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Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Northern NH
Posts: 4
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Northern NH
Posts: 4
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I live in northern NH in the mountains. I'm an auto tech at a shop that is a Nokian tire dealer, and we work on the trucks that care for the Mt. Washington Auto Road and state park (Google it if you're unfamiliar). Point is I'm well acquainted with snow tires, driving in snow, and what works vs. what doesn't.
I have had several people purchase the new Outpost AT from us, and every single person absolutely loves them. Reports are that they are phenomenal on road and off, pavement, gravel, wet, dry, etc. Excellent grip, excellent ride and very quiet. I would have a set on my 4runner, however they were out of stock for the year in LT285/70r17. According to our rep, they should be back in stock for the spring, and I'll have a set to replace my ko2's.
Problem is, the Outpost is too new to really have a good feel for their winter use. The trucks we service use the Rotiiva as a winter tire, which have also performed flawlessly for this use. Many put them on in the winter as a dedicated snow tire, even though they are perfectly suitable for year round use. At least one of my customers have replaced Duratracs with Rotiivas and was quite impressed.
My opinion is if you can get them in your size I would go for it. I'm willing to bet you won't be disappointed. I run studded Nordman 7 SUVs on my 4runner in the winter. Nokian knows what they're doing for winter tires.
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