Author Topic: General has a new mud tire (Read 9873 times)

kneedownnate · « **on:** May 23, 2010, 04:03:31 PM »

And I like it

I'm wondering how tough and flexible the sidewalls will be, how much they'll weigh, how expensive they'll be, and how well they'll really work. Petersons did a test and speaks highly of them, but I always take what magazines say with a grain of salt.

http://4wheeloffroad.automotive.com/137378/131-1007-new-dot-approved-general-grabber/index.html

YotaNate · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2010, 07:00:45 PM »

Definitely a different style of tread design there! Looks crazy! I hope it turns out to be an awesome tire and they release it in a damn 37X12.50 15 !

Nate

46&2 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2010, 07:06:13 PM »

I read about them in Four Wheeler and they did not speak highly of their winter/wet weather abilities. Thats a must for me.

YotaNate · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2010, 07:32:07 PM »

Yeah, looks like ZERO sipping, so kinda squirley for wet weather.

Nate

86bobbedtoy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2010, 08:14:11 PM »

i think they would clean out well

solidmaui78 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2010, 08:29:27 PM »

Looks sweet... Id like a 37x12.50 15r too...

kneedownnate · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2010, 01:17:48 AM »

I don't mean this in a rude way, but get over it. I highly doubt anybody is going to offer a new tire in 37x12.50-15. If you want to run 37s you're pretty much going to have to go up to 17" wheels. It's just how the industry is going since trucks are coming with bigger brakes, necessitating bigger wheels. It sucks but it's the natural progression

fade · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2010, 01:47:48 AM »

yup kinda sucks, but oh well. There is plenty of 17's that dont look bling. Toyota fj steelies are 17s and look decent.

side note those tires look pretty decent did they test the rock ablitys?

THK Matt · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2010, 02:26:36 AM »

Quote from: YotaNate on May 23, 2010, 07:32:07 PM

Yeah, looks like ZERO sipping, so kinda squirley for wet weather.

Nate

$12 a tire at about any tire shop for siping

problem solved

kneedownnate · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2010, 12:08:08 PM »

Quote from: fortysixandtwo on May 23, 2010, 07:06:13 PM

I read about them in Four Wheeler and they did not speak highly of their winter/wet weather abilities. Thats a must for me.

I came across an article when I first looked into these a month or so back, seems like it was written by them. IIRC, they were testing the comp tire since the dot wasn't yet available, and one of their observations was that at maybe several psi there was nearly no sidewall flex. May be a totally different article we were reading, just wondering if it was perhaps the same one?

IronClad · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2010, 04:19:50 PM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on May 26, 2010, 01:17:48 AM

I don't mean this in a rude way, but get over it. I highly doubt anybody is going to offer a new tire in 37x12.50-15. If you want to run 37s you're pretty much going to have to go up to 17" wheels. It's just how the industry is going since trucks are coming with bigger brakes, necessitating bigger wheels. It sucks but it's the natural progression

pretty much this. Its time to come into the new age guys !

also its pretty much been proven the bigger wheels actually make the tires preform better with less sidewall wash when turning. 15" wheels and big ole bologna skin sidewalls are a thing of the past now

46&2 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 27, 2010, 08:21:18 AM »

I am going to rock 15s for as long as possible.

solidmaui78 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 27, 2010, 11:22:31 PM »

me too

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #13 on:** Jun 01, 2010, 05:49:43 PM »

Quote from: fortysixandtwo on May 27, 2010, 08:21:18 AM

I am going to rock 15s for as long as possible.

Just not on 37x12.50s

46&2 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 08, 2010, 06:56:07 PM »

Quote from: abnormaltoy on Jun 01, 2010, 05:49:43 PM

Just not on 37x12.50s

$I\'m Down$

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 13, 2010, 07:33:39 PM »

Quote from: fortysixandtwo on Jun 08, 2010, 06:56:07 PM

$I\'m Down$

Hey! That hurt.

Tofudude · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 23, 2010, 03:22:03 PM »

I was looking into those...i saw them too in the 4wheel mag. Probably better than the Sears 35s i got on my truck

87hillbillyoter · « **Reply #17 on:** Aug 04, 2010, 11:30:17 AM »

yea it would be cool if someone who has run these chimed in i kinda like them

kneedownnate · « **Reply #18 on:** Aug 04, 2010, 08:02:33 PM »

I haven't even seen any come through the shop yet, and will have to ask a dude from another branch who sometimes works at our shop if they've had any go through yet. I do always tell customers to give us feedback on tires myself or friends are interested in when they come in for a rotation, and will do so if I see any of these go through.

REG535 · « **Reply #19 on:** Aug 04, 2010, 09:24:35 PM »

17s suck. it is just a scam, 15s and 16s are enough ... i even like 13s... who cares about how good 17s ride 13-16s ride better to me, the tire companies and gov't and manufactures are just cakes on ice what do they know, did they even ask us if we wanted to switch to a bigger rim no they just did it

kneedownnate · « **Reply #20 on:** Aug 04, 2010, 10:58:39 PM »

Somebody needs a reality check

Why have auto manufacturers gone to bigger wheels? To clear bigger brakes. It's not a gobment conspiracy, so put the tinfoil hat back in the closet...

fade · « **Reply #21 on:** Aug 04, 2010, 11:17:22 PM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Aug 04, 2010, 10:58:39 PM

Somebody needs a reality check Why have auto manufacturers gone to bigger wheels? To clear bigger brakes. It's not a gobment conspiracy, so put the tinfoil hat back in the closet...

x2, I had a integra gsr, and you can not run wheels smaller then a 15 on it due to the calipers hitting the wheel if you tried. I helped a friend upgrade the brakes on his camaro and he was no longer able to run 15s he had to step up to a 17. And newer chevys you have to run a 16 to fit over the brakes up front.

REG535 · « **Reply #22 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 11:14:31 AM »

Who cares they are the ones that made them like that, we need and want bigger wheels, so in order to do that lets make the brakes bigger and everything else.

IronClad · « **Reply #23 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 11:41:52 AM »

Yeah bigger and safer brakes are just a scam!

jimbo74 · « **Reply #24 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 11:54:43 AM »

Quote from: IronClad on Aug 05, 2010, 11:41:52 AM

Yeah bigger and safer brakes are just a scam!

Stocker · « **Reply #25 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 02:33:04 PM »

Quote from: IronClad on Aug 05, 2010, 11:41:52 AM

Yeah bigger and safer brakes are just a scam!

Yup, it has nothing to do with (among other things) the fact that most vehicles seem to get larger, heavier, and sometimes faster with each new model upgrade.

Not to get too far OT, but few things look dumber to me than tiny OEM brakes lurking behind huge aftermarket wheels....

kneedownnate · « **Reply #26 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 08:12:56 PM »

Funny, cause few things look dumber to me than huge aftermarket wheels

Stocker · « **Reply #27 on:** Aug 05, 2010, 08:30:29 PM »

It was a package deal, I included the big wheels with the itty bitty brakes.

KDXSR5 · « **Reply #28 on:** Aug 30, 2010, 01:07:08 AM »

So back on topic... I have a friend running these. He says they are a desert tire, not a mud or winter tire. He runs them on his desert truck.

kneedownnate · « **Reply #29 on:** Aug 30, 2010, 07:15:20 AM »

Is he running the dot or race version though?

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