Best wheel size suspension and tyres for smallholding quadbike replacement Jimny

Ok guys n' gals.Just got a 22 acre smallholding, high on a welsh hill top. Mostly trackless undulating grazing land accessed by gravelled forest trails. Didn't fancy being exposed to a welsh hilltop winter on a quad bike, but need to get around site to manage it. Bought a standard 2004 Jimny with all season tyres, but want to set it up for grass and mud and bouncy stuff with a bit of towing. Would welcome your recommemdations for the best tweeks for this. ie. good mud tyres on seperate wheels What makes, size , lifts?,suspension etc.. Please bare in mind we are now very poor (oops!) so budget is now tight.

Thanks

Hi and Welcome.
Sounds like fun.
If your cash is tight and it's mainly off-road then a Mud tyre would be my way to go. Don't have them on my Jimny as it's more on-road, but my series Land Rover runs MT tyres and it's unstoppable, even in snow. I went for the cheapest I could lay my hands on so I had no concerns about damage to expensive tyres, they have proven to be an excellent purchase.

Tyres are the biggest performance increase for the money, lifts etc are not required if you pick your route carefully.
Mike

Welcome to the forum. I use mine on our farm but we are only at 170m in Yorkshire so not such severe weather. I run standard height suspension but with trailmaster dampers as I do a lot of towing so a lift would be more trouble than it is worth. I have bfg urban terrain tyres which are 80pc road bias tyre because I am concerned about stripping the grass. I have tried mud tyres on all sorts of vehicles and have found that while they grip once the surface is broken they break the surface quicker than the road tyres. I also avoid driving on the land unless absolutely necessary between December and March unless it's frozen. I go to all this effort because sheep don't eat mud and once the grass is wrecked in autumn its not going to repair till spring in which time it's needed most.

roughnready wrote: Ok guys n' gals.Just got a 22 acre smallholding, high on a welsh hill top. Mostly trackless undulating grazing land accessed by gravelled forest trails. Didn't fancy being exposed to a welsh hilltop winter on a quad bike, but need to get around site to manage it. Bought a standard 2004 Jimny with all season tyres, but want to set it up for grass and mud and bouncy stuff with a bit of towing. Would welcome your recommemdations for the best tweeks for this. ie. good mud tyres on seperate wheels What makes, size , lifts?,suspension etc.. Please bare in mind we are now very poor (oops!) so budget is now tight.

Thanks

Won't be so good on road, but should be acceptable. But a good set of narrow "Diamonds" will be about the best thing you can get on grass and remain road legal.

www.fedimatyres.com/en/4x4/4x4/maxi-grip

roughnready wrote: Ok guys n' gals.Just got a 22 acre smallholding, high on a welsh hill top. Mostly trackless undulating grazing land accessed by gravelled forest trails. Didn't fancy being exposed to a welsh hilltop winter on a quad bike, but need to get around site to manage it. Bought a standard 2004 Jimny with all season tyres, but want to set it up for grass and mud and bouncy stuff with a bit of towing. Would welcome your recommemdations for the best tweeks for this. ie. good mud tyres on seperate wheels What makes, size , lifts?,suspension etc.. Please bare in mind we are now very poor (oops!) so budget is now tight.

Thanks

Hello and welcome

From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.

Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)

I forgot to mention, my tyres are standard 205.70r15 size this is to keep the gearing correct for the motor which is useful when doing a lot of towing. It can be a slippery slope as quite quickly modifications start to compound themselves which is fine for a hobby truck but for a working vehicle it can make for some significant compromises. A Jimny can be rebuilt to be unstoppable off road but that same car would be better on a trailer than towing one down the road horses for courses and all that.