Your Mileage on you Nitto Terra Grapplers?

[Cooker]

I bought mine from the TireRack.com. They were by far the least expensive place I could find at $85/tire. Locally I was getting prices of $105-$125.



I am only about 1. 5 hours away from their location in South Bend, IN so to save on ~$50 shipping I drove down and picked them up. I guess I only saved $30 because I probably spent $20 on fuel, but it was an excuse to get away for the afternoon

 

[Ted Constantine]

How about an update from those of you that have been running the terra grappler for a while now? 295s specifically. Any problems? Traction? Wet traction? Winter? Wear?

Thanks
Ted

 

[curatchko]

Well, at about 20k the tires were toast.



I would not recommend anyone put the 285's on the stock 6. 5" rims. The centers wore out with lots of tread left on the sides.



Last week I put Uniroyal Loredos back on, 265's and it's a much more pleasant ride now.



As for traction, the nittos did great in dirt, snow, rain... decent tire. But if you're doing mostly highway trailoring, I wouldn't recommend them.

 

[Cooker]

curatchko,

Do you think the tires were really the problem or more so that they were on too narrow of a rim? What tire pressures were you running?

 

[curatchko]

Yeah it probably was a combination of too many burn outs and the 6. 5" rim Oo.

 

[BatMan01]

Grappler Update

325-65R-18. I have run them almost 2 seasons and they are ready to be replaced. I had one flat (not the tires fault) and I put my spare on when I put them back on for the season so both fronts (new ones) are still good but the rears have about had it. I may make it through the rest of the season. I do not run them during the winter. I like the way they look but I am very disappointed in the wear. I am guessing that I am only getting about 20k out of them. When I ran 295/75/16 BFG's I could get closer to 30k. I ran the BFG's a few times during the winter and feel that they grip better than the Nitto's. I have run both tires off-road (mud, sand nothing radical) and the Nitto's did better. The Nitto's definitely feel better at speed (117mph) the the BFG's.



All in all the Nitto's are good tires but I felt that I got better all round service and wear out of the BFG's and will probably replace the Nitto's next year.

 

[Ted Constantine]

I am at 45k on my BFG at 295/75r16 and am debating whether to stick with the bfgs or switch to nitto. For the most part right now I need road handling, wet traction and snow. As it turns out I will be able to get the BFGs for about 11 dollars less per tire than the nittos but lets leave that out of the decision for now.



Thanks

Ted

 

[Cooker]

Ted,



I just thought I would post this link for you. Maybe the Nittos are a better price here than what you have found.



http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireProductsBySize.do

 

[BatMan01]

Ted Constantine

For what you want your tires to do I think you will be happier staying with BFG. The Nitto's are a great highway tire and even feels better at high speeds but I feel more comfortable on real wet roads and trails with the BFG's. And as I mentioned earlier tire wear for me was much higher than my BFG's with no change in driving habits.



Just My Humble Opinion

 

[Ted Constantine]

thanks for the link cooker. i had aready looked there. As it turns out the price i have is really a toss up after mounting and balancing for the nittos plus I will get road hazard and lifetime service on them here. I think the issue is that there is no one around here that moves a lot of nittos so they can cut a much better deal on the BFGs. I am leaning toward the BFGs again as I got rather remarkable longevity out of them and they are just a little taller. I was hoping that the Nitto would turn out to be a great tire but it appears to be marginal.



Thanks for the input



Ted