What tyres are best in snow.

horse62 said:

Last night I ordered a set of General Grabber AT2 for my Disco, I paid £360 from Tyres Direct. Then this morning I got an email saying out of stock for 2 weeks so now I have to wait

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Nearly did the same myself today, but called them to check stock. The guy I spoke to said he didn't have a clear date from his supplier as to when they might come in. Another large tyre retailer I spoke to a little earlier in the day told me unlikely to have any in before xmas!

am just thinking about getting some Insa turbo traction track tyres for the winter

Just had a set of Lassa AT's put on my Disco 1 before the snow came luckaly, not heard a great deal about them but they have been faultless so far in some tricky icey / snowy hills this week.

I drive off road most days at work (not in my motor) and we have a mitsubi**** l200 that has BFG AT tyres on it and its absolutely rubbish in anything other than dry grass, terrible on wet grass, that put me off getting a set of those, maybe its just the mitsubishi.
Luckally most our motors at work are landys running well on BFG MT's.

Anyone hear much about Lassa tyres ?

At`s on Mine and i Have absolutley No Problem in The Snow, Actually im Very Impressed

got bfg a/t's on mine.. see disco v navara thread.. no problem at all wiv em.. and they far from new...

just been out to pick the missus up from work and i am more impressed with them now i have droped the pressures to 25 psi and as its frozen over now i haven't had to use diff lock yet, just hope it snows over night

graham
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_jason_ said:

I've got Recip Mud Trials on my D1 and was shocked at how well the managed to grip on sheet ice up a hill the other night, just put the auto box in 2nd and drove up no problem. They are amazing in the mud but was expecting them to be shockingly crap on compacted snow and ice but they did well.

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Just out of interest, why did you put the auto box in second going up hill? As I understood it you will get best traction in the highest possible gear, so if you put it in second their is no chance of it getting to third, even if it wants to, but it will still start off in first, did you think putting it in second would make it start off in second?

got insa turbo dakar desert track since oct, 32psi front 34 rear, been amazing in this snow n ice, in housing estate roads which not gritted and down to one lane cars go to stop but i pull left driving through 2 to 3 ft snow letting cars drive on, do find if not watch speed the tyres will pull you further into deep snow. even when off roading in muddy fields never had to use low box once. as with muds a bit of road noise over 50mph but just turn up stereo if u dont like noise. had bfg ats, used low box more with them. heard bfg mt 2s are really good also.

cornish rattler said:

just been out to pick the missus up from work and i am more impressed with them now i have droped the pressures to 25 psi and as its frozen over now i haven't had to use diff lock yet, just hope it snows over night

graham
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Don't forget to keep the thread updated on your progress in the snow/ice with slightly lower tyre pressure, it seem's the bias is towards staying with regular tyre pressure.

It seem's experience from previous generation's is disregarded in the UK I wonder why so many car's get stuck.................

Another fan of BFG A/T's here as well. They have been on for 3 years and have given me no trouble either on tarmac or snow.

They used to come with a 50K mile warranty and may still do

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Dewin said:

Don't forget to keep the thread updated on your progress in the snow/ice with slightly lower tyre pressure, it seem's the bias is towards staying with regular tyre pressure.

It seem's experience from previous generation's is disregarded in the UK I wonder why so many car's get stuck.................

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yes its defo better with lower tyre pressures i just need to try them out in soft snow to be fully convinced.

graham
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I cannot rate the Continental Contitrac's on my Disco highly enough, they have got me through 15 inches of snow this week, never bothered with lower pressures just put the difflock in and off it goes. Half the battle with driving in snow is using the right tecnique.

If you're really that concerned about it why don't you get yourself a set of winter tyres? Not muds, not AT's - Winter tyres with the little snowflake symbol then you'll see a big difference in traction.

my 36/12.50/16 simex seemed to have coped ok

Ive got gen at2s on mine and on the ice ive found them ok if i give it some the traction control comes on but light footed they drive like normal had pirrelis on it before a nd traction control was on all the time like its been said its a lot to do with driving methods

I am running old school Firestone SAT's on my disco. Not brilliant on road, but awesome off road and in the snow.

Cooper STTs have been superb. Haven't lost control one ounce (and I've been trying), very composed and safe.

All terrains are the best balance... the general rule of thumb is that more aggressive treads do well in soft, deep, fresh snow - but struggle on compacted snow and ice due to the relatively low surface area and hard rubber compounds. A/Ts are a nice balance between soft snow plugging ability and reasonable traction on really slippery surfaces.

But at the end of the day, it still usually comes down to the most important part of the Landy - the nut behind the wheel

Langers said:

All terrains are the best balance... the general rule of thumb is that more aggressive treads do well in soft, deep, fresh snow - but struggle on compacted snow and ice due to the relatively low surface area and hard rubber compounds. A/Ts are a nice balance between soft snow plugging ability and reasonable traction on really slippery surfaces.

But at the end of the day, it still usually comes down to the most important part of the Landy - the nut behind the wheel

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just got in from ferrying the doris around (she is a care in the comunity carrer) loads of cul-de-sac's and off the main roads .
its started to rain/sleet here on top of compact snow/ice
my new bfg mt's were fookin amazing easily as good as the general at's

I think these will do!

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