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Originally Posted by Jungoes
I don't have the coopers, but contemplating getting the general grabbers AT2, at 140 each plus a rebate they are tempting, how is the ride on the grabbers? is it a P or LT tire?
I currently have Dunlop Radial Rovers RVXT ( which are LT) which work great in winter but the ride is a but hard, so i'm thinking of a softer tire,
appreciate your feedback on the grabbers. thanks
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I run LT235/85 R16's in a load range E so I may not be the best example of how they ride. Mine are a bit stiff and probably a bit heavy, but it is to be expected given the load range. As for performance, they currently have 90,000 or so kms on them (40k on my old truck and 50k or so on the T4R) and between 5/32's and 8/32's worth of tread left. The tires have shown some signs of cupping, but I think that is more due to inflation issues on my part when I had them on my truck as well as not rotating as often as I should.
I have loaded them up, rashed them on curbs, run over small, pointy stumps, driven on shale, and never had a gash or a flat out of them. I feel that they do well in the sand, the gravel, the wet roads (I have found it really hard to get them to hydroplane) and are great in the cold temps and the snow (getting a bit worse in the pasty stuff now as they start to wear out, although the siping is still there). The only place I have not felt as confident with them is in clay-like mud.
The only reason I am considering changing tire choice is because my deer hunting season is spent in an area full of cedar swamps with clay-like mud and I want to move up to a 255/85 tire (Grabbers don't come in that size).
If I can't find a 255/85 option that will be at least pretty good in the cold winters here, I will stick with a 235/85 option (likely Grabbers again as the weak sidewalls on the Duratracs are no good for cedar swamps with cutoff stumps and the like jabbing at the tires).