Tucker

Ok guys I have to try to clear this one up.

Tell me your opinion on tire size for snow.

Is it better to run a narrow tire or a wider tire to get moving and also to keep moving?

do you deflate or do you leave alone?

HeavyMetal

depends on a lot.

consistancy of snow
on road?
off road?
deep?
plowed?
hard packed?

on road in shallow to medium snow id probably narrow tire it

offroad in deep snow, wider footprint is better

AbadK5Blaz

It depends also on your driving. I have ran 33-9.50s fully inflated and 35-12.50 deflated and didnt see much difference. Also depends on how much snow you get.

Tucker

thank guys I am triing to think ahead and set my xj up right.

I plan on using it alot on plowed and unplowed areas so I was kinda thinking somewhere in the middle but I wanted more info.

muddeprived

Years of wheeling in mud/snow tells me to go narrow. I ran 10.5 tires for years and then went 12.5 and hated them on snow. They slip around alot.

trans_am7935

any opinions on this one?

Rock Toy

I guess it would depend on where you live and what you mean when you state that you drive both on and off highway in the snow. I've seen guys drive in 4 inches of powder snow and think they're in snow. When the guys I go snow wheeling with are in from 2 to 5 feet of snow we use wider tires, for this type of snow narrow tires are a joke. Narrow tires on the highway or around town on packed snow do fine, they are pretty good from 12 to 18 inches of snow, but anymore than that you're going to start having problems.
As for air pressure I usually air down to around 10 pounds for riding in good powder snow. If I'm trying to get on top of snow in the spring when it is melting I run less air down as low as 6 pounds. Of course I have my tires siped for added traction on packed snow.

sgtskid

As most people have mentioned in here it all depends on what kind of snow you are driving on. Super deep/ melting snow you want to stay on top of so bigger tires aired down works well. Shallow snow or powder you want to dig to the solid ground below for traction so narrow tires work best. For the area I live in I use narrow tires fully inflated. 33x1050

mcssls

narrow tire in snow, won't slip as easily on the ice underneath and you don't have to plow snow with the tire.

00jeepXJ

Being from michigan which gets a good amount of snow I have learned that narrow with full pressure is best. Running 31x10.5x15 all year round has taught me to stay narrow and have good air pressure. Especially when driving on michigan roads in snow.

Rock Toy

Wheeling for 35 years in all kinds of snow has taught me that if you want to drive on packed snow and ice narrow tires work fine, but 12.5 and 13.5 tires siped work just as good, and if you run your tires fully inflated in snow over 2 feet deep make sure you have a good recovery strap and solid recovery points you'll need them.

trans_am7935

what do you mean by siped?

sheepdog

I live in wyoming, and drive through alot of snow, but like everyone else is saying, it depends on where you mainly are at. if you want a good stable snow tire on the highways, one that is good for traveling on road, a narrower tire with siping and consistant even grove lines will do the best, but if you want to bust some drifts and go off road, then a really aggressive tire is good, especially on a jeep, a wide tire will keep the relatively light vehicle on top and help to prevent getting buried (not saying that you wont) but its hard to find one that fits both ends of the spectrum well. what i do that works good is have one set of rims with on road snow tires, and another set of rims with some aggressive mud tires (cooper discoverer stt's) and both do awesome in their relative conditions. works good for me

alpine.adrenaline

Siping tires involves putting little slices in the treads to allow them to grip better. You can have it done at most tire stores. Google pros & cons. I prefer a wide tire for packed snow, thin tire for deep snow. Unless you can fit tires this wide: http://autozone4you.blogspot.com/200...d-monster.html

Rock Toy

Check out this web site. Go to mc4w.com click on videos and watch both of them, that is snow wheeling.

http://www.mc4w.com