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Old 02-07-2011 | 06:52 PM
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Trail Grappler owners...help me out!

Im having a hard time making up my mind. In two or three weeks, my lift is going to be put on. im going to get a 35/12.50/20. I like the mud grapps, but they are a little more then what i need as far as a mud tire.
i know toyo is tried and true here, but the trail grapplers are fairly new. How are you guys liking them so far. Any opinions appreciated.
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 07:14 PM
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Pushing 10,000 on mine and they still look new. I also had the truck up to right under 100 mph and it is still smooth as glass. Haven't done a whole lot of off-roaring with my truck but the little I have they do great. They so well that my next set of tires for my trail Jeep will probably be a set of them.
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 07:16 PM
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I just put a 2 1/2 lift on my 08, and 35/12.5/18. My first choice was the mud graps as well but after doing my homework I found the trail graps to be better for the road conditions. I get the head turning noise that I wanted, the aggressive look, but with the stability I was needing. I've already put 1500 miles on them, on dry and wet pavement and am very happy with my final decision. Hope this helps.
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 09:52 PM
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i dont say that i have a need to go 100 mph, but i guess if i needed to its good to know its stable! ha
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 09:54 PM
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Mine are great in the snow and mud....Ice, not so much. But they look great and mine have about 5000 on them and they still look brand new.
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 09:55 PM
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trail graps are the way to go. they're great on and off road and they look great
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 10:45 PM
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I've got about 6,000 miles on mine now and so far I love them. The only thing I will say about them is I had one scare where I was on bad slushy/wet snow as they wanted to keep pulling me in. I was driving a little too fast so that was my fault but just be careful is all
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Big_Smokey
Im having a hard time making up my mind. In two or three weeks, my lift is going to be put on. im going to get a 35/12.50/20. I like the mud grapps, but they are a little more then what i need as far as a mud tire.
i know toyo is tried and true here, but the trail grapplers are fairly new. How are you guys liking them so far. Any opinions appreciated.
Well I am in your exact situation. I was originally going to get bf goodrich mud tires, then heard great things about nitto and was going to get the mud nittos. Then after some consideration and watching videos I figured the terra's would suit all my off road needs and still be ok for highway driving since I only ever drive off road or on the highway in my truck.
 
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Old 02-07-2011 | 11:37 PM
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I don't have a need to do that kind of speed either I just got on it and when I looked down that was what I was doing. Trust me I let off immidiately and yes there was no one around.

I would seriously say the trails run smoother than the terras I had on before them.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 12:31 AM
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I got a set of trails about 4 weeks ago and love them. great on the road and better off road. Trail grapplers are the only way to go IMO.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 09:11 AM
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Love my Trail Graps but only have about 3000 miles on them. Look as new as the day I put them on as far as wear goes. Tend to float a little on me if I get the air pressure above 45 but now that I've figured that out no problems.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by rllackey28
Love my Trail Graps but only have about 3000 miles on them. Look as new as the day I put them on as far as wear goes. Tend to float a little on me if I get the air pressure above 45 but now that I've figured that out no problems.
Like on wet pavement float? what do you mean by that. Most of the E rated tires are supposed to run in the 40psi range in pressure i thought. I ran my Terras at 42lbs. Which by the way are a good tire too, i just want something a little more agressive then that this time.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 12:04 PM
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Run mine at 45psi and no complaints. I've had them for 10,000 miles and seem to be holding up great.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Big_Smokey
Like on wet pavement float? what do you mean by that. Most of the E rated tires are supposed to run in the 40psi range in pressure i thought. I ran my Terras at 42lbs. Which by the way are a good tire too, i just want something a little more agressive then that this time.
Nope, running at 50 it just felt unstable on regular pavement. Like the tire was ballooning. I started out with 50 because of recommendations on here and have since moved it down to 45.
 
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Old 02-08-2011 | 12:23 PM
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I first had a set of terra grapps, then a couple sets of mud grapps and getting my first set of trail grapps in a couple of days. Reason being is I wanted new tires asap and of all things the mud grapps for my size are all nationwide backorder so I looked and seen that the trail grapps are a combination of both the terras and the mud so I figured what the heck and will have hope for these as well.
 



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