Mike Melton walks through tire options for trucks, breaking down all terrain, rugged terrain, and mud terrain tires. The choice comes down to what you prioritize: traction or noise.
A lot of y' all are choosing the wrong tires for your truck. So if you're looking for something that's quiet and got good wet traction, snow traction, stay with an all terrain tire like the Nitto G3. Now, if you want something that's going to look better, you're going to go with the Nitto Ridge Grappler. Something like this. It's going to be more aggressive looking, but the only thing with this you're going to sacrifice a little wet traction compared to the all terrain tire. Now, when you get into the mud terrain, of course it's going to look a lot more aggressive. It's going to have bigger side lugs on there and it's going to be a lot more noisier and you're definitely going to lessen that wet traction. So between the three, if you're looking for more aggressive, go with the mud terrain. A little bit less aggressive, but you still want to be aggressive. Go with the rugged terrain. And if you want something quiet and less aggressive and better traction, definitely go with an all terrain. So me personally, I don't like a lot of noise. That's why I stick with an all terrain. That way it's going to give me better wet traction. Now, for the guys who want a little bit more aggressive and don't mind a little bit less traction and they go off road more, definitely go with the Knitto Ridge Grappler. Now for the guys who really want to make a statement and don't mind the road noise, go with them mud tires.
