given the anticipated use i would suggest the tires im using. they're great in the snow. off-road i can't say much but i imagine they'd do well. i paid $78/tire to have them shipped to me. 235/75/15. https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f59/go...5-15-a-202482/

 

How are they off road?

 

I myself wouldn't say they shine to bright offroad haha, and customers tend to echo that. They do ride nice though and last awhile. Pretty comparable to all other middle tier all terrains and nice at that price above.

 

I have the Wrangler Radials on my XJ currently. Replaced the 8 year old Tiger Paws the previous owner had on it when he parked it for 6 years. Got them just because I needed something that wouldn't pop the minute I hit the road. Three years and 30k miles later they still look new so they do wear decently. People don't like them on snow but so far I have not had any problems, but then I grew up driving a 71 F100 on snow with dirt cheap street tires back in the 80s. Whether or not you will have problems on snow with them will depend on your snow driving skills. Some people can't drive on snow no matter what tires are on the vehicle and some can drive on snow with slick worn out tires, just going slowly. But either way the Wranglers will not be forgiving of bad snow driving skills.

Dirt roads they would be good. Back in the late 80s these were the best AT tires, but they are a 30 year old design so there have been much better come out since then. When I replace mine I will either go with the Hercules Terratrac AT II or the Mastercraft Courser AXT(have these on my F150 now, really like them). In 235/75/15 either of those should be in the mid $5xx range, and often you can find rebates on them.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f15/n...e-one-1527835/

This is a good thread on AT tires if you want to do a little more reading.

 

Those tires are stock on the wj only on a 16" wheel.

To the op, go on Amazon and type in the tire size you are looking for. Add AT to the search if you want. There are a lot of tires available on Amazon with free shipping. Just a good place to search and research for tires in my opinion. Even if you don't buy from there. There are a lot of tires available in between those two prices.

 

Stay away from the radials they are to skinny. I have them on my ranger. They break loose in the rain to easy. Get the armortracs

 

???? Skinny is a function of the tire size, not the model.

 

Not necessarily. The reported section with is the same but that's not the tread width. The tread on these tires is a lot narrower than other 225s I have.

 

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exactly. The radials taper up. Look at the comparison of the grabbers on post one. They are squared off and look much wider, even though they are the same size.

 

Yup. Sorry for the lighting in these. First pic is 225/75R15 as shipped with the XJ. The second is 225/75R15 Goodyear Ultragrip winters

 

Lemme try this...

salad view

 

I have the 235 Wranglers on my XJ right now and just put some 30x9.5s on my truck. Charts say they have approximately the same width, but the tread on the 30x9.5s is over an inch wider. Makes the Wranglers look really narrow.

 

This diagram should help illustrate the difference. Note that section width is nowhere near tread width:

 

I am aware of the difference between section and tread width. I am also aware that some tires do maximize or minimize tread vs section, and I apologize for not mentioning and allowing for that possibility, but they are directly correlated to tire size and I personally find any tread width variation from one model to another at a given size to be rather inconsequential as I've never seen tread with for a given size be SO narrow as to be ineffective or unsafe.

I drove a company truck for years that was on Wrang Rads. They were respectable cheap tires. They were poo-poo in heavy rain, in my experienced opinion, more due to their tread pattern than any dimensional difference from other models.