- These are the new Venom Power Terra Hunter X/Ts
and the set of 33s on this truck
are under $800.
So the real question is,
are they any good?
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So as usual as you've come to expect,
first things first, the burnout test.
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Well, that's probably the best one yet.
So yes, these are the Venom Power Terra Hunter X/Ts
and it's probably a name that you haven't heard of before.
But when you look at the thread pattern,
you do notice that it's similar
to other tires on the market
which kind of gives you an idea
that it should perform similar to those tires too.
Which is why I actually threw a set of these
on my personal truck to kind of drive them around.
Demo them out.
And see just exactly what I thought.
And so far, I've been actually pretty impressed.
Specially for the price that you pay.
So that's the key point of these Venom Power tires
is that, like the set that's on this truck
ess than $800 for a 33 by 12 and a half.
That's just absolutely unheard of in the tire market.
Specially when you're looking at
you know, E-load tires and tires that can hold up
to some towing and stuff like that.
So it's just the price point
that makes these tires very, very attractive.
They're one of the most affordable tires
on the market right now.
And as of exactly this minute,
they don't have a ton of different sizes out there.
They've got I believe smallest 33s
and all the way up to 37s right now.
But they have more and more tires coming.
Which is a good thing
because one of the most exciting things about these tires
is that they're going to be offering some crazy, crazy wide
but small side wall options.
So what I mean by that is,
these are 33s wrapped on 17s
so there's a lot of rubber there.
But they're going to be offering 35s for 26s.
That's a very, very small side wall.
But the kicker here is,
that they're gonna be making that in a wide application
so you don't have to be stretching the tires nearly
as much as you with other brands.
So on those 35s with the 26s,
the width is actually fifteen and half inches.
So if your a guy that's running 26 by 16s
or even if you have 26 by 14s
and you just don't want a stretched tire,
now you won't have to with these.
And they have a pretty good look
to them as well, you know.
They're not quiet as aggressive as a full mud-terrain
but then again, they don't look like a street tire.
They're kind of a blend
of the all-terrain and the mud tire would,
that makes them hybrid.
That's the X/T designation that you see on the tire.
So the center blocks are a lot closer together.
That's gonna kind of help with road noise.
And then, the outside edges are farther apart.
So you do have more grip in a low traction environment
or driving these things through the mud
and I've been driving in a snow.
And I've got to say that there's definitely
some room to make these things even better.
But they're not terrible by any means.
But if they have a little bit more seeping,
they'd be absolutely excellent.
As far as dry traction goes, hundred percent fine.
There's actually a lot of rubber contact.
And it's a very even contact which is nice.
So you see on the shoulder blocks
and the center thread section is all very flat.
So there's a lot of rubber touching the ground
which means you got a lot more grip.
Even in this duramax, we don't seem to have a problem
when you put the pedal to the metal.
Now usually when you kind of the cheap out on your tires
or go for a less expensive option,
you're giving up things like warranties.
But with the Venom Power is, you actually still retain
a 50, 000 mile warranty which is something
that you just don't see
from other lower cost tire manufacturer.
Where a lot of manufacturers kind of fail
in the hybrid department, is that
the side wall of their tire
just isn't aggressive enough to match the thread pattern.
And on these specific tires, you're gonna see
that they do have a very angular cut side wall.
It actually does kind of maintain
that aggressive appearance
which is what I would be looking for
if I was shopping for all-terrain or hybrid tires.
As far as road noise goes, it's not really something
that you're going to even really notice
if you're already been used to driving on mud tires
or hybrid tires.
I would say you kind of start
to pick up little bit of humming
around 35, 40 miles an hour
but nothing too unbearable.
And that kind of volume really stays pretty consistent
all the way up to highway speed.
So definitely nothing to worry about
as far as road noise goes.
And I think what I'm really impress with
when you compare the price of these tires
is that they offer actually quite a bit of stability
and they're very smooth riding tire.
They bounce out absolutely perfect
on the wheels that I put them on.
We can drive straight down the road with no issues
and everything just feels really planted which is good.
It's something that I was kind of worried about,
kind of skeptical when I was getting
into these lower cost tires.
So that's the Venom Power X/T.
If you wanna check-out more information about them.
Or see all the wide range of sizes
that they're coming out with,
you can find all those at customoffsets.com.
Peace.
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