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Hi Marco, you wont go wrong with the SST Pro Tires. I’ve done 20,000+ miles on mine. Mainly road miles and I still have 80% left. I think they will do 60K+ no problem. They do some towing but mainly it’s just regular road mileage. I don’t find them noises either. I love these tyres.

@@robertpearson1781 Thank you for that quick answer. Knowing this, I think I am going to put some on.

HI Marco - Just the central diff lock. Nothing fancy. I’m using Cooper STT Pro mud tires which get used a lot on the road. I’ve heard some people say that although using mud tires on the road is really quite stupid, the hard surface keeps the edges of blocks sharp. Perhaps that’s why the gripped so well on this video.

I know, it;s a bit of weird one to have on a 110. It’s not a weight saving move. During the late spring, summer and autumn I have a roof tent on and the easiest way up is climb up the bonnet. So the carbon fibre bonnet just means you can have a 16 stone bloke jump on it without any worries! The fact it’s lighter cant do any harm but it’s just a useful side effect of the extra strength.

@@robertpearson1781 looks pretty cool as well 👍

We’re in Stoke on Trent in the UK. Basically in the Middle of England.

Agreed, mud tires are a disaster in the snow. But on the balance of probability, mud seems more likely than snow round here!

Let me know which curry house you use, it sounds good! 😜

You're right, it's not in the same league, it's probably a few leagues higher than the old defender. In all honesty I suspect you'd get further than me in the snow. Hope you stay safe and have fun. The main thing it to get out and enjoy it.

@@robertpearson1781 cheers buddy take care

What is it then?

@@TheBlaert not snow.

Be careful you might leak a diff or get a flat or maybe your heating won't work

Took my friend's pathfinder with winter tyres down a road like this a few days ago in Finland... full send and hitting 80kmh XD (road was checked to be clear ahead)

You guys must laugh at us in the UK. If we get an inch of snow the roads come to a stand still! But, that makes for more fun rescuing the less well prepared. Have fun and stay safe!

Years ago I put proper winter snow tires on my 4x4 Audi estate. They were the best tires I’ve had. Left them on all year. I only used them on the road so not sure what they would be like in muddier conditions. That’s my main worry.

@@robertpearson1781 If you leave them on year long they will wear very quickly during the summer. I have a front wheel drive car and have a set of Kleber tires for winter, they are the best i've had (better than Michelin and Vredestein) and perform pretty well in mud/gravel. Mud tires on a 4x4 like you have usually do well on snow anyway

Good spot. Yes it is Carbon fibre. The main reason is for strength. I use the bonnet to climb onto the roof. In the warmer months I have a roof tent so the kids and I are always up and down.

I think that weather patterns are changing everywhere. In recent years we've not had much snow at all and the summers are starting much earlier. This year it worked out well though, April turned out to be the best month of the year and it was our 1st lock down month so it was great!😂

sadly yes, we have such a shit climate that sun for more than a day or a little bit of snow finishes us off, airports schools shops etc all shut and everyone runs around screaming

On the other hand, when it comes to handling grey weather and MUD, we're world class!

@@robertpearson1781 indeed, masters of the unremarkable

I certainly agree. In Jan/Feb next year I’ve got 30+ hilltop sites to visit in the far north of Scotland. Reckon a set of decent snow tires might be worth while this year!!

You’re probably right - This is considered living on the edge in these parts! Will do better next time...

@@robertpearson1781 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎

You did fine job mate

Not everyone needs the v-tec to kick in yooo lol

@@robertpearson1781 love defenders like cant beat them for 4x4 one of the best

Thanks for the details Nigel. Really appreciate you comments on tire width from someone who obviously knows what they are talking about. More importantly someone who’s got real world experience. Your timing is very useful as I have 30+ hill top sites to visit in North Scotland during Jan and Feb and I suspect they will have a bit of weather !! Currently you would profile me as a wide “tire offender” . I’ve to Cooper STT Pros which are really a mud based tire with little or no sipes and really are not good in snow. Add to that they are 265’s on 16’s. What would you suggest for winter in Scotland? For the rest of the year they will get fairly normal all round use, running the kids to school, working on site and then picking the kids up again. Got say I’ve used and like the BF AT’s. Would a narrow set do the job?

Hi Robert. 265 aren't as wide as many. It depends on your truck really, its weight. My Disco 1 has a kerb weight of 2540kg, due to mods. I run 255/85 16 KM03 which are good in deep snow, not necessarily so on packed snow where something like Vredestine Extreme winter tyres would be better. Lots of sipes, cutting edges, micro texture versus the heavy mud pattern. I personally won't go wider on my weight of truck, but, if I was predominantly on peat/heather (where there is no hard ground underneath) I'd want flotation and probably go 315 or wider. Doesn't help you much.. Your Coopers are a great tyre. What is your truck, loading, main surface (snow or ice or peat or mud or rock)?

When driving through deep snow, onto s hard base a narrow tyre takes less force to push forwards and, cuts down more easily to hard stuff below. A 235 section with a chunky tread is ideal. A 215/100 r16 even better. Aired down you also get a longer footprint, increasing traction with little widening of the tyre. A wide tyre, say 285. 305, has a lot of snow to push through and needs a lot of weights to push down to hard ground. A little Def 90 weighing what, 1700kg needs v different tyres to a heavy lump of tricked up Def 130 or Landcruiser weighing close to 3000kg. Some Michelin 750 16 XZL or 235/85 are great. A heavy truck would be better on 255/85, 255/100 or maybe 265 but no wider than 285..in my opinion on typical UK wet heavy snow. If you're prepared to stick chains on, then ATs are fine.

@@Predator27007 Funnily enough I was at a quarry the other day and went over the weigh bridge so know that my 110 weighs 2520, after I got out! Similar to yours. Just had a look at the KM03’s. They look great but like you say, more of a mud tire and not dissimilar to my Cooper STT Pros I’m running. I’ll take a look at the Vredestine Extreme Winter Tires but suspect that more year round solution. Wondered about the KO2’s in something like a 235.

@@Predator27007 Looks like we’re on the same track here. I’ll have a look over the next couple of weeks in the 235 region. Normally snow’s not a big factor for me but the fact that I’ll be in areas where snows almost guaranteed for the next few months make it real concern. If I don’t get to the sites I wont get paid so the right tires are important and will pay for themselves within a couple of sites. Thanks again for your advice. Much appreciated. I’ll see if I can take some footage while I’m up there. Could make a good video.

Hi Dieter, I’m using Cooper STT Pro’s. They’re more of an aggressive mud tire but I’ve been using them as my daily all round tire and love them. I’ve done a few 2000Km trips across France and they’re great on the motorway. Out of interest, the wheels are 16inch Hutchinson Bead Locks.

@@robertpearson1781 thank you very much

If you don't like seeing land rovers playing in the snow then why did you click on the video??

The title was misleading. There's nothing dramatic about the drive. I Like defenders and off road adventures. Perhaps it's just the disappointing content. Hope TH-cam future AIgorithm can suggest better video, not just based on the title.

You’re probably right, a friend from Germany came over in his rear drive Audi with winter tires and sailed past everyone when he was here in the snow a few years ago. But, my truck happens to be a 4x4 and we just don’t get much snow in the Midlands of England so we have to take what we are given. This is about as Dramatic as it gets. I guess these things are all relative!

Now now Ron! That’s why we always take a pair of 110’s on any trip so that when one breaks down we can strip it for parts 😮 and get home. Also remember that this is the UK so there’s a Land Rover mechanic on every corner!

@@robertpearson1781 Land Rover have been making mechanics out of drivers since 1948 .......and still doing so

@Cezary As soon as it threatens to snow, seems like the people here forget what little they knew about driving and head for the nearest ditch.

Hi Anthony. That’s why I took Bobby with me in his 110. That way, whoever breaks down has a doner vehicle to strip for parts so they can get home😜. Anyway, this being England, there’s a Land Rover mechanic on every corner so we normally get by OK. Love the Landcrusier but there aren’t very many here. They are a beast!

@@robertpearson1781 glad you see the banter for what it is. I owned a Defender and loved it! It never let me down.

Hi Sam, my headlights are Speaker LED’s. There the 2nd generation so they might have new ones out now as these must be 3 or 4 years old. They are great and would go back to the standard fit “candles”. But the real light comes from 4, big Speaker spots mounted on the roof rack. Probably a bit much for most people in the UK but handy once every year!

To be honest, we have to make the best from what we get in England. Our winters are getting less and less cold so as soon as we get any snow we like to get out in. When the Beast from the East storm came in 2018 we almost ground to a halt, but it was good fun.

Thanks Lee. Fingers crossed for some winter weather this year so I can get out. It’s been a strange year with almost no proper outings so far. I think the 110 double cab is the best looking Defender out there. Accommodation for 5 and the work ethic of a pick-up all wrapped in Defender good looks. What’s not to like. Hope you’re putting it to good use?

@@robertpearson1781 we do a little bit of green laning and tow my banger racing cars about

Sounds like its leading a fulfilled Land Rover Life!

@@robertpearson1781 she is 👍

Yes

Hi Asitha, They do but due to years of under funding of local councils, many of them have either sold their gritting trucks or simply can’t afford to run them!. So preventative gritting seems to be a thing of past now. What’s the situation with the roads in your country?

they put loads down 😳

Yes, we have gritters in the UK, but they tend to do the main A roads and motorways with a few of the heavier use B roads too. These guys appeared to be mainly on the hills and un-metalled roads, where the councils don’t bother gritting.

Some do, most don’t, we rarely get snow so winter tyres aren’t worth the money, majority of tyres are good for displacement of water, some use all season tyres

It's not just about snow though. Winter tyres work better than normal tyres when the temperature drop below +7 degrees centigrade. The compound in a Winter tyre doesn't harden like a normal tyre compound. Lots of people in Scotland run all weather tyres year round or switch to winters between late November and late March/early April.

@@scotsnow8543 I’m aware of them being better below 7c but to be honest, Scotland get many more colder days and nights than we get in the Midlands, I suppose the same argument applies to people that buy hot hatches and then put a shitty brand tyre on because they can’t afford a decent brand

Hi Eddie, I had a se to proper winter tires on an Audi I had a few years ago and they were the best tires I’ve had. But like Paul says, we get so little harsh winter weather in England that 99% of people would rather struggle for a couple of days a year than spend their hard earned. Having said all this, I’ve got a big job on in North Scotland over Jan & Feb and those guys do get decent winter weather. All the sites are on exposed hill tops so I’ll be putting something more suitable on my truck than the Cooper STT Pros that are on at the moment. They are a great mud tire but have almost no sipes (those little cuts for snow to catch in) and really quite poor in the snow. A decent set of All Terrains would be better.

He has a semi for Larry the waggon :D

@@teamidris I know this is the UK and they have different words for these trucks Like Larry it's the same as semi but a wagon is a totally different type of vehicle

@@thediscussionclub1675 Lurry, to lug about 17th century.(derivation of the word Lorry). So not derived from carriage like car. :o) There was also charabang, which was an open top motor bus from the open top horse drawn wagon with rows of seats. Truck is sort of any wheeled carrying thing. (Sack truck) Skid can be wheeled or sledge. Semi is semi-articulated. This one is very interesting because America took the ‘semi’ and the U.K. took ‘artic’. As in, “I drove the artic back from Birmingham”. “I hitched a lift with a semi out of Baltimore” Hope that helps ^-^

@@teamidris the moral of the story

@@thediscussionclub1675 My mate Steve had a job on the railway which was to go through a technical manual and make sure the same words were used all the way through. Basically, to make it a boring read :D

Have you seen the guys with that white base model in the USA? Engine light came in and it needs a new engine. JLR found a blue one and cut the wiring loom fitting the winch. They haven’t seen the white one for 3 weeks. JLR looking for a third unit :o

@@teamidris yep, I’ve been following them for a few years now and watched the new defender videos...It’s simple if you ask me, fill a vehicle up with 83 ECUs, cameras and modules and miles and miles of wiring looms with connector blocks all over the place and sooner or later it will become a problem, I must admit I was hoping it would last a little longer than 150 miles! Land Rover have completely turned their backs on the customers who made them what they are today, this new vehicle might have the Defender badge on the bonnet but it’s far from a true defender...rugged, simple to work on and if it gets bashed about it’s not a problem! I never thought I’d say it in my 35 years of being a Land Rover man, but theres nothing in the Land Rover range which I have any interest in, what a shame!

@@PillSharks it’s all on or off in a way. My 58’ breaks down gradually. (Sometimes) Most of the time you can see the electric problem.

Thanks Tyler. Naturally I agree with the Defender love. There’s a big following for the old style here in the UK. I live in the midlands, the spiritual home of the original Defender but now that the new Defender is made in Slovakia. I think Phil is right, the reliability of any vehicle in inversely proportional to the amount of electrics in it, so the new Defender doesn’t stand a chance. Having said that, I’d like the new Defender to be big hit but it’s going to have an up hill struggle with reliability. I don’t have any plans to get one, in fact, I’ve just got a old 90 pick up which I need to get an engine into. That will keep me busy this winter.

Seems natural to me!!

Actually this is the United Kingdom he's actually on the right side of road, Captain seamus you're an American right.

@@thediscussionclub1675 you know he’s just joking around do you?

@@joskjj3625 how do you know he's joking?

@@thediscussionclub1675 because everyone in the car community always jokes about which side of driving is the "true" driving side Plus what does being American have to do with this?,like there are way more countries in the world who are right and drive and all of a sudden you assume the other commenter is an American

Wow, what a joy you must be to hang out with

@@marc9709 Hello @Mason f. I can be fun. I have a tricked up 4x4 and use it to the full.. I just believe in not adding to the task of emergency workers or road maintenance teams who then get criticised when they don't clear highways blocked by day trippers going out, when they been warned to stay at home. The same goes watersports types out when the red flag is flying and nearly drown, or weekend warriors out on the mountain when weather is closing in. I suppose when you've been on the dirty end of the stick, you view things differently. If that makes me boring, then that's good. Go play off road where we don't cause problems for working people or, register as a winter maintenance contractor and go out 'for real' dealing with Hugo and his Wange Wover mates, hahaha So many complain that UK fails at the first snowflake. Winter tyres and carrying chains is compulsory in Europe, regardless of government efforts. No such rules in UK, so we all slither around blaming everyone else.

@@Predator27007 I take back my comment Nigel. That was a dick of a comment and I'm not usually that much of a dick!! Keep safe dude. 🤙

We're all entitled to a view. I'm not against having fun but I was helping to rescue flood victims in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in July '07. 2am, Army and air sea rescue choppers winching people out of their bedroom windows as the river crept up the stairs!! The only vehicles going along the A38 were fire pumps, slowly but...4x4s charging through, with bow waves over their roofs. BIG tyres, BiG winches, BIG waves. Fun...but not for frontage houses that had their sandbags breached and houses flooded. Such stuff makes me feel a bit jaded, that's all

Interesting perspective. Over here in the northern US, that amount of snow is considered very little, and everyone goes about their business as usual. I think it has to do with experience; in areas that see a lot of snow, drivers are experienced even in small front wheel drive cars. Snow tires are important for this type of driving, and most people around here have them installed on their cars each year in November and remove them at the end of April or early May.

Cheers Thomas. Glad you liked it. I’ve not done many videos but I’ll do some more. I’ve just got an old 90 which I’m going to make into a adventure truck so hold on for more!

Maybe they’re out doing good deeds...or just having fun. Fuck man, get a grip

That's quite funny Mason f...get a grip..snow, traction, grip. I agree with Richard Smith as you know. Richard Smith, well said. They could be out doing good deeds, rescuing people from snow drifts, taking food to stranded drivers. No evidence of that in the video however. Perhaps Robert Pearson will reply as to whether his journey was absolutely essential. It looks like it was just going to play on public roads, along with numerous others in their tough trucks. They could have checked on the welfare of the drivers of the numerous stranded trucks that they drive past??!! I work in Europe a lot. Many 4x4 users out there. If you don't have snowflake marked winter tyres fitted and snowchains in the car you are fined, cos they won't tolerate fools messing up their highways. They also fine if the journey can't be proved to be essential Britain needs the same, to prevent drivers blocking up roads when they should at home playing on Facebook, nice and warm.

@@Predator27007 hope you feel better after that, maybe they did do all those things you said, but rather than have a movie then video, they just showed clips instead.

Hello red110tdi. I don't make comments to 'feel better'. I do think that IF they had gone out to do good deeds, it would have been good 'PR' to have shown at least some of that and, worthy of applause. Instead, all we saw were 4x4 drivers out in large numbers, driving roads, apparently to see how bad the snow was. In my comment you'll notice I put in "perhaps..." "it looks like....". Just put in some good deeds and show how helpful 4x4s can be.

@@Predator27007 what's the big deal, they went out and had fun. For some people that's essential enough. Every time it snows ill go out for drive, for fun. But also if I'm ever caught out, if it suddenly belts it down with that dangerous 2inches of snow at least ill have some experience of driving in the snow...

Thanks Diesel Dude! I’ve not done many but enjoy getting out in the Defender. Hope we get a bit of winter weather soon so I can do some more.

Hi Thomas, The drones are manufactured in China and are sold direct to the agricultural sector. What country are you based in?

Robert Pearson Thanks Robert, I’m based in New Zealand, nearest dealer is in Australia, I would prefer to buy direct from a Chinese agent, it seems like a more economical way to get my hands on one. Do you any trusted XAG agent? Thanks again.

@@thomaskitson5214 Ive checked with head office in China - In your region, you would need to buy from Australia. Sorry not to have been of more help, but you're right, the product is superb!

Robert Pearson Thanks for taking the time to look into it, much appreciated.

@@thomaskitson5214 How did you go detting one of the drones? we are looking at purchasing but information on the Agri app and processing workflow is limited