UM, i beg to differ about hte M/T in snow... i grew up in the Northwest, snow is abundant and i had ran my first set of M/T just this last winter, and all i have to say is WOW! I had them siped and they got around better than anything i have ever driven before(i've got about 100,000 miles under my belt already), and in 4x4 i'd have that truck pinned without ever, I MEAN EVER, losing traction. The other tires just don't compare, thats my experience with em
BTW i can count on one hand how many times i actually needed to use my 4x4 during the winter cause my tires did that well
As for sticking with stock tire size... that doesn't matter much, just as long as you adjust your gear ratio to the tire size. For instance, i plan on putting 35" tires on my ranger, but i'm going to be changing the gear ratio to 4.88 from 3.73. So just depends on what kind of money and what you're lookin to do with your truck. Sometimes putting a little bigger tire helps with fuel economy too IF you drive lots of hwy cause it will drop your rpms, which will reduce you're vehicles fuel consumption
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93 ranger ext. cab 4.0L auto 6" SJ/custom lift--37" super swamper truxs M/T tires--lock rite locker w/ 4.56 gears up front--warn hubs--exploder 8.8 w/ disc brakes 4.56 gears and detriot locker--one-piece driveline--bushwacker cut-out flares--Bilstein 5150 shocks--2 10" xcite subs w/ 1600W Crunch amp-- tinted windows
waiting for: dual steering stabilizer, put on 3" body lift(in my room), dual shock setup, electric fan, possible SAS with a waggy D44