18" tire question - ANOTHER UPDATE

specta wrote:

d3500ram wrote:
Kenny, My bad, I actually have the Nitto Terra Grappler tires with a similar tread style. My comments stand just the same though:

Nitto Terra Grappler

Thanks. Now I have another tire to look at. LOL

Speaking for both the Toyo AT3s and Nitto Terra Graps, both are GREAT in the snow.
The Toyos I had siped as well and they were the bomb on the wet greasy snow we get here. They also wore like iron (on a half ton) and were the light duty version not the LR E's.
Nittos, IMO are a better value. Similar traction, albeit a bit louder on the road. Not loud like mudders, you just know they're there. Only had 1 set and traded up trucks, but with about 15k miles, they showed little wear.
Performance for an AT tire and Value, I'd get Nitto Terra Grapplers.

The cross over AT/MT tires like the Toyo RT and Nitto Ridge Grappler are sort of the worst combo of AT and MT tire designs. I've had both now and wouldn't recommend them for virtually any conditions.
They're loud almost like mudders yet the tread blocks are bigger than mudders with very little siping and less void space. So they don't grip like AT's and don't grab "terrain" like MTs.
Just throwing tht out there.