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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 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM
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    nelson18matt

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    it all comes down to the region of the country you live in and it's weather and terrain...

    if you live where there is desert and like to go out there and play... then maybe a desert race tire that has been DOT approved for the street would be appropriate

    if you live in a region of the country where there is no desert and alot of snow during the winter season then maybe a snow/mud tire would be more appropriate than a desert tire...

    it's not that difficult to figure this shit out
     
    nelson18matt, May 25, 2011
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  2. May 25, 2011 at 9:58 AM
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    NO MATT YOU ARE WRONG!!! THIS IS ROCKET SCIENCE!!!
     
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  3. May 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM
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    lol... you mean ROCKET SURGERY!!!
     
    nelson18matt, May 25, 2011
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  4. May 25, 2011 at 10:02 AM
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    grabbers ftw, seen race trucks in person run them and have no problems. Then again, if you dont hit the dirt, dont bother running them, save them for the ppl who need them
     
    blackhawke88, May 25, 2011
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  5. May 25, 2011 at 10:05 AM
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    Oh yeah, that. :eek:





    the funny thing (here at least) is that I mistyped "rocket" as "recket", probably should have left it that way.
     
    JDMcQ, May 25, 2011
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  6. May 25, 2011 at 10:09 AM
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    lol... this place has gotten pretty "DERP" as of late
     
    nelson18matt, May 25, 2011
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  7. May 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM
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    word. i dont see any TT running duratracs and doing this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyS20cnjvX8
     
    nelson18matt, May 25, 2011
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  8. May 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM
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    I have seen a few trucks up here running the Grabbers, mostly, I think, because the letters matched the red paint. I cannot imagine why one would try to tun a desert tire in an area with freezing temps, snow and ice. Come to think of it, they would match MY truck's color pretty well. Hmmm...
     
    JDMcQ, May 25, 2011
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  9. May 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM
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    I got the grabber at2's and they were fine in this past chicago winter we had...Not super great traction in the snow but enough to pull out a H2 stuck in a ditch with 14" of snow. And yes they weight a ton, but havent notice a significant drop in MPG. Rocket surgery over.
     
    65tacodude, May 25, 2011
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  10. May 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM
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    Different tire, but thanks.
     
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  11. May 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM
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    re-commence rocket surgery... we are talking about the general grabber not the grabber AT2... very different tires.

    grabber

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    AT2

    [​IMG]
     
    nelson18matt, May 25, 2011
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  12. May 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM
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    :facepalm:to myself. On with the sturgen! Thats what you get from a flat lander
     
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  13. May 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM
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    i was out in the dez yesterday and saw a chevy avalanche with grabbers


    just sitting there.. attatched to a trailer. sad day. :(
     
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  14. May 25, 2011 at 2:59 PM
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    Haha in that case go buy some bf goodrich rugged trails. Best tire out there IMO :rollseyes: :)
     
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  15. May 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM
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    I went with Duratracs since I didn't want to wait for General backorders. I am very impressed with how quiet they run considering how agressive of a tread they are. The grabbers should not have availability problems 3-4 years from now when I wear out these new Duratracs.

    I understand the Grabbers are pretty new to the market and it takes time to get all the different size tire molds built and qualified for production output. If they aren't available after I wear these Duratracs out, I'll buy the Duratracs again.

    Sorry folks that I did not get back to this thread sooner, work has been stepping on my neck pretty hard lately.
     
    jeepmor, May 28, 2011
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  16. May 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM
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    congrats on your new buy :)
     
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  17. May 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM
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    Maybe that's because the Duratrac is developed as a commercial tire.
     
    Krazie Sj, May 29, 2011
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  18. May 29, 2011 at 11:22 AM
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    Duratracs - for the east coast

    Grabbers - for the west coast
     
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  19. Jun 27, 2011 at 11:29 AM
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    Talked to cooper tire direct they are still over 6 months backordered. I lucked out and got the last set of 35s here locally. Buddy that owns a 4wd shop said some gi ordered em and never picked em up. He was surprised they're hard to get whole of. I like these tires a lot so far as far as street and highway. Mostly and and rocks out here though almost never snow so I will continue to post up on my ggrl thread as to how they perform
     
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