- Hey, what's going on guys? Josh from Trail Built.
And in front of you, we have the brand new
Nitto Recon Grappler All-terrain,
right off the bat guys.
The first thing I noticed about this Recon Grappler
is the fact that it has some similarities
or has some similarities to, well the Toyo RT.
And no surprise, I think the two companies are intertwined
in some way or another,
but they did this tread pattern on here
to really help reduce the road noise
especially at highway speeds.
You can see that it does have
these variable sized tread grooves in here.
You have the big grooves to really help evacuate
some of that mud and sand
and some of those loose debris items.
But then you do have these smaller channels
in between these other center treads on here
to help reduce that road noise.
Of course, the closer the tread lugs are compacted together,
the quieter the tire is going to be.
But they still left plenty of room
in these bigger channel voids here
to help really with that off-road aggressiveness.
So if you're hitting the trail,
if you're the type of person
that is an overlander, off-roader,
you need a very versatile tire.
You need something that's gonna
work really great on the road,
but still need that off-road traction.
This tire looks like it's really going to be able
to handle all of those purposes
and it's still considered an all-terrain.
Now, if you've seen some of our previous videos,
we talk about the differences
between all-terrains and hybrid tires.
Hybrid tires will have even more channel grooves,
bigger channel grooves.
They'll have bigger shoulder logs.
There'll be more for that about 50/50
on-road and off-road traction and performance.
They'll still give you reputable
on-road performance handling,
quiet breaking performance, cornering acceleration,
all of those traction necessities that you need on the road
but also really aggressive
off-road traction tread pattern as well.
Whereas, an all-terrain is really going to
give you a little bit more on road performance
as far as the quietness, the tread longevity.
In fact, Nitto rates the LT metric
and also the flotation sizes as a 55,000 warranty.
So it's still pretty respectable there.
If you are running your vehicle more on the road,
an all-terrain is a really a great way to go.
And that's what Nitto did with their Recon Grapplers
as they really wanted a great performing on road truck tire
but still something that can get you to those
hard-to-get-to locations when you're off-roading.
So if you're hunting, if you're rock crawling,
if you're just on the trails
in the Northern parts of Wisconsin
or anywhere in the country,
this tire is really going to be able to grab and grip
at that terrain when you're off-road
to get you to where you need to go.
So the other thing is too,
is what's really nice about this
is they still have these well mannered shoulder lugs.
And when I say well-mannered,
I mean that they're pretty tightly packed together.
So you're still going to get that cornering handling
but then you'll see that they have these basically
what I like to call cutting edges.
They really grab and grip at that terrain below
to help get you through some of those tough situations.
So another thing too, with those alternating shoulder lugs
on here is you really have that digging sort of style,
scooping sort of style shoulder lug.
So when you are in a muck or if your air down,
you still have that traction,
so maintaining that traction while off-roading.
So I really like the design, what they did here.
I like the fact that they kept it still aggressive enough
to really handle those off-road low traction situations.
Like the fact that
they have these raised side biters on here,
and then getting into the tread design itself.
You can see here,
what's pretty common with a hybrid tire
or an all-terrain tire,
some of the newer all-terrain tires, is they do have
a more compact pitched centered tread design.
And with the Nitto, with the Recon Grappler,
what you'll see here is
you do have variable depth sipes in here,
some larger than others.
You still have your regular sipes
that are going in your shoulder lugs,
and then throughout your treads.
But then you have a little bit wider sipes in here
that very in depth too.
And what that's going to do is it's going to give you
some extra tread rigidity it's called.
So when you're slamming on your brakes
or if you're hard accelerating or cornering,
those lugs, aren't going to be folding over on you.
So they make these sipes stiffen.
They'd make them variable depth
so they can stiffen the tread lugs
but still give you that extra traction that the sipes do
and still allows those treads
to flex and really kind of grab that terrain,
that's blow, whether it's payment, gravel roads, dirt,
whatever it may be.
So you're still getting all those sipes
for all weather condition.
So really a great overall tread pattern design on here.
That's going to give you great roadability,
great handling on the road
and still give you a lot of aggressive traction
while air down, off-road, even without being aired down.
This definitely looks like
it's going to be a pretty aggressive all-terrain design.
So it's going to be that multipurpose.
You get one tire
that's going to get you through the winter months.
They're going to get you off-roading
and still offer you decent, respectable on-road manners.
So it really looks like they nailed it with this one.
We can't wait to get these mounted.
We're going to show you guys.
We're going to do a couple of other reviews.
One of them being,
we want to compare this next to the Ridge Grappler
and see how it compares to the Ridge Grappler as well
because that is one of our best-selling tires.
So we can definitely see this Recon Grappler
overtaking the Ridge grappler in sales but we'll see.
We'll do some more testing with it.
Show you guys so you can really get
a good in-depth comparison on these
which by the way guys,
we don't quite have these on our website just yet
but we are working on getting them uploaded as we speak.
So there'll be on our website soon,
maybe even by the time you watch this video.
It's www.trailbuiltoffroad.com.
But other than that guys,
we're looking forward to doing some more tests
on this Recon Grappler showing you guys.
But this is just a quick overview of what we think of it.
Some of our observations on this.
So let us know what you guys
think of the new Recon Grappler in the comments below.
Or even if you guys have any questions
on the Recon Grappler,
just let us know in the comments below.
Other than that guys, we definitely appreciate
all of you for watching and all of your support.
I'm Josh from Trail Built
and we'll see you guys out on the trails.
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