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- This is the Gladiator X Comp M/T,
the most aggressive tire in the Gladiator Tire lineup.
A set of 35 1250 R20s like what are on this truck
will set you back at right about 1200 bucks.
And so the people wanna know,
for the price are they any good?
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So up first in true Custom Offsets fashion,
we wanna know, will they do a burnout?
(engine revs)
There you go, Keith. (laughs)
Hashtag I (bleep) hope it's not a cop.
The answer is yes, and they do it quite well, honestly.
So we get asked a lot on these Gladiator tires.
You know, they come in at about 1200 bucks
for a set of 35s, that's pretty affordable.
And guys really want to know, are they any good?
Now I know this is a mud tire by definition,
it's got a really aggressive tread block.
It's a pretty aggressive tire,
the sidewalls got a lot of lug.
But I know that a lot of you guys
are gonna run these tires on the road and so for that reason
we're going to test this tire on the road.
The traction control keeps beeping at me
because we had to pull the fuse to do a burnout.
So a lot of the first questions we get with these tires are
how are they on the road, do they make a lot of noise?
Obviously being a mud tire they're going to make more noise
than some of your other A/T and hybrid tires.
And that's super noticeable.
Even now you can tell we're doing about 40 miles an hour,
and I have had to pick my voice up just a little bit.
Now, we've got the window next to me open here as well
so that's not helping matters any,
but at about 40 miles an hour
you do get a pretty significant amount of road noise.
It's definitely still drivable.
You know, it's not like it's the only thing I can hear.
You can still hear, this power stroke
is tune in deleted of course
so you could still hear the engine,
you still hear the transmission,
it's still makes good noise there,
but you definitely know that the tires are there.
And that comes of course from the Gladiator tread design.
So these tires have massive,
massive shoulder blocks on the side.
They're really big, really aggressive.
And even through the center of the tire
the tread blocks are very big.
So that's where you get a lot of that road noise from,
it's from those very large tread blocks,
very open siping in the middle.
Even as we come to a stop here
you can kind of hear that tire start to slow down.
So yeah, when you're into the throttle on this truck,
you definitely still hear the engine though.
It's not like all you hear is tire noise
until you get up to about 40, 45 miles an hour.
All right, so we're at idle and right now,
if I stop talking,
we're at about 59 decibels or so, just for comparison sake.
Now you turn the corner here.
As we get up to speed here,
you're gonna start to see
that that's going to creep up just a little bit
into the low to mid 80s.
So it's actually a little better than I thought,
it's down closer to 70, which is pretty good
all things considered.
So the tires are definitely noticeable, you can hear 'em,
but they're not super loud.
It is important to note too that we're at 70 decibels
when I stopped talking.
At about 40 miles an hour with the window down even.
So rolling the window up would only further reduce that,
meaning that you're gonna hear 'em,
but they're not gonna be super loud.
So one thing I do want to give these tires
a lot of credit for is that they do track pretty straight.
I mean, we're doing 40 miles an hour.
I'm hands off the wheel and this truck is driving,
until we got to the corner,
as true as you could want it to drive.
So it's not like these tires are fighting you at all.
They're not pulling to one direction or the other.
So it's really, it's pretty awesome
considering how aggressive that these tires are.
Just touching base on Gladiator Tire a little bit.
I know there's been some questions, who are they?
They're a little bit lesser known brand
than some of your bigger brands in the industry.
The Nitos the Toyos the, Nittos and Toyos, sorry. (laughs)
But they are a little bit more of a quiet brand.
and one that maybe doesn't get all the limelight.
Gladiator's actually been in business since about 1982
and they've always aimed at providing a really good tire
for the dollars.
Now, it's important to note with these tires
that you do get quite a lot of tire for the dollars.
Again, this set of 35 12 and a half R20s
comes in at literally 1200 bucks,
making them one of the best
bang for your buck tires on the market.
It is important to note with these tires though,
that unlike some of the bigger brands,
they do require a little bit more maintenance.
You know, you're gonna want to rotate these tires
relatively frequently in order to get
the most mileage out of 'em
and you maybe won't get as good a mileage out of these
as some of the other options.
However, in my personal opinion,
I've had a lot of experience with Gladiator Tires,
Brent's running 'em on his truck.
We've got a couple other guys
running a lot of their tires on their trucks,
and they've been pretty fantastic, honestly.
They ride good, they perform really well,
and like in the M/T's case here,
you're gonna have some traction
should you need to get it off the road.
So all of that's really great and all,
but at the end of the day, it comes down to this.
Do we like these tires and would we recommend them?
And the answer is a resounding yes,
the Gladiator Tire lineup
comes in at a really good price point and for the dollar.
it's probably one of the best buys on the market.
This M/T and specific is a pretty aggressive tire.
It looks really good, it still rides relatively decently.
And in the event that you found yourself off the road
you would still have enough traction
to get you to where you need to be.
I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets,
let us know, what do you guys think
of the Gladiator M/T tires?
Do you love them, do you hate them,
do you have any experience with them?
Let us know in the comments section below,
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And with that, we'll see you next time, peace.
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