Winter Spring tire choice - offroad

[Windblown]

So I'm getting ready to mount a rear tire for winter/spring off pavement conditions and I have a conundrum. Let me hear your vote!

 

Conditions:  Mountain two track, forest roads, some maintained gravel, some unmaintained dirt,  rocks, mud, and some ice from time to time and of course pavement to and from but that is not the priority. Muddy Icy offroad conditions is where I will want the performance shinning thru. 

 

I've got new rims for offroad use and two tires here to choose from: A Motoz Rallz 140/80-18, and a Motoz Tractionator H/T 140/180-18.  I've ridden both previously on a different bike in the 150 size and was leaning towards the Tractionator which has deeper lugs. However I noticed ion the 140 series the Rallz is more aggressive than it's 150 series counterpart with more spacing between the lugs.  

 

My front tire on left (already mounted) Tractionator H/T in the middle, Rallz on right

 

So...

Rallz - slightly less lug depth but vey good spacing and has Silica which should help with traction in cold wet conditions.

*or*

Tractionator H/T - Massive lugs proven "digger" but not silica and the forward drive lug spacing doesn't look quite as open across the tire as the Rallz.

 

What say you? Clocks ticking, I have the attention span of a squirrel and these tires are just sitting here staring at me waiting on me to pick one. Help! LOL..  

 

 

 

 

[AZJW]

@Windblown Answered you on the " other" forum.  RallZ for the win! I'm on my 2nd RallZ 150 and it's been stellar on AZ rocks, gravel, baby heads and pavement. Not much time in mud, but the clay type I've encountered seemed to shed halfway decently. 

[Windblown]

10 minutes ago, AZJW said:

@Windblown Answered you on the " other" forum.  RallZ for the win! I'm on my 2nd RallZ 150 and it's been stellar on AZ rocks, gravel, baby heads and pavement. Not much time in mud, but the clay type I've encountered seemed to shed halfway decently. 

 

Thanks. I've run the Rallz in a 150 on other bikes and it's a pretty nice all arounder in my book. I think it has just a bit more traction in slick wet that the H/T.  The thing I noticed right away when this rallz came in is it's even more aggressive than the 150 series. That's what made my decision tougher. I thought I would mount the H/T and save the Rallz for later but the extra aggressive nature of it plus the silica content (and peoples opinion) made me change up and I'll go with the Rallz.

 

Here's what I mean about the 150 versus 140 series - 140 series lugs are a touch smaller and the the lug spacing is wider making it a bit more aggressive.