I've done about 25k on the orginal Goodyear Wranglers and they are down to about 4mm evenly all round except for the spare which has never seen the light of day.

I intend to replace them towards the end of summer (hope we get one). What tyres do folks recommend? I don't do much off road and find that the wranglers are OK on the farm tracks I use even when muddy and icy. If I change to a different tyre what do I do with the unused spare as it would be a shame to get rid of an unused tyre?

J

Put spare on & buy 3 new Goodyear Wranglers

In the past I always found the Wranglers to be good. Although some complain of them getting noisy when worn. I do have a second set of wheels for winter, but with the increasingly mild weather we are experiencing they seem superfluous. For my next replacements I am considering one of the "All Season" types which seem to get good reports. They can be partly paid for by selling my winter set! 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

I had Wranglers on mine and was very happy with them , I've recently changed to Pirelli Scorpion Atr's and very pleased I am with these.

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (For now ?)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S

Avon Rangers on mine can't fault them.

As above, check spare is correct size, then buy three new Wranglers. If you have a matching spare wheel, just swap it for the least worn of the existing ones. If you have the steel spare, you'll need to swap the tyre over - I'd suggest buying a matching wheel and swapping the tyre onto that. Note that sometimes the steel spare was supplied with a different size tyre, even if the diameter (17") was the same. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

I could of gone down that route of just buying 3 tyres and using the spare but I didn't due to I wasn't happy with the wet grip of the factory fitted continentals tyres. Went for the Avon zx7 far better, and a good price. MY13 HSE LUX Aintree Green
MY57 SE Stornoway Grey. Gone
Nissan X Trail
Discovery V8 LPG
Series II Land Rover

I got 44K out of my Wranglers so have gone for the same again even though they got a little noisy at the end. I put that down to having to use the new spare at 25K due to a puncture. Went quiet again with 4 new ones on. 12MY 61plate FL2 TD4 auto GS Orkney Grey Roof spoiler full size spare

Gone 07 Dodge Caliber 1.8 black
51 Nissan Primera
K Isuzu Trooper 3.1 SWB Citation

Wranglers get noisy. They're well known for it. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Thanks for the replies.

It makes sense for me to get three new Wranglers as I find them OK for my needs. They do get a bit noisey but mine seem to have passed that phase and the excess noise has stopped. The noise seems only to happen at a certain stage of wear.

J

I just put a set of Michelin primacy ltx on and so far I love them. Night and day vs the Dunlops.

I'm sure they are fine but I'm not exactly taking my LR mudding so I couldn't care less how they are at anything more than I would expect an AS tire to do off road. On road, they are impeccable!

Had a set of Goodyear Wranglers on another rig and had no problems. Their traction on and off the road is really good.

Had Goodyear Wranglers on the D2, lasted only 25k, replaced with General Grabbers which lasted nearly 50k. I know where Im shopping from now on!

If anyone is interested I am just putting a couple of new Wranglers on my FL2 today (it had two brand new ones on the back when I picked it up last month) shopping around for 235/65/17 I got the following prices each

ATS £117
Asdatyres.com £108
Blackcircles £96

These are to replace the front one which at 26k miles are down to just under 4mm 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Ive had Wranglers on mine, really pleased with them...lasted 40k miles. Due to be changed before the winter, but this time im going for the GG AT3s. Still cant fault the Wranglers though. 2010 HSE SD4 in Santorini black
(Privacy glass, leather/heated seats, ICE, Verde AS M+S)

2002 Freelander GS TD4
(sold 2011)