what're cheaper/better
Trail grapplers or open countrys
To be clear, Toyo owns Nitto and all their tires are made in the same factories. Up to a 37" tire, they are all made in the USA in White, GA. That being said, their prices are very similar if not the same. As far as "better" goes, both companies use slightly different rubber compounds and obviously, different tread patterns. I really like the rubber compound on the Trail Grapplers and have found them to be one of the best on the rocks. They are super sticky and have shoulder lugs that really want to bite in. The only problem that I have found with them (at least on the 40's) is that they wear out really fast and their sidewalls tend to be a bit weaker than the Toyo's I ran in the past. To be clear, we would have preferred to run Trail Grapplers again but couldn't find a set anywhere and anytime soon. We got the Toyo's mainly because they were available now but also because we've never run their 40x13.50's. These are relatively new, narrower than the 15.50's we had before and have a softer rubber compound. We're eager to see how they perform and to see if they have just as strong of a sidewall as our previous set.
Nice job Cindy, Eddie you are one lucky man! Moby is looking good.
Thanks, I most certainly am especially being that she's the one sore as hell and I'm not
Those new chamber pros and Toyo's look awesome on Moby! :thumb:
Question: Ground to rooftop, how tall is Moby?
LOL!! You know we run a TrekTop so we're a bit shorter. Last I checked, we were about 70" tall and with the new tires, are probably closer to 71". That being said, we have our coil overs set really short and may bump that up a bit so that we can drive faster in the desert. Either way, we can fit into any standard 7' garage with plenty of room to spare. :yup:
Just out of curiosity how is it that the tires and wheels are balanced without any weights on them? Maybe I am missing something lol
I was at Off Road Evolution once when the president of Toyo came by to visit and I asked him this - his answer was that their tires were actually "round".
Seriously, I have yet to find a tire more round than a Toyo and I have NEVER had to balance a single one after installing them and we have gone through multiple sets on several Jeeps over the years. This is NOT to say the same about other tires we've run. Even our 37" Trail Grapplers on Rubicat needed a little balancing as we were getting a bit of a shimmy at 80 MPH+. Our 40" Trail Grapplers didn't need any.