Tire Choices

[Bostonian1976]

I'm thinking about new tires - what are some good choices?

There's the Goodyear MT/R

what else? I have 15's also - would it be a good idea to upgrade to 16's?

[Jeff Aronson]

I've had great luck with BF Goodrich All-Terrain M&S. They were recommended years ago by Mike Hopwood and Mark Letorney, and I've not been disappointed. The first set went 40,000 miles with a lot of highway driving. They were also great in off road conditions, in winter snow or summer mud.

Then came a set of Coopers that were strong, gave me a little less longevity and a little less off road performance [or else I'm not that good off road anymore ].

So I returned to the same Goodrich tires for my latest set. So far this winter, they've done a great job. The Maine Winter Romp is this weekend, so if - no, when - I get stuck, I can blame the tires

I switched from 15" to 16" wheels many years ago and I am glad for the change. The smaller wheels and tires let you accelerate a little faster but they turn more at speed. If the motor is strong on the car, the 16" wheel serves more like an overdrive. If you switch wheels, you will need to change speedometers, too, or live with an inaccurate reading of the blazing speed of your II-A!

Jeff

[Bostonian1976]

I've had great luck with BF Goodrich All-Terrain M&S. They were recommended years ago by Mike Hopwood and Mark Letorney, and I've not been disappointed. The first set went 40,000 miles with a lot of highway driving. They were also great in off road conditions, in winter snow or summer mud.

Then came a set of Coopers that were strong, gave me a little less longevity and a little less off road performance [or else I'm not that good off road anymore ].

So I returned to the same Goodrich tires for my latest set. So far this winter, they've done a great job. The Maine Winter Romp is this weekend, so if - no, when - I get stuck, I can blame the tires

I switched from 15" to 16" wheels many years ago and I am glad for the change. The smaller wheels and tires let you accelerate a little faster but they turn more at speed. If the motor is strong on the car, the 16" wheel serves more like an overdrive. If you switch wheels, you will need to change speedometers, too, or live with an inaccurate reading of the blazing speed of your II-A!

Jeff

thanks Jeff! Well I'm actually about 4-5 mph OVER my actual speed at the moment, so my guess is that I already have a 16" speedometer?

[JimCT]

Interco Trxus

Running 255/86R 16's ont the ambulance and 235's on the beater RR, work great in snow ice mud....and you can not beat the price.

[Tim Smith]

Some pretty good info about tires has been posted before. I hope this helps.

http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/search.php?searchid=26495

[Jim-ME]

I'm running 33X9.50X15 BFG ATs front MTs rear and hate the MTs. They are horrible in packed snow and ice which I drive a lot in. I personally don't see the need for 16 inch rims as long as I can can the 33" BFGs that at narrower.
Jim

[yorker]

It depends entirely how you use your LR. BFG All Terrains are great for most people. I purchase a Set because everyone said they were the best thing since sliced bread, they were great on road, good in snow, and worthless in the mud we have here. The first night I put them on I took them out and promptly got stuck about 50 yards down a logging road I always offroaded on with no problem with my old McCreary Bias Ply tires. Later I got disgusted and gave them to my brother- they worked great for him as long as he stayed out of the mud. He looked pretty stupid at the Guy Fawkes ralley- F+R axles locked and he literally could not get out of the lower pasture. The truck just sat there with all four wheels spinning! Muddy sidehills were another scary proposition. They simply choked up with mud far too easily and became slicks. Tire chains became a necessity.

So IF you do any serious offroading somewhere where there is mud consider a tire with larger voids- a mud type tire with sipes would be a good solution. If you decide to get All Terrains then seriously consider www.tirechains.com


I'm not a huge fan of the Trxus but it is worthy od consideration- it fits somewhere between the all terrains and the more aggressive mud tires.

ymmv

[Bostonian1976]

hmm my driving is all over the place.

I do sand on the Cape, mud/wet trails up in New Hampshire, a lot of road in between, and snow in the winter now.

What about those Goodyear MT/R's?

[yorker]

Well do you want a modern tire or an old fashioned one? What is your $ range? Size you are looking for?

Traditional (bias ply):

http://www.stausaonline.com/light-truck/super-traxion.html

Don't get military NDTs or NDCCs


for a modern tire
KevinNY had a Cooper he was fond of and he uses his truck on road and off, maybe he'll tell which model he uses

[sven]

Cooper Discoverer S/T. They are a very good tire. They fall in the "better than a A/T, almost as good as an M/T" catagory.

[msggunny]

I will have to agree with the comments about the BFG A/T's, they are good for everything but mud. Especially if you have sticky clay, it just packs on and makes for 4 huge "mud" tires, literaly.

I have run BFG A/T's on my jeep cherokee and toyota 4runner but they didnt see as much off road as my Series. I am running BFG Trac Edge's on the SIII, but they dont make those anymore . When they finally go, i will get something agressive but not too soft. I dont have to deal with snow here so its not a big deal.

What i want to do eventually is have a set of high milage street tires and a set of off road tires for it. Swap on a set of MT's for when i go out to play and keep the non agressive tires for everyday driving.

[JimCT]

Interco

http://www.intercotire.com/piclib/590.jpg

Voids for mud and siped for snow and ice.

[msggunny]

http://www.intercotire.com/piclib/590.jpg

Voids for mud and siped for snow and ice.

Those may be my next set, but i have heard some horror stories about how hard they are to ballance, out of round, etc.

[Bostonian1976]

how hard do those 'super traxion' tires ride? I love the classic look of them since they seem close to what came on Rovers originally - are there major downfalls?

[leafsprung]

They are pretty much what you would expect from cheap bias ply tires.