Mike Melton installs 35x12.50x20 Nitto Ridge Grappler tires on a truck. He explains the differences between rugged-terrain, all-terrain, and mud-terrain tires, notes these lack a mileage warranty, and uses a road-force machine to balance them, hitting 18 lb road force for a smooth ride.
35x12.50x20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers.
No, it does not have a mileage warranty.
18 pounds of road force.
This truck came in here, only needed two tires. Let's see what he's putting on there. So we still got the factory wheels. We putting on some 35, 12, 50, 20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. So the ridge grapplers, a lot of people say, well I don't get any wet traction. I don't do this. Listen, a lot of you guys need to take that damn foot right there, take your foot out the gas because you got about 500 horsepower in your truck, okay? I personally had these tires on my dually. Didn't have any problem slipping and sliding like all you guys say. My wife has them on a Yukon. Same thing. No slipping, no sliding. The only people that say that are the damn haters. There's a big difference between an rt, an MT and an at. If you're worried about wet traction, stay with an all terrain tire. It's going to give you better traction than a rugged terrain tire wheel. Okay? Why? Because it's got more siphon in the tire. It's going to give you those biting edges for that rain. It's going to get that rain away from those tread blocks. Okay, There you go. Does the ridge grappler have a mileage warranty? No, it doesn't have a mileage warranty because it's made for off road like an empty tire. Now if you want a mileage warranty, stick with an all terrain. Now let's go ahead and balance these things out and show you exactly how these things do. Now these things always balance out good. But you know, before we balance them out, what we're going to do, we're going to take that damn sticker off. I will show you. We got all the weights off of there. Let's see how this thing does right here. We got it on lt. Road force is on. Let's go ahead, balance her out. Alright. We got her spinning. All right, that roller's about to come down. Let's teach it 1200 pounds of force. This roller putting on there, simulating it being driven on the road. Now that's going to come off. Let's see how many pounds of force this tire is going to have. Now it's calling for only an ounce and three quarters here and a half ounce here. Look at that, 18 pounds of road force. All that's green. That means that thing's going to ride like a Cadillac, son.
