y dose everyone say mud grapplers only get 12-15k

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Old 01-14-2009, 09:13 PM
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y dose everyone say mud grapplers only get 12-15k

my buddy has them on his f-150 and hes goin on 25k and his arnt in that bad of shape
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 09:23 PM
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not everyone says that. they are a soft tread and require very frequent rotations. look great, but not a long lasting tire, you would burn up 2 sets of graps to 1 set of toyo muds IMO
 
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Mud graps only average 25K. But different people will let a tire go further bald than others.

I promise you however a set of KM2's or Toyo MT's will out last a Mud Grap.

Ive gotten reports of as low as 12.5k miles but this was on a heavy truck and didnt get his rotations though the shop i work with. So theres no telling if they even got them rotated.

My dads set lasted 23.5K and im the one that rotated them, his Iroks lasted 32k and he just put on 37" KM2's .
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 09:41 PM
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got 30k on mine


realistically have another year of safe tread left. NO BS
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 306stang
got 30k on mine


realistically have another year of safe tread left. NO BS
sorry bud i still call BS. Untill i get a set that have lasted that long i wont ever believe it. Ive changed around 100 sets of these and have over a thousand reviews documented no one has gotten the results you claim? So a year left? How many miles will that be. Im geussing you drive at least 10k a year? so your gonna get 40k out of them ok bud.

Ive had a few sets coming very close to 30k but that was bald, beyond being safe.

Maybe you got a good batch
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 10:16 PM
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"Worn out" means differnt things to different people. Most people in my area think it means that the belts in the tire are visable.
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 10:30 PM
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good point wandell, to me 1/8" or less, tires are shot. i read a guy with a f250 who got 20k outta them, he claimed to rotated them every 2 weeks, he owned a shop supposedly.
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:19 PM
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bought the truck with 30k and tries on it. we'll just "assume" they were brand new when i bought it.

sitting at 60,500 now . . .

i've rotated them every 5k. trust me i don't like the damn tires, you can't balance them for *****!! but they have lasted that long and i honestly expect to get another year out of them.
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:23 PM
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ok well we are assuming. but thats cool.

I hate the tires. If i didnt hate them as much as i do, id buy a set put them on my truck and record every rotation, balance and air pressure check In a thread. Just to see what i could get.

But i cant pull myself to do it.
 
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Old 01-15-2009, 08:40 AM
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One thing I will give them is that they are usually the cheapest option when comparing prices next to a toyo, bfg, super swamper, mickey, etc. etc. Could 'almost' buy 2 sets up mud graps for the price of 1 set of the above mentioned tires... lol At least that's what I've observed in my tire shopping.
 



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