Ridge Grappler vs STT Pro

What is better for an all around tire? Looking to put these on my TRD Pro.

 

Can’t comment on the STT Pro tires but I have the Ridge Grapplers. So far they are awesome. I don’t hear any real difference from the stock Michelin’s at highway speed.

 

I’ll weigh in on STT Pro’s being great tires. They’ve done well in mud (MT so no surprise) but also well aired down in sand, and aired up, they’ve done well in rain on pavement. And they’re not crazy loud (I’ve heard all MT’s get louder as the tread wears though).

EDIT: someone’s post below alerted me to a typo up here. Somehow it said ‘week’, but should have said ‘we’ll’.

 

I 2nd the Ridge Grapplers. Great tires. I have had mine since Dec 2018 and no signs of wear yet.

 

I got the Ridge Grappler also. So far so good.

 

Ridge Grapplers since Dec and no issues yet. They are pretty good in 3-4 of snow in 2wd and really good in 4wd. On roads with light snow/compacted ice 2wd isnt great, but only had about 200lbs of weight in the back. In 4wd and reasonable speed for the conditions, I never worried. They preformed great and I actually forgot to sipe them when i bought them. I mainly pay attention to really snowy/icy conditions...During a really cold snap this winter, lots of ice on the roads, they easily out preformed my wife Subaru.

Really good in the in the rain in 2wd. You have to try to get them to break traction. I was really suprised how good they did in the rain.

Dry pavement they are fantastic and zero road noise. My only complaint is the browning. Most of the roads I been driving have lots of gravel/dirt and I feel like I wish they were darker. Gonna try to clean them up a little better once it warms up more. Only have a 2000 miles on them, but zero wear.

 

I had STT Pros on my Jeep Wrangler for almost 30,000 miles. They were used during city driving, highway driving, rain, snow, mud, sand, and actually wheeled on. They went through the Rubicon and Sierra Trek.

They are loud if they start to wear incorrectly and they do get louder with age. For a tundra, it will probably shield the tire noise quite a bit. Make sure your alignment isn’t out of spec, tires are balanced properly, and you rotate properly to avoid uneven wear. Despite the noise, they have great on road characteristics for city and highway driving. They do take quite a bit of wheel weights to balance them. As mentioned earlier they air down awesome; I got them down to 10psi on non-bead locks and they did awesome. They are phenomenal off road, rocks, wet rocks, mud, sand, snow, rain, everything has been awesome for me. I disagree with the rain comment, mine did great in rain. Obviously with a light truck bed might make things different.

Not sure how many of you know but the STT Pros are the cheaper version to the Mickey Thompson MTZ. Think Toyota and Lexus. I also had the Mickey Thompson MTZs. They MTZs out performed the STTs ten times over. Not sure if the MTZs come in tundra sizes but if you are leaning toward the STTs I’d spend a little extra and get the MTZs.

This is real world advice from someone that had them for a prolong period of time and used them for daily driving and off road.

 

Fixed my typo. You’re right: they do well in the rain.

 

Ive done the mud tire thing on a daily driver- will not be doing it again, too many tradeoffs. There are too many great wearing and riding AT or hybrid tires to choose from. I'd only run a MT unless I needed it.

They do look cool, but cost more, lower mpg more and are louder with more vibration. But, get what you want, either is a decent tire.

 

Grapplers are great, but have some trade offs. Theyre a little stiff, I've got ~15-20k on mine now and theyre noticeably louder but not at all unbearable. Theyre more akin to the St Maxx though, the Maxx were a bit softer that the Nittos, but had a bit more high pitch whine.

 

Ditto Nitto Be here all week

 

I've got almost 30k on my ridge grapplers. Love the look of the tire and so far I have been pleased. I will say that they do have some road noise now, nothing crazy, but I can definitely hear them on the highway. Only thing that concerns me is they are only 2 years old, and they have been showing signs of surface cracks/dry rot in the tread. I'm not sure if this is common with others with these tires or not, but for $260 per tire, I didn't expect them to show that type of wear in such little time. My Mastercrafts I had before them never showed any surface cracks in the tread and they had 50k miles on them over 4.5 years. No weather changes from where I am now, or any different driving.

Depending on how much longer they last, I would likely buy them again depending on price. When I got these a couple years ago, they were $230 each. I think they are all 4 at 9-10/32 with 30k miles on them.

the picture below is when I had a flat in one, about 5 months ago.

 

Best advice.

 

Never had the ridge graps but I like my STT pros. They are starting to get a little noisier, but hell its a truck with mud tires. I love that hum! Mine have been a beast for mud, snow, and rain. No complaints here.

 

I just bought a set of Ridge Grapplers to replace my Wrangler Duratracs that were horribly cupped. I like the Ridge Grapplers so far and were highly recommended by several of my coworkers.

 

So I guess I'm the only guy that will NOT recommend ridge grapplers. I had them on my last truck about 1 year and 20k miles and they were shot.

 

also running ridge grapplers and they are fairly loud... won't get them next time around

 

I’ve been running Ridge Grapplers for a couple years. My truck doesn't get driven much, so noise has not increased much. They are smooth and don’t pull to a side like another brand does. However, in the rain I can get them to break traction pretty easy. Not sure if it’s cause I have a lighter weight first gen or... Overall they are good.

 

Nitto has a 5 year warranty against this and other mfg defects FYI...

https://m.nittotire.com/warranty/

 

I’ve had 35x12.5r18 ridge grapplers for about 10k miles and I’ve barely seen any wear