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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 02:22 AM
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Default What do yall think of these tires? (General Grabber AT 2)

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Im thinking about getting a set of those when my truck arrives. It has goodyear wrangler SR-A's on it now. I want a tire that I wont get stuck driving lightly offroad and something that will help if I encounter some wet grass. Im guessing the Grabber AT2s are going to be real bad in snow?
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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I had a set of Grabber ATs on an old Toy I used to own and loved them. They replaced BFG ATs and the truck rode like a Caddy compared to the Goodrich rubber. They were really similar to the 2s in your pic (they were an older style tire and tread pattern) and I don't have a bad thing to say about them at all. I think you'd love them if you got a set.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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why would they be bad in the snow?

they're an all terrain tire...
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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I agree with Frenchy. The look rugged enough to handle snow to me.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Those are known as a pretty solid snow tire. The SR-A's are at the bottom of the barrel by today's tire standards.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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There were quite a few threads on them a year or so back, everyone that had them seemed to love them. I'm personally running All Country Radial LXT's and I love them, paid $80 to get them on the truck almost brand new too (swapped them off another truck we were getting rid of). Honestly anything you get will be a giant improvement. The SR-A's are utter garbage and by far the worst tire I have ever driven.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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your not kidding these sr-a that came on my truck great only on dry pavement. snow and gravel i loose traction all the time. by mine have less than 13k on them i cant replace them yet
 
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 07:59 AM
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I ditched my SR-A's at 26,000. They're sitting in my dad's barn with more than half their tread left, as emergency spares. I don't really even feel like offloading them on some poor fool...
 
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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Honestly, I don't know how the hell Goodyear (or Firestone too for that matter) stay in business. They make terrible tires. There is hardly a soul that you talk to with anything good to say about either of them.
Personally I've been putting only Mickey Thompson / Dick Cepeks on my trucks over the past dozen years or so, and I've yet to have a problem of any kind.

The Grabber AT2s have not been on the market a real long time, but any reviews I have read on them have been pretty good...
 
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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They stay in business by selling millions of OEM tires to manufacturers, no doubt for prices that the manufacturers can't refuse.

There are a few high end Goodyears that are well reviewed on TireRack.
 
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