General Tire tires
near Schenectady, installed in Scotia.

For winter, the AltiMAX Arctic 12 is one of the few studdable winter tires still widely available for cars and crossovers, and for a driver on the rural roads of Saratoga or Montgomery County who sees glare ice every morning, a studded Arctic 12 inside New York’s October 16 to April 30 window is a cheap and extremely effective solution.

Run studless, it is a capable winter tire at a value price.

For trucks and SUVs, the Grabber HTS60 is a long-wearing highway tire with a 65,000-mile warranty, and the Grabber A/TX is a severe-snow-rated all-terrain with a 60,000-mile warranty that gives a working pickup real capability at a lower price than the premium all-terrains.

On fleet accounts, General fills the role of the sensible second tier: when a vehicle class does not need the premium spec — a yard truck, a low-mileage supervisor pickup, a van near the end of its lease — a General LT or AltiMAX spec keeps the account’s cost per mile down without sacrificing safety, and it comes from the same Continental distributor as the premium line, so sourcing and next-morning availability are identical.

We print the treadwear warranty on every quote so an owner or a fleet manager can see exactly what the premium tier buys over a General in cost per mile; the honest answer is often “not much” for the way that vehicle is actually driven.