Tyre choice for soft roader

[HertsBiker]

Greetings serious offroader types, I need advice please.

I confess I have a 2wd, but I would like to improve the off road / winter ability, but only buy 2 tyres. It has 4 m+s rated tyres at present, so can you advise me what would go good on the front end.

Cheers
C

[TheHeretic]

What is it, and what sort of offroad are you looking at?

[HertsBiker]

TheHeretic said:

What is it, and what sort of offroad are you looking at?

A diesel duster. Need it to handle light to medium dirt track, especially snow. I could stretch to 4 tyres but all are brand new! Thanks. I didn't go all wheel drive as it was about 2.2k more!

[TheHeretic]

Erm, how about an AT tyre with snow rating?

I used to use a Bridgestone Revo2 on my old Isuzu in the States. Did trails as well as snow perfectly fine.





Also used by my brother n his Pinin, which was used a lot in winter, and also offroad.

[HertsBiker]

Excellent, you're going in the direction I hoped! I had thought AT tyres, say BFG or Yoko Geolandars.. But will this cause any on road stability problems? I realise it will never be an off roader but for 180 quid it could be a lot better than it is. Example, it cut a nice big groove getting off a grass bank. Something I would like to avoid! Many thanks.

[TheHeretic]

HertsBiker said:

Excellent, you're going in the direction I hoped! I had thought AT tyres, say BFG or Yoko Geolandars.. But will this cause any on road stability problems? I realise it will never be an off roader but for 180 quid it could be a lot better than it is. Example, it cut a nice big groove getting off a grass bank. Something I would like to avoid! Many thanks.

No broad stability problems. The tyres were run n well over 30 degree heat, down to well below freezing, and they worked very well on both continents.

Grass is always a bit of a terror, especially wet. I have seen 4x4's with MT's sat there spinning their tyres on wet grass. Regular road tyres can be a nightmare.

All I can say is that those revo's coped with mud, snow, dry stuff, etc.

[HertsBiker]

Ta, how about the presumably stiffer AT side walls being too direct versus the squashy HT tyres on the rear? I really don't want to make a tail happy car! Sooner buy four tyres!

[TheHeretic]

Well, I would change all 4 if it was me, depending on your budget, I suppose. It is a Duster, you shouldn't be getting to the point of drifting, I imagine.

[Bill]

What are the current tyres? As people have said wet grass is a 'mare. FWIW we have Kleber Quadraxers on SWMBO's 2wd hack and they've coped with everything we've thrown at it - muddy lanes, snow and ice, hot A-roads - with impressive competence.

[HertsBiker]

Bill said:

What are the current tyres? As people have said wet grass is a 'mare. FWIW we have Kleber Quadraxers on SWMBO's 2wd hack and they've coped with everything we've thrown at it - muddy lanes, snow and ice, hot A-roads - with impressive competence.

Continental cross contacts. Very mild tread pattern. And I'm trying to avoid having two snow rated tyres for insurance reasons...