Those tires are TERRIBLE. my boss had them on his chevy tahoe and he would easily slide in just wet roads. i couldn't even imagine what snow would be like.
what kind of budget are you working with if you don't mind me asking?
That's funny....they got pretty good reviews at tirerack.com but who knows how accurate that is.
I've run Jetzon tires for years and have been rather happy with them. I had a set of Jetzon Revenger tires that worked out good. When they wore out, I bought the Revenger A/T after having a little off-road traction problems with the Revengers. The Revenger A/T's were noisier going down the highway than the Revengers but not untolerable. Actually the off-road trouble I had was from very tall, wet field grass and going up hill......a very slippery condition that probably would have stopped any 2wd truck. I need a year round tire that does well in the snow but I don't want to hear them howling while going down the road. South Jersey can have winters with no snow or we can get hit hard with snow. My job is a 24/7 operation and I have to be able to get to work.....somebody doesn't get to go home until I show up.
What do I want to spend? Well let me put it this way......I was given the van. As received it was worth about $300 that the scrap guy will give you and hall it away. It did not run, been sitting for a year, had major fuel leaks (leaking more fuel than it was injecting), major rust problems, 322000 miles on what looks like the original engine, and lots of small problems. A lot of work and about $700 later it runs very good, starts well, and I really really like the IDI. It was my daily driver all summer (gotta fix the HVAC so I can drive it all winter) and I put about 6000 miles on it. It gets great mileage for a one ton truck. Why did I put so much effort into a high mileage beat-up van.....I really needed a tow vehicle, I needed something that did good in the snow (my previous van did great in the snow), and it was free. My other "truck" is a Ranger....it won't pull its way out of a wet paper bag and a motorcycle with bald tires does better in the snow. I really dislike the Ranger but that's another story. So as such I don't want to spend a ton of money on tires. I'm sure I can sell the van for what I got into it but spending a bunch of money on tires will put me over the break-even point. The drive train probably has a good amount of miles left to give but chances are good the rust will render the van undriveable before I wear out the tires. If I get 2 -3 years out of it before the rust takes it toll, I'll be happy.
I'd gladly buy a set of used tires but too much overtime leaves me with no time to go used tire shopping. And I haven't seen any on craigslist.
FYI...I want 235/85/16. And I mount and balance my own tires so i don't have to pay for that.