What winter tyres are best for a Navara NP300?

[MattyF]

Brought some tractor style tyres for the l200 .. great for this shit weather and off road but has doubled fuel consumption.. did not think that would be possible by changing the wheels !

[htb]

Amazing off road though, used them in the trialing days with the AWDC

[billpierce]

 The system on my old b2500 is ridiculous. In 4h both diffs are locked so you can't keep in in 4 for road driving.
 
Its has Remote Free Wheeling, where you can shift between 2 and 4 on the fly, but the front diff is still locked even though it's not driven. 
 
Means you can't drive in RFW on roads where there's patches of snow and clear tarmac. You'd have to stop to engage 4, and stop to disengage RFW on the clear stretches. 

My hilux was similar. It does however mean they a very good off road, having the across axle diff lock. I believe the permanent 4wd on a landy means that the diff locks drive train front to back rather than side to side.

Driven my tuck in a lot if snow and ice and mud and never had a bother with the selectable 4wd. If there is snow on the road the axle won't wind up, same if on a loose gravel track etc.

Mazda maybe a bit different to hilux?

[aspenarb]

I reckon the best option is putting some really aggressive mud terrains on a spare set of rims , swap them onto the truck when needed, best of both worlds.

 

Bob