i need a tire that will do good with all 3 according to the rents (but i'll take last two as prefference ) just wondering what people have and they like for goin through good mud but still good on road and good in ice if possoble, but nothing over 235's (yet). thanx again

BFGoodrich Mud Terrains are good radial tires, that are quiet on the road, yet still aggressive in mud, sand, snow, etc.

i got geolander MT's, excelent on snow, mud, sand but tends to melt away on the road

Get a good mud tire of your choice and have them siped.  I've done this and the difference is night and day.  I had some 31" Mud Kings on my Ranger with the centers siped:

They were the best winter tires I've ever had aside from my TrXus MT's that come with sipes.  They were hands down better than the AS and AT tires I had used the previous two winters.  I won't run anything but siped MT's on my trucks now.  You can chew through the drifts with the lugs and tread voids and the sipes will grab onto the road surface and keep you stuck there.

That said if you drive like an idiot nothing will keep you from sliding around and loosing control.

I currently have the Micky Thompson MTZ's on my grand Cherokee...I will be running them on my Tracker.

BTW..I'm new here and yes, Im a Jeep convert.

ok so where'd you get your tires sipped at? 

mike

I got those done by Discount Tire.  In the snowbelt just about every Discount has a siper and most good tire places do as well.

Now I have a hand siper and do it myself.

sounds like a good idea to sip them. sound very confident in them. but not being samrt and all lol, what does taht mean? and how much would it cost ontop of the 400+ i'm gonna hafta spend alreday? thanx

Siping a tire means you cut small slits across the center treat patern.  You can see in his example pic that the center treads are all sliced up.

This allows your tire to flex in the center more then usuall and give you better traction all around.  Especially in lighter vehicles that don't have the weight to make a tire naturally bulge.  My F-350 has more bulge in it's 33" tires at 30+ PSI then my Zuki does at 8.  Without siping, I couldn't get my tires to wrap around rocks at all. 

Last I knew it was around $25-40 to sipe a set of "normal" sized tires.

Or you could buy an MT that is already siped, like the Mickey T. MTZ's, Cooper STT's or the new toyo's.

Make sure they make them in your size.  I love my Interco TrXus MT's but alas, nothing smaller than 31's...

They're great on my Ranger but they don't make them small enough for the GV.  If they did it'd be running a set already.

those look nice. gonna hafta def see if they carry em in 235's thanx cablesmurf

I just ordered a set of General Grabbers AT2.  I will be using them for driving to class in PA winters.  I got 31's but they make all sizes including 235s.  They are already siped and have 60,000 mile guarentee.  Lots of people say they go good in a bit of everything. 

those look nice. gonna hafta def see if they carry em in 235's thanx cablesmurf

They don't.  As I mentioned they don't make them smaller than 31x10.5R15's or 235/85R16's.

Too bad, I think they're missing out on the smaller market.