Firestone Winterforce LT Review?

[ClaudeGriswold]

Has anyone had experience with the Firestone Winterforce LT (LT275/65R20) on their Rivian R1T? I'm currently using the OEM Pirelli Scorpion All Terrain Plus, but it looks like I'll need to replace them soon. If you've purchased and used the Winterforce LT on your Rivian, I'd love to hear about your experience, especially regarding compatibility and fit within the wheel well.

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[doit82]

Has anyone had experience with the Firestone Winterforce LT (LT275/65R20) on their Rivian R1T? I'm currently using the OEM Pirelli Scorpion All Terrain Plus, but it looks like I'll need to replace them soon. If you've purchased and used the Winterforce LT on your Rivian, I'd love to hear about your experience, especially regarding compatibility and fit within the wheel well.

Firestone Winterforce LT | LT275/65R20 | Tire Rack

Did you end up getting these? what did you think?

 

[jfoonly]

Did you end up getting these? what did you think?

Not the OP but I put 3986 miles on mine last winter, non-studded, getting 2.00 mi/kWh on the trip odometer, running at 55 psi cold (temp in the garage in the 40s F, colder air outside countered any driving heat) [edit: maybe moved up to 60psi], mostly highways in Colorado. IIRC the first 100 mi or so at 48psi was like 1.3 mi/kWh.

No problems, did fine on plowed and packed roads (paved or dirt underneath), shed spring slush pretty well. I didn't see anything deep though. Not great in a little bit of spring mud going camping on forest roads but then I didn't air down either since I only went a short ways in a couple times. A bit louder than young pirellis but not bothersome, I am used to truck at/snow tires. No fit issues, I don't think I tried lowest but did use Sport Low on dry downhills.

Not easy to check now but tread depth was good at takeoff, expect at least 3 seasons out of them. Edit: Discount's paperwork says they were 18/32 when installed and only down to 16 at takeoff.

So I'm satisfied, price was OK and more availability than Hakka's.

 

[doit82]

Not the OP but I put 3986 miles on mine last winter, non-studded, getting 2.00 mi/kWh on the trip odometer, running at 55 psi cold (temp in the garage in the 40s F, colder air outside countered any driving heat) [edit: maybe moved up to 60psi], mostly highways in Colorado. IIRC the first 100 mi or so at 48psi was like 1.3 mi/kWh.

No problems, did fine on plowed and packed roads (paved or dirt underneath), shed spring slush pretty well. I didn't see anything deep though. Not great in a little bit of spring mud going camping on forest roads but then I didn't air down either since I only went a short ways in a couple times. A bit louder than young pirellis but not bothersome, I am used to truck at/snow tires. No fit issues, I don't think I tried lowest but did use Sport Low on dry downhills.

Not easy to check now but tread depth was good at takeoff, expect at least 3 seasons out of them. Edit: Discount's paperwork says they were 18/32 when installed and only down to 16 at takeoff.

So I'm satisfied, price was OK and more availability than Hakka's.

Awesome, thanks so much. I will try them out and see how they do in our VT winters.

 

[Polar]

I will just chime in to say that winterforce are great snow tires winter tires for the price point.
I have not put any on my Rivian, but I’ve had them on my five previous vehicles ranging from a Mazda 3 and MachE to a Toyota Highlander

 

[jfoonly]

"Winter" #2 I had these on for only about 2 months. 2498 mi at 1.99 mi/kWh. I didn't get to see serious snow, although they did fine in a windpacked campsite. Solid through switchbacks on well-plowed highways. One cold morning they were perfectly planted on a mix of white snow-dusted ice, black ice, and brown sand-dusted ice, going slow, didn't test limits, but no slips. Still more tread than my gauge measures (> 14/32).

 

[Steamingoat1]

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