General Grabber ATX vs. Falken Wildpeak AT3

Agree with you there! I've done the tire swapping before with dedicated snow tires, but now with the truck didn't want to go back and forth and store a stack of tires in my 1 car garage that barely fits the truck lol

 

I know what you mean. You could go with somewhere in between the 235 and the stock 265's, I've seen a bunch of Tacos with 255's and they look great. When I upgrade (to 33's) I am going to go with a 255/80-17. @jdmstuff has some pics up on the site, thats where I saw them first.

 

This is exactly what I was thinking of too. The generals have 2/32nds more tread depth (IIRC) but the falkens have much more "winter friendly" looking siping on the shoulder blocks, rather than the straight sipes the grabbers have. I'm basically just churning over tires here lol. I'm sure both are good, but damn these people make deciding difficult.

 

I also live in Denver and have the General ATXs...love em. I haven't been out in the snow this time around b/c my truck is in the body shop. They've performed great on the trail.

 

My butt clenching moment today was coming down a hill, after needing momentum to come up...tapping the brakes and realizing I had nothing to grip...luckily the light was green but I basically slid through the intersection, hit flat land, then could slow down from the downhill. Do you think the ATX's would have been able to come to a stop at the bottom of said hill or at least have enough traction to slow?

 

Looking out my window at all this snow right now <3

I am running some Toyo Open Country M/Ts right now, E rated (boy are they loud). If snow traction is something you're going for, I would also look at a lower rated tire such as the SLs that were mentioned earlier. The E rating is going to have a stiffer sidewall and could be a harder rubber as well. You want soft rubber in the snow due to the temperatures. A soft tire in the snow will perform like a hard tire in the summer. If you're not going to hit the trail a lot, you might want an SL tire for these reasons.

 

Hrmmmm very good point here! I don't necessarily go out of my way to go wheeling as its own event. I usually hit some trails to get to camp or fishing spots, so maybe E rated isnt for me (generals only come in E rated for the 265/75/16 size)

 

Whichever way you go I'm interested in how it turns out! I am going to be making the same decision next month when my new taco gets here. Let us know!

 

Looks like things may have changed from when I used to work at a tire shop. Looks like SL tires are for cars, you may want a C or D rated tire

https://www.americastire.com/learn/load-range-load-index

 

That's weird...I have a tab open for the falkens and the OEM tires and both are showing an SL rating. The duratrac's I also have open are C and General are E though.

If I ever decide, I will report back on snow performance when given the chance though. Part of me wants to not buy tires since I'm closing on my first home next month, and that ain't gone be cheap!

 

Love my 265/75/16 Duratracs with the 3 peak snow designation

 

I could be wrong, it could be open to interpretation. "Passenger Tires" I suppose could be for a truck like a Tacoma. "Light Truck" tires could be for Ram's, Silverado's, etc.

 

Hard to say. How bald are your tires? It really depends on speed and snow vs slush, but ultimately I don't think you'd have any worse performance with the Grabbers.

Two weeks ago I was out by buena vista riding in about a foot of snow with no problems. I only slid a little when I was going downhill on a blacktop that was covered in ice. I slid for a couple seconds and then regained traction. My ATXs are SLs, with the softer rubber I think they're going to be fine for the season.

 

Valid points, sound like they do pretty damn well then! Funny thing is its a new truck, OEM tires, and 3800 miles on them.

 

My wildpeaks in SL just hit 30k and they still have about 50% left for what it's worth

 

I don't have experience with the exact tires you are asking about.

I do have experience with the Grabber AT2 and X3. I was really happy with the AT2 (quiet, not too heavy, SL and lasted 60K with decent tread left) and pleased with the X3. The X3 gets worse mileage (E-rated and heavy) and is louder which is expected, but they do outperform in the mud. I like the tire, but for a DD, the AT type tires in a SL rating might be a better choice 90% of the time.

I looked at the Falkens, but when I researched I saw some folks had issues with chunking.

Based on the above, I'd go ATX and I bet it's a great tire.

 

Here you go. I am lifted, little less than 2" in the front, about 3" out back. Can fit a larger tire, but I'm pretty content with this ratio. It did elephant hill just fine

 

Thanks! They look good! As you said you could definitely go with a taller/bigger tire.

 

Wildpeaks seem unbeatable when factoring in price. Out the door with a cert for free replacement at discount tires in 265/75/16 for I think 820.

 

There are definitely some better looking more aggressive tires but they are much more expensive. I couldnt convince myself to spend near 100 more per tire for those. Maybe after these die off, depends how well these last. Only 4k miles in so far.