Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Yes or No?

[MEGA HO]

Chewed up my front passenger side (got a hole and immediate pressure loss, by the time I've got to the shoulder the tire was toasted) and now my rear drivers side is leaking too so I need a new set in a hurry. I heard everyone was saying the stock TF are junk but didn't think they were this bad. Just under 30K kms on them.
Anyways, looking at a new set and I've had my eye on Ridge Gripplers for a while. This is the exact size I'm looking at, about an inch taller than the stocks, same width and they will go back on the stock rims.

Nitto N217-350 Ridge Grappler

Great prices on Nitto N217-350 Ridge Grappler

www.tdotperformance.ca

What I need from a tire is a good load rating and puncture resistance as well as traction on and off road, don't really care about snow performance as I don't drive my truck in winter times. I don't do any hardcore offroading but I do go off the pavement and into the gravel and dirt roads and trails. Tires will need to withstand high loads in harsh conditions for extended periods of time, think hauling a fully loaded truck camper down the Dempster Highway which is 900kms of gravel (one way).
Nittos are 10 ply tire, 127Q load index and can handle up to 3860 lbs per tire at 80 psi, I think they fit the requirements, no? Is there any other tire I should look at that will work better for what I need?

 

[MEGA HO]

Also, I know it's not applicable to you folks South of the boarder but anyone has any discount coupons for tdotperformance.ca site?

 

[Brutal_HO]

Have you looked at the Recon Grapplers?

55K tread warranty, not sure on load cap. There was a recent thread here on them.

Also, carry a plug kit and emergency valve stem kit... and of course, a compressor.

 

[MEGA HO]

Have you looked at the Recon Grapplers?

55K tread warranty, not sure on load cap. There was a recent thread here on them.

Also, carry a plug kit and emergency valve stem kit... and of course, a compressor.

I had to take a peak at them, apparently the Ridge Grapples are out of stock country wide. One place I called actually recommended Recon Grapplers as an alternative. They're very similar to Ridge Grapplers and also 10 ply and the same load index in the size I want.
I will search for that tread you mentioned.

 

[MEGA HO]

Also considering the Falkens AT3W as these seem to be in stock.

 

[jbncccb]

I had to take a peak at them, apparently the Ridge Grapples are out of stock country wide. One place I called actually recommended Recon Grapplers as an alternative. They're very similar to Ridge Grapplers and also 10 ply and the same load index in the size I want.
I will search for that tread you mentioned.

Love my new Recons

Just got the Nitto Recon Grapplers installed yesterday. 35x11.5x20 from Discount tire. Really like the way they turned out. DT gave me $100 off since I purchased these and a set of Mazda tires for my son's car. They really change the look of the truck compared to the crap Firestone's. Seems...

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[Rockcrawlindude]

My ridge grapplers have been good on the road. I don’t think they’re great off-road but I seem to be in the minority there.

Mine developed cracks all over all four of them. They look dry rotted like they’re ten years old but they’re two. No tread wear warranty so tire shop just told me to call nitto. Nitto hasn’t returned my voice messages. Probably won’t buy nittos again due to this

 

[PGHChris81]

Love my Falken Wildpeaks, and they are LT's with the 10 ply E rating. Can't go wrong with them.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Happy with my AT3W as well.

 

[MEGA HO]

Was able to find Ridge Grapplers in a different size though, 35/12.5R20. These are 125F which is 12 ply tire.

 

[MEGA HO]

My ridge grapplers have been good on the road. I don’t think they’re great off-road but I seem to be in the minority there.

Mine developed cracks all over all four of them. They look dry rotted like they’re ten years old but they’re two. No tread wear warranty so tire shop just told me to call nitto. Nitto hasn’t returned my voice messages. Probably won’t buy nittos again due to this

Rock crawling and running them at very low pressure when offroad probably did it to them, thick sidewalls can't be good at flexing, probably hard rubber compound too.

I think they'll be perfect for what I need them for, as mentioned no hardcore offroading for me.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Rock crawling and running them at very low pressure when offroad probably did it to them, thick sidewalls can't be good at flexing, probably hard rubber compound too.

I think they'll be perfect for what I need them for, as mentioned no hardcore offroading for me.

They’ve never been rock crawling or at low pressures.

 

[GPurcell01]

So far I'm a fan of my Ridge Grapplers. Noticing similar cracking as @Rockcrawlerdude and mine are less than a year old. Already have 20k miles and they are wearing very slowly!

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

So far I'm a fan of my Ridge Grapplers. Noticing similar cracking as @Rockcrawlerdude and mine are less than a year old. Already have 20k miles and they are wearing very slowly!

All four of mine look like this over 100% of the tread between the blocks. 21,000 miles and 27 months since they were manufactured

 

[KT.CUMMINS]

All four of mine look like this over 100% of the tread between the blocks. 21,000 miles and 27 months since they were manufactured

Mine look like that too but they have been on the truck for 3 years and have 65k miles on them. I am happy with them on my 2017 Sierra Gasser, not sure if they perform as well on a heavy diesel.

 

[NC Rebel]

I had them on a 1500 Silverado, they were considerably worn and had the same cracking at about 40K. I liked the tires but they had subpar wet traction.

 

[bbritt18]

I had Nitto's on my F-250 work truck and I had 4 tires that broke the steel belts in them. We finally got them off the truck and went with BF Goodrich's which were not my choice.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

I had them on a 1500 Silverado, they were considerably worn and had the same cracking at about 40K. I liked the tires but they had subpar wet traction.

Same in wet. Wet grass may as well be ice

 

[GPurcell01]

All four of mine look like this over 100% of the tread between the blocks. 21,000 miles and 27 months since they were manufactured
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Yup mine look similar to that. I wonder if the sun causes this cracking.

 

[whitexc]

Yup mine look similar to that. I wonder if the sun causes this cracking.

I was told the sun caused this to my 8k transcrap jobbers. All are cracked just like that, maybe worse.

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