General Grabber APT short term review

Hello All.

I wanted to give a little feedback on a recent tire purchase. There just isn’t much online about these fairly new tires and hopefully this might help someone.

I bought my new to me 2011 TRD Off Road Acesss cab about a month ago. It had 52k miles on the original BFG Rugged Terrains and was due for some new shoes.

I’m sure most folks on TW are like me and agonize over our next tire choice and change our mind many many times before pulling out our wallet.

While I am new to Tacoma, I am not new to the world of All Terrain, Mud Terrain, Overlanding and Off-roading. My last two rigs were a 2009 Tahoe set up for overlanding running BFG TA KO2’s and a 2016 2dr Jeep JK running BFG MT’s. Great tires and never gave them a second thought.

Until Tacoma. I was afraid the beefy BFG’s might be a little more than I wanted on this truck. They were great on the big heavy Tahoe, and came factory on the JK.

I poured over the reviews and advice on TW and various other sources and finally made my mind up on General Grabber AT. As soon as I was certain and ready to buy, I saw the General Grabber APT and the cycle started all over again. At least I had narrowed it to a brand!

The APT promises a more comfortable ride, better road/highway manners, better wet traction over the AT while still having an aggressive enough tread pattern to be classified as an All Terrain and carries the Tri Peak snow severe service indication.

In my limited time with these tires which so far has been an 88 mile round trip on a turnpike at speeds of 75-85 mph and some city driving. All in dry conditions. I’ve found the tires to be very comfortable, great on road handling, and almost nonexistent road noise.

If there is any interest I’ll post more as the miles add up and driving conditions vary.

 

Nice looking tire give a review after some more time and miles and how they handle in the wet heavy rain, and snow if you live where it snows ?

 

How are you liking these tires? Just ordered a set.

 

Handsome looking tire...


Are they made in the USA?

 

Yes. I just got a set. They look more aggressive than the picture shows. Think they'll be great for mild off-roading. They also have the 3 peak mountain snowflake snow rating.

 

Update and how many miles on them so far?

 

The sidewall has how many plies?

 

Subscribed... just started looking at these tires. Any updates?

 

Still liking the tires? Thinking of getting these on my 3rd Gen

 

Seconded.

 

Anyone else run these APT tires? How do you like them? How do they handle in snow?

 

Anyone know the easiest way to get the white lettering off of the sidewall?

 

Probably turn em around on the wheels.

 

I've been running these tires on my 2013 for the past 2.5 years. I'm guessing around 25k klms(?). Had LT Duratrac's on before, but once those started to wear down a bit, they got really scary in the winter. Also wanted something more quiet and smoother for my 95% daily driver but I still needed a 3 peak winter rated tire. Every weekend in winter, I drive up to the ski hill and back so snow performance is important.

Pros:
Ultra Quiet
Smoooth
Even tread wear
Great Wet/Dry traction.

Cons:
Low tread depth (LTD)
LTD = Lacks off road traction.
Snow/Winter performance was disappointing.
Doesn't shed rocks well.

I almost got stuck in my flat driveway up at the ski hill this winter with the ATPs... (I know, I know... get dedicated winter tires...)

Anyway, I think I went too far from one extreme (Duratracs) to the other (Grabber APTs) and now I'm looking at getting something more on the aggressive but middle side (Falkens AT3Ws/Toyo AT3s) for this winter season.

Don't get me wrong, if you have mild/light winters, and are only on FSRs for occasional off roads, these would be great!

Jay