I hate the look of my stock wheels and tires, I just put them back on so my chrome ones dont get beat up. So what the best tire for winter AT's siped, snow tires, or siped mudders?

I have some siped BFG AT's that work excellent. Had some Toyo AT's not siped, they were absolutely terrible (and I mean terrible!). Coming out of my driveway and onto the street out front, they would not move the truck from a dead stop unless in 4wd! Now it was basically a sheet of ice, but the bfg's handled it no problem. I wish I those toyo's were siped so I could see if that was part of the problem? I have some siped Goodyear MTR's I am going to run this winter on my dodge. Hopefully they do a good job.

I run Yoko AT's as my winter tire. I love em. They are without a doubt the best overall tire i've ever owned. I've had BFG's, toyo's, nitto, bridgestone, goodyears, micky thompson, pro comp tires on my trucks over the years. The Yoko's have great wear and perform amazing in Snow, Ice, Rain, Mud, Ect. I have heard horror stories about the old yoko's and people having issues. The newer At's are awesome. I plow in the winter and with my 900+lbs blade on the front and the 1k lbs block of concrete in the bed I can plow in 2wd 80% of the time. Unless there is more than 4 or so inches I can get away with 2wd thanks the the traction these tires give me.

My .02

personally i would get some kelly tsr's or duratrac's and sipe them then throw the studs in them

I had really good winter traction with my Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revos the first and second winter I went through. Last year they were a little squirrelly and I didn't want to run them another winter. They stayed on the truck all year but are siped enough and aggressive enough to make a great winter only tire. I just switched to the Hankook Dynapro ATMs and expect even better results overall from what I've read about them.

Your post doesn't say where you're located, do you have really harsh winters? Lots of ice covered roads for three plus months? The winter's I've seen on Kodiak Island, AK the past three years have been the worst winter driving conditions I've ever seen. I grew up in MI and lived in OH and PA for a combined 7 years and have seen all kinds of winter roads. These are the worst. Most cars and small trucks run studs, I haven't as my A/Ts and heavy truck have been adequate.

on my cars I have been running studless Blizzaks. They are incredible- it feels like perhaps driving on a dirt road tractionwise when it is actually glare ice. I guy at work put on a set of Blizzaks on his F150 and he has a 22 mile commute. The tires didn't wear nearly as bad as he thought. Winter tires have a softer compound that stay flexible when it is -20 below out. Typical AT tires don't do this.

Now if you go out and drive on unplowed roads that have 16" of snow on them ATs would probably do better then.

I have been pushing snow with BFG Mud Terrains for a few years now. They have worked great for me.

Nothing will beat a snow tire for winter, period. We average just under 300" per season and I can tell you the difference between a dedicated snow tire and an AT or mud is night and day, siped or not.

Also, depending on the type of snow you get, skinny is typically better than fat. I run 235/85 Cooper m&s in the winter and 265/75 Cooper ATR in the summer. When I first got the ATR put on last spring (after running the M&S all winter), we got a couple late season storms and I couldn't believe the difference between the two of them in the snow. Even though they were new (I did have about 100 or so miles on them before the snow) and are of similar make from the same manufacturer, it was unreal the difference. In a previous truck (94 k1500) I went from running BFG AT and the older Cooper AT all year through a couple winters each, to a cheap Winterforce snow tire and was blown away. I used to have to load the back end up with about 800 lbs. to plow well with it. When I went with the winterforce, I had about 400 lbs. in back and it plowed circles around the other tires.

The point I'm making is that if you're going to go through the effort of getting dedicated tires for winter driving, you might as well just go all out and get some rated snow tires.