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General Red Letter Grabbers or Duratracs?

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by jeepmor, May 8, 2011.

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Duratrac or Red Letter Grabber 265/75R16

Poll closed Jun 7, 2011.

  1. Duratrac

    43 vote(s)
    48.3%

  2. Red Letter Grabber

    46 vote(s)
    51.7%
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  1. May 23, 2011 at 5:35 PM
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    All offroad tires suck under those condtions lol
     
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  2. May 23, 2011 at 5:37 PM
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    Grabbers are more of a desert/race/sand tire. duratracs are more of a snow/ice/rock and a little mud tire.
     
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  3. May 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM
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  4. May 23, 2011 at 8:47 PM
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    While Offroad tires probably aren't the best for these conditions I think the duratracs would do better than the grabbers. Just my opinion
     
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  5. May 23, 2011 at 9:07 PM
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    look at it this way.

    the DOT grabbers are a street legal version of a desert race tire... the tire was never intended to be a street tire, people just started running them on their DD trucks, tow rigs and prerunners and general said..." oh wow, if we get the DOT to approve this tire we can make a shit load of money!" ... thats how the DOT grabber was born.

    so it's doesnt take a rocket surgeon to figure out which tire will prob have the better road manners. having said that, the grabbers are a great steert tire. great wet traction, very low road noise, and great GRABBING power. they are geared towards a specific group of people that run their trucks in specific conditions... there isn't alot of snow in the dez, so when general designed the tire, they left that aspect out.
     
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  6. May 23, 2011 at 9:07 PM
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    I agree, but the difference would be minimal.
     
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  7. May 23, 2011 at 9:13 PM
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    True. They're just different tires with different purposes.
     
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  8. May 23, 2011 at 9:20 PM
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    Totally agree with everything. Except "rocket surgeon" LOL. Good post !
     
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  9. May 24, 2011 at 6:38 PM
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  10. May 24, 2011 at 6:41 PM
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    so good are those red letter general grabbers??? like offroad in 3 + feet of mud/ snow?
     
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  11. May 24, 2011 at 6:45 PM
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    Grabbers would blow dick in those conditions. They are a dot approved desert race tire.

    Has op even returned? I haven't checked to see who it is but this thread seems kind of...outlandish...to me. Why would it even cross your mind to get duratracs if you were in the desert, or why would it ever cross your mind to get grabbers if you run snow and mud...
     
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  12. May 24, 2011 at 6:47 PM
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    just asking..... ill probally go with BFG Mudders KM 2 for that stuff ^^^
     
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  13. May 25, 2011 at 5:24 AM
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  14. May 25, 2011 at 6:02 AM
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    damn those are some heavy ass tires... i still want them.
     
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  15. May 25, 2011 at 6:37 AM
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    yeah they are. i def was able to notice the drop in my miles per tank when i put mine on
     
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  16. May 25, 2011 at 6:42 AM
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    considering i might as well run my BFGs to death im heavily leaning towards the grabbers but my mpg sucks ass as it is.. ill figure it out more in the future
     
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  17. May 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM
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    Tracs...grabbers dont come in 37's :(
     
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  18. May 25, 2011 at 8:18 AM
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    wow.

    a tire post that's objective, instead of the "buy the one's i buy because i bought them and it validates my purchase!" post... :eek:
     
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  19. May 25, 2011 at 8:22 AM
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  20. May 25, 2011 at 8:47 AM
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    Never said it was objective, but it is an actual test rather than speculation.
     
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