Fast cornering in the wet sometimes will make a tire like this slide but not these. I tried to spin some days and couldn’t get these things to break loose. Again I was blown away at how well they did. What about harsh road conditions? This was the next fear that I had with these tires, how well were the big lugs going to grab in the wet, snowy, and Icy conditions of the PNW. In Moab is where I was really sold, everyone else on the trail was spinning their tires to gather grip, I think I spun them maybe once. The amazing part is every time I feel these tires will not preform they outdo my expectations. They have been through the mountains of Colorado, California deserts, mountains of Arizona, and slick rock of Utah. These tires grip like nothing I have ever had on every surface. So I was kind of unsure about these tires because of the added noise but as soon as I got them in the dirt all of those concerns went away WOW is all I had to say. So initially these felt noisier and that rumble was weird.įirst trail impressions. Full disclosure I had never run a true M/T on any of my vehicles before, the closest tire I have to compare them to is Goodyear Wrangler duratracs which is an aggressive A/T. ![]() My first impressions were that they were louder and have a little rumble when going slow, meaning that you can feel the lugs when going under 5 mph on pavement. I am running 285/75/16 Grabbers on the jeep, I installed these in last august 2017. Never before have I been so confident in a tire in the snow on my jeep. I am a bit over a year in on my General’s and so far I am extremely happy with them. Mostly laughing at how many folks around here run studded snow tires. With the windows down, it was common to hear stones plinking from the fender flares as they were punted from between the tread blocks by what General calls “Stone Bumpers.” The raised rubber ribs spaced among the tread blocks kept stones from becoming trapped in the voids and drilling into the carcass.With the first snow on the ground here in Eastern Washington I am thinking about tires. Whether that means the path leading to a gnarly crawling trail or a 100-mile push through the backcountry, miles spent on kumquat-sized bits of geologic goodness nearly outnumbered those spent on blacktop. When we sat down to crunch the numbers, if the Jeep was off-road, chances are it was bound for gravel. ![]() Did the General Grabber X3 mud-terrains prove useful in more than just mud? Read on for what we found. After nearly 8,000 miles of torture, we had a logbook filled with notes and a tire repair kit that remained unzipped. ![]() Whether it was a high-altitude dumping of snow, beach cruises, grinding over boulders, or slick muddy ruts, we made sure to put the tires through every abusive environment we could get our tread blocks into. WHEN THE TIRE HAS “MUD-TERRAIN” PLASTERED across the sidewall, our first question for the General Grabber X3 was “but what else can it do?” We installed a set of 35x12.50R17 X3s on our two-door ’17 Wrangler and went through our typical weekend routine-driving far and near in search of wild terrain. General Grabber X3 Four Wheeler | April 2020 8,000 miles of rocks, roadways, sand, and snow Jered Korfhage
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