Lowe's hosted a lunch barbeque for contracters today.
While I was there, I saw a set of tires on a Chevy truck. They got my attention.
The raised black letters on the sides called the tire; Nitto Sand Grappler, Desert Terrain".
I have been running Nitto Terra Grapplers for five years. My second set is nearing the wear-out point. I am mostly impressed by the sidewall. I have several with multiple plugs in the sides that are still running. These tires are nearly indestructible. I have often wished that Nitto would come up with a better tread pattern. The Nittos so far have been nearly indestructible. The only problem is that the Terra is mostly useless on any frozen surface. It slides around like a tobbagon!
When I saw these "sand" Nittos, I perked up!
The tread on them looks more like flames than tread blocks. It curves around. The tread blocks are closer and smaller than on the Terra Grappler. There are tread areas on much of the sidewall that look like flames, very curvy.
Now, I don't care how sexy, curvy or "flamy" a tire looks. I am interested in how it works. I don't much care how a tire looks. I care about how it works. I need a tire that works.
I own, to date, seven Nitto 35" Terra Grapplers. Two are new, and the rest are in various states of distress. These tires cost $225 each. This cost hurts!
This is a lot to pay for a tire that won't work on ice. I put up with it because they have indestructible sidewalls. I have two with repairs in the sidewalls. The sidewall on a Nitto is thicker than the tread area of most tires. I have torn the sidewalls of more tires than most people do in the tread area in a lifetime.
I came from the Desert buggy area where I destroyed a tire mostly every weekend. It was normal.
A weekend outing cost a new tire. They were a part of the bumper system in cars that were expected to get wrecked, or at least crashed, on a normal Sunday drive. I went through more tires and rims in 5 years than most people do in a lifetime!
I have some idea about what kind of sidewalls can take abuse. The Nitto can take the abuse. Can anyone tell me if the new Nitto can take the abuse? Let me know.
While I was there, I saw a set of tires on a Chevy truck. They got my attention.
The raised black letters on the sides called the tire; Nitto Sand Grappler, Desert Terrain".
I have been running Nitto Terra Grapplers for five years. My second set is nearing the wear-out point. I am mostly impressed by the sidewall. I have several with multiple plugs in the sides that are still running. These tires are nearly indestructible. I have often wished that Nitto would come up with a better tread pattern. The Nittos so far have been nearly indestructible. The only problem is that the Terra is mostly useless on any frozen surface. It slides around like a tobbagon!
When I saw these "sand" Nittos, I perked up!
The tread on them looks more like flames than tread blocks. It curves around. The tread blocks are closer and smaller than on the Terra Grappler. There are tread areas on much of the sidewall that look like flames, very curvy.
Now, I don't care how sexy, curvy or "flamy" a tire looks. I am interested in how it works. I don't much care how a tire looks. I care about how it works. I need a tire that works.
I own, to date, seven Nitto 35" Terra Grapplers. Two are new, and the rest are in various states of distress. These tires cost $225 each. This cost hurts!
This is a lot to pay for a tire that won't work on ice. I put up with it because they have indestructible sidewalls. I have two with repairs in the sidewalls. The sidewall on a Nitto is thicker than the tread area of most tires. I have torn the sidewalls of more tires than most people do in the tread area in a lifetime.
I came from the Desert buggy area where I destroyed a tire mostly every weekend. It was normal.
A weekend outing cost a new tire. They were a part of the bumper system in cars that were expected to get wrecked, or at least crashed, on a normal Sunday drive. I went through more tires and rims in 5 years than most people do in a lifetime!I have some idea about what kind of sidewalls can take abuse. The Nitto can take the abuse. Can anyone tell me if the new Nitto can take the abuse? Let me know.
