Eddie
U keep dogging my tires lol sure there hard to find, side walls are week, and they have fallen off my rig in the middle of know where But the chicks dig them! Lol
I will never buy them again for all the same reasons Eddie gave you.
:cheesy: sorry my friend. like i said, they are a great looking tire and i was quick to order a set up soon after they came out. i really really wanted to like them but found myself frustrated with them again and again instead.
Is there a big difference between the Nitto Mud Grapplers and the BFG Krawler?
up, there sure is. aside from tread pattern, the noise level is different, the rubber compound is different, shoulder lug bite is way different and sidewall thickness is even more different.
it seems like the krawlers hook up better from videos ive seen. I have seen videos of the nittos mud grapplers having issues hooking up in places like moab but have zero experience with them. krawlers will ware out quick on the road and are crazy expensive
the problem with watching videos is that you'll see different drivers of different skill levels driving different rigs up the same obstacle and one can make a tire look great and another look bad. if anything, i have personally seen the exact opposite of what you have in videos. i will say however that on really hard trails, ones with really big rocks that are sharp and jagged (unlike moab where all they have is smooth ledges), the mud grapplers excell.
Moab has a lot of "slick rock" and, in many areas, any agressive M/T like Nitto MG's will not hook up(as well). Those areas are served better with something like an A/T. Jagged rock or mud and the Mud Grapplers will hook up great!
i know people have been saying that for years but from what i've seen, it's just an old wives tale. fact of the matter is, "slick rock" is like coarse sand paper and it provides an amazing amount of traction. the only reason why it's called "slick" is because of early pioneers who found it difficult to traverse with their horses wearing metal shod horse shoes. the only mt that i've seen really suck in moab is the irok and, it is probable to suggest that might be from a combination of hard rubber compound and lack of surface area its tread pattern provides.
A couple of videos Im referring to show a good size group going up the same spot and everyone has no issuse except the MGs on this video. Again Im not experienced with this tire just alittle of what i have seen. Not a fan of the pattern either. I do like the trail grappler enough that i bought a set.
here are a few videos that'll show you just how poorly mud grapplers do on the trail.
this first clip is out near bullhead. unfortunately, the video doesn't really do the obstacle justice but, i think it'll get the point across...
this is a clip from carnage canyon bv and can tell you that the rock faces were very slick and difficult to even climb on foot...
and, this is a clip out on metal masher going up a rock face that few ever make up regardless of what tire they run.
a good driver can make an under-built rig with sub-standard tires perform in a way that a rookie in a built up rig with the best tires could never hope to. something to take into consideration when watching videos on the internet. :yup:
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