- This is the Nitto Ridge Grappler and
it is the most popular tire we sell,
and after 20,000 miles of driving on these things,
I'm here to tell you why.
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As always,
the first test we have to do, is the burnout test.
And it handled that pretty well.
So, here's the thing about the Nitto Ridge Grappler,
it's really popular probably because it's a hybrid tire.
It's using kind of the best of both worlds between
your mud tires and your then all-terrain tires.
Now, the Ridge Grappler itself,
is actually built on a all-terrain platform.
Where as you have other hybrid tires,
like the Toyo Open Country R/T,
is built on the mud tire platform.
So, the Ridge Grappler is kind of giving me
the best of the both worlds
between that mud tire and the all-terrain, like I mentioned.
Where you get good on-road performance,
they're not too loud,
but then if you wanna take this thing off-road on
the weekends, you can definitely do that.
As far as grip goes, obviously in dry pavement conditions,
plenty of grip there, no issues.
The tread compound is hard enough
that you don't feel unstable,
like on some mud tires, if it's a soft tread compound,
you kind of get this little slide-y feeling,
especially on higher speeds like on a highway,
but with the Ridge Grapplers,
because it's a harder compound,
and they're not these massive lugs,
you have a pretty smooth, pretty stable,
on-road experience with the tires,
but they're still large enough that if you take
them off-road, in any kind of low traction environment,
they still do just fine,
cause there's plenty of separation there.
You'll see that on the edge of the tires,
the lugs are actually more separated than in the center.
And again, that's design,
so that when you're driving these things on the road,
that reduced spacing in the middle portion there
is gonna also reduce the road noise that you experience.
Now, the ones that we're driving on,
have probably roughly about 20,000 miles on them so far.
So, they're already worn in,
and a lot of times you'll see that tires,
as they age and get older and older,
and have more wear on them, they become louder,
but if I left the throttle, and we just coast right here,
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you'll hear my phone ding,
but you won't really hear much as far as tire noise goes,
and that's something that you do pay a little bit extra for
when you go with a name brand like Nitto,
but, if you put a lot of miles on,
it's definitely worth it to stick some money into the tires.
And we've seen people get a ton of miles out
of these things too, it's not uncommon
for people to see 50,000 plus miles out of them.
Now, they don't actually come with a mileage warranty,
but like I said, we've ran them on our personal vehicles,
this is Ron's truck, he works for us,
he's had these for awhile, no complaints with them,
good in the dry, good in the wet,
and actually pretty decent in the snow too,
so, if you live in an area that does get a
decent amount of snow like we do here in Wisconsin,
or our friends up in Canada,
I know they really like this tire too,
because it's again just that hybrid tire
that's good for a little bit of everything.
Now, it's not gonna be the best performer
in one specific thing,
like any all-terrain tire or hybrid tire,
it's really good at a lot of things.
So, you can't take this tire to the drag strip
and expect it to run the best times,
because it's not a super sticky tire.
You can't take it through a giant mud hole and
expect to make it through,
because it's not a true off-road mud tire,
but if you're the guy that wheels on the weekends,
drives to work on Monday morning,
this might be the exact tire that you're looking for.
So, now we're cruising along at 60 miles an hour
in a massive lifted truck that's got 37 inch tires,
and road noise is still definitely bearable.
There's really not a lot going on, other than wind noise,
and you can hear a little bit of the road,
and this road is actually in fairly poor condition.
So, you'll also see that,
regardless of which tire you get,
if you drive on poor quality roads
that translates to more road noise.
So, if you have nice roads in your area,
you don't have to worry about it so much,
but if you got a lot of beat up country roads,
then it might be something to look into.
And like I was saying, these are 37s,
but the Ridge Grappler comes in a lot of sizes,
pretty much anything from slightly larger than OEM,
you know all the way up to the massive sizes
for lifted truck applications in 20s and 22s
and all the sizes that you expect to see
for the show truck world, as well as,
as low as like the 17 inch rim diameters
for those guys that have a more off-road focused build.
Another added bonus to these tires
is that they're actually manufactured
right here, in the United States.
I actually got the chance to tour
the factory in White, Georgia.
So, it's one of those tires that's American made,
it holds up for a really long time
and they're just overall, a really good tire,
and that's what makes it the number one selling tire
on CUSTOMOFFSETS.COM.
So if you guys have ever driven on these,
or experienced Nitto Ridge Grapplers
and you want to learn more,
you can see all that information on CUSTOMOFFSETS.COM,
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