#General grabber at 2 snow test full

The test results are promising and you can confidently buy these tires for your car. In addition to tests in different climatic zones, tires were tested on different car models in order to determine compatibility with different weights and different speed indicators. In order to achieve such indicators, numerous tests were carried out in different climatic zones - from the snow-covered expanses of Alaska to hot Nevada. The GRABBER STX2 is a truly all-season tire that performs equally well in hot and cold weather on dry and wet surfaces, and even on loose snow. Just imagine, the savings are 10-20% compared to using tires from other manufacturers. In addition, according to the results of repeated tests, the GRABBER STX2 allows you to reduce fuel consumption both in city traffic and when driving outside the city. As a result, the new tires are more efficient and durable. The innovations, first of all, concerned the rubber composition and tread design. In designing these tires, General Tire took into account the experience of the advantages and disadvantages of the previous range. The GRABBER STX2 is a heavy-duty all-season tire specially made for light trucks, crossovers, and SUVs. Imagine General Tire makes SUV tires that make your car run much better and use less fuel! And we will tell you all about these wonderful tires further. In the end, even using a specialist mud bath, the testers couldn't get any meaningful data from driving the truck in and out of the mud area, so decided to omit the results from the test.Many people want their car to go faster, handle better, and all this with more economical fuel consumption. The mud test proved to be a real problem for the magazine, and even though they knew repeatability of the test would be an issue, they didn't realise just how hard it would be! The three ply sidewall tyres (BF Goodrich, Achilles, Nankang and Goodyear) tyres generally did better than the 2 layer tyres, though Kumho and Yokohama scored well for a twin ply construction.

With punctures a very real part of offroading, and usually a major inconvenience, the magazine tested each tyre at 2.4 bar with a special machine that measures how much pressure is needed to puncture the shoulder area, between the tread and the sidewall. Yokohama finished eighth, managing the 2.2 bar run but failing at 2.4 bar, Kumho finish ninth and failed at 2.2 bar, and Nankang finished in last place, failing to make it up at 1.8 bar.

#General grabber at 2 snow test full

Seven of the ten tyres made it up at the full 2.4 bar. As the tyre pressure increases, the ability on rock decreases, and top marks are awarded for the tyres which can make it up at every pressure. The magazine attempted three runs, one at 1.8 bar, then at 2 bar, then 2.2 bar and finally 2.4 bar. Rock Tractionįor rock traction, the tyres had to get the Ford up a solid 30 degree incline.

This time the Hankook was the winning tyre, with the BF Goodrich and Goodyear rounding out the top three. Gravelįor the gravel braking test, again from 50 mph, the pressure was reduced from 2.4 bar to 1.8 bar. The wet braking winning Dunlop, could only manage fifth place, with Bridgestone rounding out the top three.

Under wet handling tests the Goodyear moved to the top spot, with Hankook holding second place. The Dunlop narrowly beat the Hankook to first place, with the Goodyear finishing third. Wetīraking down from 50 mph on wet roads proved close, with the gap between the best and worst on test just 4.9 meters. The Ford Ranger was put through braking tests on gravel, traction on rocky surfaces and traction in mud, and the tyre was even tested on a rig to see how strong the sidewalls are. The off road tests were far more thorough. Instead of testing dry and wet road performance, only wet braking and wet handling were tested, as the variance in dry performance was small. In order to test the tyres in their most common conditions, the magazine chose to focus on off road performance. It takes ten mud terrain (M/T) tyres in 265/75 R16, sticks them on a 4x4 Ford Ranger pickup truck, and puts them through wet, gravel, rock and endurance tests to find out which tyre will be the most useful for hardcore off road use. It's not often we see a proper off road tyre test, but this one by the South African Magazine 'Drive Out' seems to tick all the boxes. 2016 All Terrain and Off Road MT Tyre Test