely
a lot heavier than this vehicle.
And there's obviously a lot more space
in between the tread blocks,
but either way,
I was going too fast for those conditions.
Besides that one little situation,
in every other circumstances
I put these tires through that day, it was on ice.
It was cruising around corners a little too fast,
and these things were grabbing.
They were sticking to the road,
they were doing their jobs,
they were evacuating in the snow.
They were definitely,
there was definitely plenty of adhesion to the road.
And I wanted to give you guys that feedback
for any of you that are questioning
if these tires are really good in the winter.
Absolutely. Yes, they are.
Now keep in mind,
these are pretty new yet.
I mean, like I said, I don't think I even have,
I should have kept track honestly,
but I probably have maybe let's just say
7,500 miles or so on them.
It's probably a little bit less than that.
So I do want to, you know,
continually keep testing these tires
as they wear down.
One of the things BFG does
is they run their sipes.
They have 3D siping in them,
which the 3D sipes mean
that there are different levels
of ridges inside of the sipes that help
with the structural rigidity
of the tread blocks themselves
and also help evacuate water out of them faster.
But with that said, BFG sipes do go all the way
down to the base layer of the tread itself.
And what that does is that allows
that 3PMF rated tire
to be three-peak mountain snowflake rated
all the way to the wear bars
which is right around that two 30 seconds or so
of an inch before you start to get to that wear bar.
So you do get the full life
of the tire as a three-peak mountain snowflake rated tire.
Now there are other 3PMF rated tires out there
that don't have sipes that go all the way
through the tread block itself and down to the base layer.
So you do end up losing that 3-PMSF rating
actually after those sipes have worn out,
whereas on the BFG Trail-Terrains though,
they'll remain that 3PMF rating will remain
throughout the life of the tire, which is pretty cool.
So they do have the 60,000 mile tread wear warranty
on these, which is phenomenal, as well.
You can definitely feel confident
in the fact that these tires are going to last you.
Now of course that comes
with the manufacturers suggested, not even suggested,
with the manufacturer's standards
as to maintaining your tires
to make sure that if anything does happen to these tires
throughout the life of them or within that 60,000 miles,
that you can get them replaced under warranty.
So another thing too guys
is these tires right now
these Trail-Terrains are available in 27 different sizes.
And again guys, if you watch some of our previous videos
on the BFG Trail-Terrains,
you'll know that BFG did design these tires to be great
for the weekend warrior, daily driver,
any type of application
in the winter to northern hemispheres obviously,
or situations where you will be doing
I would say more like
medium to less aggressive offroading.
If you want to do more aggressive offroading,
that's where the BFG K02 comes in.
Great for that.
So this is a great all around tire.
It's quiet on the road.
It's great as an OE replacement
on anything from your Subaru Outbacks
all the way to your Highlanders,
your SUVs in general,
even light pickup trucks.
Now I say light because you can,
I mean obviously run these on a half-ton pickup truck
but BFG is not going to be releasing these
in an LT-rated tire.
So you won't see these
in like a E-load or F-load or anything like that.
So if you're running a half ton
but you're pulling a lot of weight
or hauling a lot of weight around,
probably not this tire for you.
It's going to be more for that kind of situation more
for like the KO2 where you can get that LT sizing there.
And guys, if you do have any questions
on these Trail-Terrains,
definitely make sure
and let us know in the comments below.
As always guys,
we appreciate all of you
for watching and all of your support.
I'm Joshua
and we'll see you guys out on the trails.