11/11/2023 0 Comments General grabber at tires 4runnerThere just isn’t much online about these fairly new tires and hopefully this might help someone. OK that's enough of my nonsense for now, I'll be sure to keep everyone posted as we progress.įeel free to BS and discuss among yourselves.I wanted to give a little feedback on a recent tire purchase. Overall pleased with out of the box, but there's not much there as of this moment other than 30 miles of dry pavement. They drive and sound pretty much just as I remember the BFGs did when new - nice and quite, pretty well balanced but maybe not exactly perfect (especially compared to a lighter LT stocky type tire, but fine for my expectations), and pretty stable at highway speeds, for a bigger meaty tread truck tire. They look great, very happy with the visual appeal (remember this actually matters to me ) Initial reactions to the tires, walking out to my truck this morning after getting them installed: Thank you General Tire for sponsoring the XO guys. So the other reason, is voting with my pocket book. And that said, General Tire was a sponsor. If you haven't watched any Expedition Overland: I do recommend their stuff. I wanted to go with something different and I just simply haven't seen these tires around, with one major except, that is honestly also another reason I wanted to go with a General Tire. I think I determined 4 options (might be missing one here but this is what I remember): OK so why the Generals? You see my list of requirements above. Good looking tire, despite what the haters say: I wasn't perfect with getting them rotated by the way, but did rotate them probably 5 times during their life, anywhere between say 5k and 12k miles between. So I pulled the plug on them pretty much right at 60k- again very satisfied with the mileage. But at around 55k they started getting bouncy and would wander a bit more than I liked. In fact, I probably could have gotten another 5k miles on these if I had wanted to. As you can see above, on the first round I went with the BFGs. The requirements leave a very limited set of options. So that's it, all other tire features are optional for me. Milage - ideally get at least 60k miles on a set.Despite what the haters say, I can't tell a difference in the ride quality. E-rated - I tow and haul often enough I want the extra margin of safety from a full weight rated tire.Also in the off chance I can sneak away for a snow wheeling trip it's very nice to have 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rated - I want a tire that counts as a "traction device" in the snow, so during those events when I'm crossing passes there's no need for chains. Raised white letters - this one is most important, and pure ridiculous vanity.Based on that, I have a few requirements for a tire: I also end up towing once in a while, at or near full towing capacity, and have also had a full cargo load in the bed more than once. I do enjoy off-roading, and have had my truck in the woods a few times since I've bought it, but the reality is I don't have much time these days for those activities right now. Part of those miles include passing through the Oregon Coast range on a very regular basis, which is guaranteed to have snow on it at least a few times a year. I drive a lot for work, average somewhere around 25-30k miles per year, mostly highway. Very exciting day! Here it is right after I bought it, with a couple obvious and pretty standard upgrades, including a set of 265/75r16 KBro2's - which are a great tire by the way, more on that shortly. It was my first new truck and I'd always wanted a Tacoma crew cab. I bought my truck in April 2017, a Double Cab Short Bed TRD-Off Road, with manual transmission. As we go here I'll explain a bit about how I landed on this choice, my particular truck, my needs, and driving habits. The General Grabber isn't a new tire by any means, but the ATX is the latest iteration, and is a pretty recent release. I haven't found a lot of people sharing their experience about this tire, so I thought I would start a post and share mine. If you want my full rambling explanation, read on! It will take me about 2 years to go through this set of tires, during which time I will update this thread periodically with my feedback and experience. TL : DR - Here's my assessment of how the new(ish) General Grabber ATX will wear on our truck, work in highway and rainy conditions, tow, and how well they work in snowy road conditions.
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