Tyre choice - Road / winter?

Hi all,

After some tyre recommendations please. I usually just stick with my recip muds all year but over the winter I find them pretty bad on wet tarmac and dangerous on ice. I've got some spare wheels and want to stick on a decent tyre that will be good in cold/wet conditions but also a really good snow/ice tyre.

I'm wondering if a set of AT's might work well for me - maybe some grabbers? That way I can still venture off road without necessarily changing to the muds. Or will that compromise what I'm really after?

Cheers
Mark

Hi Mark. We have Yokoharma Geolanders GO12 A/T on Kates jimny, not a winter tyre I know but works well in most conditions. They have worked well on/off road but never tried them in snow. I think that's the white stuff but we don't get it on the south coast. Regards Allan.

Guessing we have more winter in Norway than most of the users in here. Big differences in the rubber hardness on different MT tyres. Had some Nexen earlier that was scary on wet pavement. Never dared to try them on winter conditions. I never use summer tyres in the winter but had BF AT with spikes in them for a couple of winters when the rubber was new and soft. Old hard tyres is awful in the winter. Usually change my winter tyres after max. Four years. Now using some cheapo brand winter tire with spikes/dubs in them. (what do you call them?) using 235 75 15. A bit floaty but great when driving in deep snow.
Picture from "spring" of this year.

11/60 wrote: The bfg urban terrain that I go on and on and on about 3 peak mountain snow flake rated and are great in winter as well as everything else. Not cheap though.

Ok pal thanks for the tip - I'll take a look cheers

I'm basically after a tyre that gives me confidence when I'm on icy untreated roads on frosty mornings or roads with water run off from fields that freezes over or snow covered roads. Had my heart in my mouth a few tines last year as my Jimny is damn near uncontrollable in certain situations!

1066Boy wrote: Hi Mark. We have Yokoharma Geolanders GO12 A/T on Kates jimny, not a winter tyre I know but works well in most conditions. They have worked well on/off road but never tried them in snow. I think that's the white stuff but we don't get it on the south coast. Regards Allan.

Hi Allan, hope all is well mate. Yeah I'm hoping someone tells me that there's an AT tyre that will suit my needs e.g winter conditions.

Are you still getting out mate? I haven't been around in a while but would be keen on another little laning trip

Yakuza, studded tyres are probably a bit extreme for my needs (plus not sure legal on UK roads). Love the pic though - would love to have the jimny out on terrain like that!

Young Pretender wrote: Yakuza, studded tyres are probably a bit extreme for my needs (plus not sure legal on UK roads). Love the pic though - would love to have the jimny out on terrain like that!

I thought they were not allowed, but did not know.
BFG are soft enough for your winter needs I would think. But look out for the cheaper tyres that tend to get hard fast when aging.

One spring going to an offroad meet I was overtaken by a lot of cars going towards a mountain pass. Higher up it was icy and with my BFG AT's I ended up overtaking the same cars that had passed me earlier ☺️ those tyres were not studded.
Btw: that is not terrain in the picture where my car is, it is the road.. ☺️

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It also possible to sipe the tyres. Cutting extra slats perpendicular to the direction of rolling. It will cause your tyres to wear out faster, but gives extra grip. Not allowed on cars under 3500kg in Norway, but it sure helps. Quite often people do only the center portion of the tyre width. Truck garages might have this equipment, or it is possible to buy on ebay.


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Young Pretender wrote:

1066Boy wrote: Hi Mark. We have Yokoharma Geolanders GO12 A/T on Kates jimny, not a winter tyre I know but works well in most conditions. They have worked well on/off road but never tried them in snow. I think that's the white stuff but we don't get it on the south coast. Regards Allan.

Hi Allan, hope all is well mate. Yeah I'm hoping someone tells me that there's an AT tyre that will suit my needs e.g winter conditions.

Are you still getting out mate? I haven't been around in a while but would be keen on another little laning trip

Yes another trip out would be fun, with the same group again? AL

Now your talking

Sure we could arrange something. Any ideas for a location? East Kent is good or Crowborough area. Have to be soon though before the seasonal closures.