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Surprisingly, the General Grabber ATX is slightly lighter in weight overall (on average), so out of both, this tire shows better efficacy in the wear department. Fuel economy & Wear:īoth tires are good in the wear department overall, they are both equipped with Duragen technology that allows a very long lasting tread.īoth tires are light in weight considering their competitors in the market, and with stiffer rubber composition, these tires although show up with more rolling resistance values, they are not going to wear off too easily. So with an interlocking design, these sipes don’t stiffen up even under high pressure, during sharp turning, or extreme braking, for example.Īlso, one more thing, both General Grabber tires have a stiffer compound as well, so the rubber composition don’t give the sipes and blocks as much freedom. Sipes are just slits which suck in the water.

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That’s because although both tires provide full depth sipes, they are not effective, as they don’t form a wave like pattern which interlocks more and provides blocks with better flexibility. Falken Wildpeak AT3w for example outperforms both of these tires in this area. So with greater resistance to hydroplaning, there is less burden on sipes to wipe water away, and this results in a very good overall wet traction.īut keep in mid, that, both tires don’t have good enough wet traction overall, when compared to other tires. Similarly on wet conditions, the tire provides better float speeds, as with wider grooves, and a network of interconnected channels, the tire features very good water evacuation. These sipes offer shoulder blocks with flexibility, which then provides better stability.

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The Grabber ATX actually provides a good contact patch from the shoulder blocks, and here it’s staggered design provides the lateral aid, while it’s claw shaped sipes provide circumferential grip. However, its still surprising to see, how little the General Grabber ATX being an all terrain tire has to compromise on road, as you can see in the data above, there’s a very little difference. Tests: GrabberĪTX Dry Braking 149 ft 151 ft Dry Handling 96 s 97 s Wet Braking 200 ft 204.7 ft Wet Handling 81 s 82 s The General Grabber APT overall shows a slightly upper hand in all these areas, which is no surprise, as the tire is very less aggressive in comparison, with a more closed up blocks arrangement which provide better rubber contact with the surface. On road performance is mostly considered by analyzing the tire’s performance on wet and dry roads, where those factors are further divided in to grip, steering response, handling and in case of wet roads, hydroplaning. All blocks on Grabber APT have slanted longitudinal slits in them along with rectilinear sipes.

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