Just popping in to say hi. Already started my first thread but duly told to show my face here. So here I am. :p Recently bought my first landrover, a TD5 90. Partly to help log firewood for our house with less back work moving stuff around and partly to scratch an itch to own one. Big trees...

I have a Subaru conincidentally but its the family car and doesn't stray from the harder track stuff. The defender is to go where that can't to transport logs from cut point to log store. It's small volume personal stuff not commercial but is already making my life a bit easier.

Clay tracks - check Leaving tracks - check Nimble - checkish To be fair it's also pretty level has a lot of stone tracks too and isn't too wet so I guess the smaller ones will be fine. There isn't much understory or clambering required either.

Yeah I thought it would be a bit of a clanger but I'm planing on ordering so thought I might as well jump in with a tyre thread. Might as well get the leg pulling over and done with on the first go. I'm more used to the two wheels of mountain bikes. Funnily enough tyre threads get a similar...

Crikey, you guys are speedy on the replies. Thanks. I'd hoped my opening bit would have been enough of an intro without going OTT on details. Had no idea it would be so formal. :)

Hi, I'm new here and also recently bought my first defender so got a dumb tyre question. It's a late TD5 standard spec. The main use is going to be some light forestry work to get firewood for the house on some land we have access to. I'm going to buy some new tyres and opting for goodrich all...