Hi all,
Although ive owned a few Landy's over the years im pretty new to offroading and greenlaning so am after some advice from you more experienced people, Im currently running 205/16 mud tyres and seem to do quite well with them but i have not really come across anything too extreme, i really like the look of the oversized tyres but have been told 2 different things
1: wider tyres are better because they cover more ground?
2: thinner tyres are better because they dig down and bite?
Having only run on my current tyres im confused lol, i dont want to spend more money on bigger tyres to find out i can do just aswell on my current set, my mate keeps sayin get bigger tyres but he has not used anything smaller than what hes got.
Thanks in advance.

small ones are better in mud they cut though better and find grip widder ones are still ok but i would stick with what you know

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Thanks for that, i do like the look of the bigger tyres, i would rather have more grip than looks though so ile stick with them.

i have wide ones 305/70r/16s and i have a bit of troble in deep mud as you can see but they are fooking tough for rock crawling in wales

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The problem is if the grip is deeper down than the tires are tall then you aint onna get any grip!The 205's are standard size on ya classic and disco int they?Could go to 235 not much bigger, not too big, seem ok to me.Although when i had 205 they were at or roads.

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Ron Burgundy: Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?
Brick Tamland: I don't know.

I run taller and wider tyres, BFG AT's. Mostly 'cos taller gives me a tad more ground clearance, wider 'cos I mostly green-lane and they don't cut the ground as bad as thinner ... and they are way better on wet grass towing a caravan, they don't leave marks ... much ...

Pure off-roading or trialling I use full Mud tyres that are same height but thinner as these do feel like they give better grip. Never done a back-to-back test of them, and different vehicles using different tyres and different drivers don't give true comparisons as every vehicle and driver are all different and will give different results 'cos they're subjective.

Mostly it's down to what you drive, how and where you drive it and how you 'feel' the ground under the tyres ... some people seem to float everywhere and over everything, some people drive by digging the ground up!!

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Paul D.
'96/'97 Discovery 300 Tdi 3 door ... (Work in Progress)

I dont want to dig the ground up and do lots of damage, theres not much in my area for greenlaning but i do take a trip to salisbury plain nearly every other weekend with my friend, a few of my other friends go to a place in alton, supposed to be off roading rather than greenlaning, which is something im keen to have ago at. I am pretty new to all of this but im not stupid and dont want to cause problems by tearing lanes up with my tyres if you know what i mean, they are not too aggressive though, they are insa turbo dakar remoulds.

run what ya got till the need replacing.Ya got muds so youll get the max grip outta thattire size in the mud.If yer feel flush get some bigger tires but dont expect much difference.As mentioned on saturday out laning-theres stuck and proper stuck.I go for the later!

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Ron Burgundy: Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?
Brick Tamland: I don't know.

Ok nice one, thanks all for the info, ile definately stick with what i got for the time being then

Wot e said ..

Insa TD's are fine, Mud patterns that might be copies and remoulds, but they work well. No point changing unless you're into specific stuff like Rock-Crawling or chalenge events etc ...

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Paul D.
'96/'97 Discovery 300 Tdi 3 door ... (Work in Progress)