What he said.
You will be amazed at what they truck can do with nothing more than a good set of rubber and driver skill.

 

That is what I had originally had planned but I need new tires. I figured I mind as well upgrade instead of buying two sets of tires within a short while.

The badlands in IN and the cliffs insane terrain in IL are the off road parks I visit most. Every once in awhile I go the the silver lake sand dues in MI. I would really like to go to Moab.

I had always planned one going to Moab with m jeeps but they are so uncomfortable on long drives. The discovery should be a huge difference. Especially with ac.

 

Speaking of tires I am stuck on those as well. I've been leaning towards the guard dogs mts. I've used bf goodrich mts and super swampers before. I was not a fan of the bf goodrich on the trails. The super swampers were amazing but wore quick.

Super swampers are more than likely out of the question unless I go with 33's. The on thing I really do not want to do is go bigger then needed.

 

The best compromise if you don't want to buy two sets in a short period of time because you'll start to modify later would be an A/T tire. You can go 245/75/R16 or 235/85/R16, they fit without a lift and they will not look too small if you lift the truck.

One of the best IMO is the BF All-Terrain. It does well in the trails, not too noisy on the road and does not wear within 20k.

If I remember well Spike has Cooper Discoverers S/T and likes them.

 

I am not a huge fan of bf goodrich and since it's it wil primarily be used for off roaring I'd rather stick with a mt. Everyone I have gone wheeling with that has used a at tire has quickly switched to a mt.

 

A m/t will suck in the snow and ice and rain.
The Cooper S/T is a cross between a a/t and a m/t.
I have them on my truck and they are just now starting to show wear after almost 30k, if I rotated them they would not be showing the wear that they do.
I HATE the BFG a/t with a passion, I have ran them on my work van and I would get stuck if I even looked at a slight incline that had snow or ice on it.
I would just spin.
The S/T's just dig in and bite and away you go.
They also hold up to abuse really really well.
If I got stuck I would just spin them up to 30mph and hold there until they got hot and melted the ice and got traction.
Then if I got stuck again I'd just do ti again.
The BFG's would actually melt if I did that, they only lasted a month or so, the S/T's almost 5 months. (I'm a FedEx driver in West MI if that gives you a idea about the snow we get)
Go to Coopers web site and check them out, I think you'll like them.

 

Really? I have never had a problem with mts in the winters. Do the s/ts see the trails often?

 

I have not liked BFGs for a number of years and have found the BFG AT one of the worst tires ever....especially if you have winter weather.

Having said that I have completely switched to the New BFG KM2 for my fleet vehicles. my crews run out in the deserts of NV for the entire work week. I now have 8 sets out of 20ish the BFG km2, the remaining will get switched to km2 when their tires get shredded. I'm lucky if a set of tires last 2 years. i run both 265/75 and 285/75 r16. they are tough and stick well...even in wintery weather where the sun melts a snotty top layer of clay on frozen ground. after seeing how they perform on my work trucks i will be buying a set for my LR. the 265s still have the "small" lugs and the 285shave the "large" lugs.

I also have a set of GuardDogs I am testing on 1 truck. they have been performing well, but have only had them for 2-3 weeks now. one thing about them....they are very heavy compared to "real tires" and they run almost 1/2" larger in diameter than "real tires" in certain sizes.

advntrjnky

 

So would medium springs the way to go?

 

Yes, as often as I can.
Deep sand, wet grass, deep snow, not much mud though, I'm not into mud slinging.
Work was cancelled the day after the blizzard this year and I went out and played in the deep snow, I even pulled a LR4 out of a snow bank.

This parking lot had not been plowed, the snow was no less than 24" deep.
I was the first person to drive though it.

YouTube - ‪Blizzard 2011‬‏

This is under the truck after I drove out of it.