tyres for snow/ice

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alan morgan

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hi.i have a 01 discovery . in the recent snow i found it absolute crap on hills on packed snow/ice.i have good year wranglers fitted. there are a couple of old defenders in the village that have real chunky tyres fitted. what i call town and country tyres.they had no problems getting up several hills i couldn't. presumably the tyres were the difference.if so as i need to replace the tyres on the front in a couple of months.1,has anyone fitted these to a disco 2 are they any noisier than standard road tyres. if i go for them should i put the town and country tyres on the front or rear. they will probably be also better as i tow a horse trailer to shows and muddy fields can be a problem.
 
Igot a disco 2 and got general grabber AT2 on and it aint let me down yet, if your in the fields soggy mud and general road, then these are the ones for you. im on about 30,000 with them now and only just over halfway through them. Oh and i also tow A LOT.
 
Goodrich ATs.

Never had a moments problems with them.

They drive great and I have gone all the way to Spain and back in the winter with them.
 
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alan morgan said:
hi.i have a 01 discovery . in the recent snow i found it absolute crap on hills on packed snow/ice.i have good year wranglers fitted. there are a couple of old defenders in the village that have real chunky tyres fitted. what i call town and country tyres.they had no problems getting up several hills i couldn't. presumably the tyres were the difference.if so as i need to replace the tyres on the front in a couple of months.1,has anyone fitted these to a disco 2 are they any noisier than standard road tyres. if i go for them should i put the town and country tyres on the front or rear. they will probably be also better as i tow a horse trailer to shows and muddy fields can be a problem.
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I have Goodyear GT+4 tyres fitted, a road tyre with a self-cleaning tread similar to the Wangelers and didn't have a any real problems other than a bit of rear sliding on corners. My old RRC had Michelin 205 M&S fitted and were no better in the snow than the Goodyears.
As the Swiss will tell you the only tyre to get you through without any problems are ones equipped with studs or wheels fitted with chains.

Were the other Land Rovers Defenders or series LR's with there narrow tyres which have better traction.
 
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Last year and this year I have been to Poland to see some relatives and they live in Zakopane a ski resort. I usually get my tyres from Micheldever Tyres in Micheldever Hampshire, and they do a fantastic range of tyres at trade price. On speaking to the guy I asked what they would recomend for snow/ice. He suggested a set of Falken tyres at grade 6 (they grade their tyres from 1: road use to 10: Extreme Off Road. I opted for 6 as there was a lot of motorway miles to cover on the way, so opted for the intermediate grade.

When climbing up into Zakopane through to Morskie Okie, there was around 7 feet of snow heaped up along the roadsides, with pack snow/ice on the roads. Those tyres performed fantastically, and I personally would recomend them to anyone who want a cheap set of tyres for snow use. There were many off road vehicles getting stuck along the road up to Morskie, but I just drove on by! :D
 
I've had Grabber AT2's and BFG AT's - both great in the snow... I think the AT2's may be slightly better than BFG in the white stuff.

On the other car I'm using Vredestein WINTRAC's and they seem OK for a car - but the Landy's still miles better on AT's.
 
Driving technique has more to do with whether or not you can keep going on ice or hard packed snow. Fiting different tyres won't necessarily make any difference when there's no grip to be had.
 
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