Thanks MrT. I already have a set of the winterforce on my ancient Cherokee, and as you said...they can't be called sporty!. In my case I was thinking that it was due to the 75/15 size. The HL takes 225/70/16, and with a bit less width they should reduce the float-factor. BTW, given the little mileage the GC gets, I have kept the winters on all year, and they still look new. On the other hand, the jeep did feel like it was all over the road in certain cases this summer.
Ovr. Not many vendors suggested the Conti's, even when I prodded them (I remembered you had these). Might be that they just don't carry them, or that they are not too popular in the area. I agree to not go too far down the line in winter tires for the HL, and that is why I eliminated 5 or 6 types to keep it at over $100 installed.
Right now I am leaning towards the Deans since I have already tried a different type of Scorpions (Unidirectional with deep tread on the inside, and finer tread on the outside), on the jeep, and got really poor mileage on them (Year round use). I am hoping that someone out there may have already tried them.....I was told that Cooper makes them for Dean, but Dean seems to have their own site on the web, so....