A lot of input on Photo travel vehicles. Am limited to the vehicles my Uncle owns as I'm living on his farm. Pickups and Ford Escape. Big Ford F150 SuperCrew and a small VW diesel. A lot of gravel an dirt roads and a climate whose two main features are Winter - and Winter is coming.

He has two sets of wheels for each vehicle. Summer and Winter tires for each. Over the past five years he has switched entirely to Nokian tires. Rotiiva 10 ply "All weather" (not all season - these are a bit different) for the big 4x4 truck as it goes in farm fields as well as roads. Good traction but winter specific are still better on ice and snow - but this year he ran them through the winter to see how they did. Good, but studded snows still a bit better.

His VW pickup now runs Nokian WR G4 "all weather". Surprisingly good in ice and snow - but not quite as good as Nokian Hakkapeliitta(studded or not) or Nolian Nordman(either) or Bridgestone blizzaks or Michelin X-Ice. He is trying them as an alterntive to switching out and this winter it has worked well. Really nice on the highway and he's planning on them for his wife's Ford Escape for summer use as they will work well for the late spring and early fall snowstorms before a changeover.

The Ford Escape - Summer tires will be the WR G4's after the Michelins wear more this summer. Winter are the Nokian Hakkapeliitta(non-studded) which are great. No road noise from studs - though their studs are cushioned and installed at the factory and have different patterns depending on where they are located on the tire. Nokian invented snow tires - and seem to do a really good job of it.

So - I know a bit more about this specific brand than others and trust the judgment. He has put on a ton of road miles over the years, even an Audi 4000 into The Racetrack at Death Valley. His photo efforts have him on rough roads often and the cold up here by Canada is a severe test for tires, including summers with temperatures over 100 degrees. Have watched as the switch in winter to studded snows on the trucks. Once we get past the first few snows it is mainly ice packed roads on both pavement and gravel and the studs give a bit more bite on the ice. Some States don't allow them. Driving into Canada they are fine and where we go it is "winter tires" required. If you don't have them on the vehicle, you don't drive there.

So, how about Tires for the photo vehicle?