I am ready to buy a set of tires for my 2000 Discovery II. I have the stock 16" alloys that I will be using. I have read good reviews on the General AT2. I also like the BFG A/T but they are a little pricey. I want to go a little bigger 255/70/16 or 245/75/16. Has anyone had any experiance with the AT2 tire? I live on a very steep driveway and I need a good snow capable tire. My stock Bridgstone Dueler H/T barely get me up the hill in 6 inches os snow with the CDL locked.

Thank you,
Willie

 

245/75/16's work well on a stock D2 without a lift. At's, especially the BFG AT's last well are quiet and handle the snow and although they are more expensive they are better built then most of the other AT's

 

Thank you Disco Mike, I will go with the 245/75/16 BFG's.

Willie

 

I went to Costco today to look at BFG A/Ts. They said the 245/75/16 size only comes in 10 ply for heavy dutyapplications. He said I would get a very stiff ride. It already rides like a 2 ton truck on the 2 ply tires. He recomended the new Michelin LTX A/T 2 in the p265/70/16 size. That is 30.6 tall by 10.43 wide 7.3 sidewall. It might be a little to wide. The BFGs look like they would be better offroad. Michelins are known to get a lotof miles out of them though.Do you think your 10 ply BFGsare too stiff? It would probably help with cornering on the road with less sidewall flex.


Willie

 

I finally bought a set of 245/75/16 BFG A/Ts. Came to $850. for four tire! The stiffness is about the same as my old tires. Dry road handeling seems to begood. What pressure should I run these at?

Willie

 

You paid alot for those tires, who did you buy them from, you didn't put the 10 ply tires on did you?

 

They aer LT 245/75/R16 120/116S load range E 3042lbs at 80 psi.I bought them at Discount tires. The replacement warrenty was an extra $60.00


Willie

 

I see you all talkin about goin from a 255 to a 245...whats the advantage in that...what is the largest tire and width that can be put on a 99 D2 with stock air suspension? ive been lookin at the General Grabber AT2 285/75/R16....that goin to be too wide?

 

Here is a good tire size calculator to give you an idea of what your getting.I am pretty happy with the245/75/16 tires,I am not going touse this vehical for very tough offroading, just commuting, light trails and snow. You will probably need a 3 inch lift and lower gears with the 285/75/16.


http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

Willie

 

I have a2001 Disco 2 and I took it into my local car shop and they said that the biggest tires I could get on them were 265/75R16 without any rubbing.