Mike Melton installs Nitto Ridge Grappler 35x12.50-20 tires on a Ford F-150 and tests their balance with a 1,200-lb roller. The tires show only 14 lb of dynamic force, suggesting superior balance and a quieter ride than typical rugged-terrain models.
Man, we sell a lot of Nittos around here. 35x12.50-20s right here. Putting them on this old gray Ford right here, taking off these Firestone MTs. I just went to the Nitto Toyo plant yesterday and they have the absolute best manufacturing process I've ever seen, and I've been to several, several plants. The technology they have in these tires is bar none. That's why these things always balance out good, and we'll talk about that in another video. Of why these balance out so good compared to other brands. Now I've done a ton of videos about these things balancing out, so let's go over the tire itself and then we'll balance one. So like all your Nittos, they got dual sidewalls. So here's one side and here's the other side. Personally, I like, I like the other side. It's a little bit more aggressive to me. Now for a rugged terrain tire, this is definitely the quietest rugged terrain tire that I've seen out. My wife loves them on hers. Now let's get these things mounted up. Let's bounce one out and show you how they do. I'll just bounce these things out, but you know what we got to do? We got to take that damn sticker off of there. Let's get it balanced out right there. So here in a second, that roller's going to come down. It's going to put 1,200 pounds of force simulating it being driven on the vehicle so we can diagnose any kind of vibration problems before we put them on that truck. So here in a second, that roller's going to come off. That's going to let us know If it needs weight, or if it's too high of a load force. All right, cool. We got zero weight here, zero weight here, and only 14 pounds of force. That thing gonna ride better than a Cadillac, son. That's why Nitto is the best. All right, everybody likes to see the tires on the truck, so here's the Nitto Ridge Grapplers, 35x12.50-20s on that F-150.
