Are TOYO R/T "snow tires" ?

about to head to the snow in a week and they require "snow tires" on all 4 wheels for 4WD vehicles or chains. thanks

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS

what is the definition of "snow tires " in this case ?

 

Yes, they will pass. Usually on the tire it will say m+s on there somewhere.

 

There are dedicated snow tires that have more sipes, softer rubber compounds, studs, walnut shells in the tread, etc. The RT has an M + S rating which means that it is an all season tire that also meets Rubber Manufacture Association for mud and snow.

 

ok cool. I'll have a set of chains with me just in case but its always a PIA to install.

Mammoth got massive snow dump and I want some of it !

 

The M+S rating just means that there's some void space between the lugs; it doesn't really mean that much. Some tires are rated by the RMA for severe snow use and have a snowflake symbol on them. The Toyo R/T is not one of these tires and will not perform as well as ones that are rated for severe snow use, like Nitto Exo Grapplers or the Toyo Commercial Traction tire.

 

Hell yeah, I'm going to mammoth at the end of the month for some epic snowboarding .... Yeeeeaaaahhhh

Enjoy brotha

 

Going the first week of march with a few buddies!

They got an epic amount of powder from this storm and looking at getting more next week

 

shredddddddding it

 

by the way, chains on front or rear ? I have 33x12.5x18 so its looking tight up front if I add chains.

 

Rear. Putting them on the front is a recipe for the back end to kick out in a turn or while braking. The tire shop I used to work at before the Marine Corps wouldn't even allow us to put them in the front of vehicles, regardless if they were front or rear drive.