Mike Melton swaps Nitto Ridge Grappler tires for Toyo Open Country A/T III on a truck, citing better wet traction and a three-peak mountain snow rating. He shows the sidewall and tread differences, then demonstrates wheel balancing with 1,200 lbs of force, finding minimal imbalance.
What tires are we putting on this truck right here? All right, right now he's got the Nitto Ridge grapplers in a 35, 12, 50, 20. All right, now, as you see, he got some life out of him. He's still got a little bit left, but now he wanted to go with a tire that's going to give him a little bit better wet traction. So we're going to be putting there a 35, 12, 50, 20 in the Toyo Open country at 3. So if you're not familiar with this tire, let's go over it a little bit. Now, the Toyo at 3 ain't as aggressive as the Nitto Ridge, but it's going to give you better wet traction. So a lot of people like to see the sidewall. Here it is. Now, Toyo makes their sidewalls the exact same. It ain't like a nitto where you have two different sides. The difference between the Toyo at 3 and the Nitto Ridge is the Toyo at 3 is going to give you better wet traction because it's got a lot more siphon in that tire. Also, it's three peak mountain snow rated for the guys who worry about snow like we got coming now. All right, before we balance it, what we got to do, we got to take that damn sticker off. All right, all the way through this thing. Let's bounce her out. All right, we got her spinning. All right, we got that roller down. We're not gonna cut it. We're not gonna edit it. We showing you it's got 1200 pounds of force putting on the tire, simulating it being on the vehicle. Now let's see what weight we got. All right, we got zero ounce of weight here. We only got an ounce and three quarters right here. And we got 20 pounds of force. What's this thing gonna ride like? It's gonna ride like a damn Cadillac, son. Let's go.
