Let's talk tires ( again!)
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Being a Toyo fan and having a company truck with Nittos on it, I have been paying attention to the Ridge Grappler. Comes in a few different load ranges. The few people I know with them seem to love them. It would be comparable to the toyo rt, but I don't like the road noise of the toyo. So I am learning towards either the Toyo MT or the Nitto Ridge Grappler. Comparable in price and life expectancy. With the toyo being the shorter life with the softer compound of the mud tire.
Smawgunner2
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My KOs are super quiet. I didn’t notice any difference between them and stock tires. I think they suck on wet pavement but outstanding in other conditions.
Things are getting sketchy with employment in my career field so I went ahead and pulled the trigger. Friday I ordered a set of the Nitto Ridge Grapplers in 295x65r20. Went with sizing up just a little, kept my tow ratings and I plan to have my truck ready to start pulling hotshot loads if needed. They came in around $400 less than the toyo. They also seem to be a very popular tire with high ratings. I will try and get them installed next weekend and upload some pics. From what I could find, they are made in the same factory as the Toyo. We will see what they do for rock chips. That is the only reason I didn't go back to the Toyo AT3. Aluminum black body truck, long gravel driveway and gravel road driving...no thanks.
P8riot
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Ugh...almost factory size tires. I'm officially old AF.
Wiley E Coyote
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OO2
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Recently got the Toyo at3s on the Tacoma (<1k miles) At 60mph + there is a steady vvvvvvvvvvvvv rumble (audible and in the steering wheel) in the front left front end that made the road trip miserable.
Oddly enough if i go 60+ and turn right slightly the noise and rumble in the steering wheel disappears. Still present under the same conditions going left.
Toyota dealership did an alignment , rebalanced tires and said you’ll just have to deal with it
i am convinced it’s a bearing or something bound up due to the issue “disappearing” when the trucks weight shifts
Anyone else with these tires have this issue?
Oddly enough if i go 60+ and turn right slightly the noise and rumble in the steering wheel disappears. Still present under the same conditions going left.
Toyota dealership did an alignment , rebalanced tires and said you’ll just have to deal with it
i am convinced it’s a bearing or something bound up due to the issue “disappearing” when the trucks weight shifts
Anyone else with these tires have this issue?
I'd try and different dealership. I think those are electric steering setups. Might be fighting itself.
I have them, too, and no issues at all. Best tires I've had on my Tundra.
OO2
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Yeah they get high ratings on Tacoma world too, disappointed in the ride quality big time for the cost of admission
OO2
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Splines look nice and clean, she come off without a puller? I don't recommend 5gal buckets as Jack stands lol.
OO2
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No puller required, the camo bucket made a perfect caliper stand!
OO2
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Just over a year and 22,000 miles update.
I will not buy these again for this application. Would be great for truck with less torque or more weight in the ass end. Dry traction, wear, road noise, looks are all 100% on point and great. Wet roads or light snow traction is horrible. Just adding a full cooler in the bed helps, so I'd imagine a toolbox would be enough to solve most of this problem. But I don't plan to add one so when they wear out, I will be going back to Toyo.
My cooper AT3 will be out of thread before fall comes. I’ve put in so far I believe around 53,000 miles on em. So, I heard they stopped making em. So, I’ll be looking into Toyo open country AT3 soon.
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