General grabber x3 vs toyo open country mt pro#
It’s constructed from an Advanced Silica Compound which has been formulated to reduce cutting and chipping while the “Armor-Tek3” wraps the tyre in an additional layer which Cooper reckons give the STT Pro at least 2.5 times the tear and impact-damage resistance of similar tyres. The STT Pro offers Mud Scoops and Mud Release Dimples that are designed to create air pockets to help flick away mud from the tread to maintain traction. Available to suit 15 to 20-inch diameter rims.Ĭooper Tires calls the STT Pro its most advanced mud-terrain tyre to date.
The Evolution mud-terrain has been constructed from a “high tensile body ply is 20% stronger than most other brands”. Then there are the Mud Slingers which Cooper describes as deep, wide voids between the tread blocks that it claims allow continuous cleaning away of stones and mud. Available to suit 15- to 20-inch diameter rims.Ĭooper claims its Evolution mud-terrain tyre is ideal for recreational four-wheel-drivers with the Evolution M/T featuring, what Cooper calls, Earth Diggers which are designed to dig into loose dirt, sand and mud and provide greater traction. The four-chunk tread pattern is designed to improve grip off-road as does the aggressive sidewall lugs and there are small ridges between the blocks to protect against stone drilling. According to Black Bear the brand has drawn off its motorsport heritage to produce a tyre with good ‘speed’ stability and performance as well as impact performance. Available to suit 15 to 17-inch diameter rims.Ī popular brand with off-road racing in the US, the Black Bear Mud Terrain tyre is one of three types the brand offers in Australia, although the sizes are limited compared to the US. The Dueler M/T 674 exclusively comes in light truck construction with a reinforced sidewall to provide a tougher tyre for tougher tracks. The 674 Dueler isn’t your typical block-based design and comes with “3D Grooves”, to help cut through mud, the “3D Shoulder Lugs” are claimed to provide strength and improve handling on sloppy terrain, and the “3D Buttress”, a step-and-slope design created to provide increased control and stability in mud. Available to suit 15- to 22-inch diameter rims.īridgestone claims its Dueler M/T 674 uses “revolutionary 3D technology” to improve durability and off-road performance. The KM3 is also claimed to have 27 per cent tougher sidewall than the KM2 due to its “CoreGard Max” technology, which is intended to protect against punctures – it’s essentially just a fancy way of saying it’s got a thick sidewall and a ‘specialised compound’. The KM3 also comes with a “Terrain-Attack” tread pattern that is intended to ‘deliver grip from any angle of approach’. This is down to what BFGoodrich call “mud-phobic bars” on the shoulders of the tyre that have been designed to release compacted mud to improve traction.
General grabber x3 vs toyo open country mt update#
And if you do know of a tyre we don’t have on this list then let us know and we’ll update this Guide.īFGoodrich is a household name when it comes to off-road tyres, it claims the KM3 offers 5 per cent better mud traction than the previous-generation KM2 tyre. It’s not possible for us to test every single tyre on this list, so, if you own a set of these tyres or have a mate who does, make sure you leave a comment about your experience with the tyres. Stay tuned because we’ve got a comparison test coming up that’ll look at the pros and cons of both tyre types out in the field. Muddies will eject mud and crap from the tread better than an all-terrain tyre will maintaining maximum traction where the face of an all-terrain might fill up. It’s designed to be tougher than an all-terrain, with a bigger and wider tread block to improve grip on muddy or rocky tracks. A mud-terrain tyre on the other hand is a pretty focussed piece of equipment. It does a little bit of everything well, if you like. An all-terrain tyre is intended as, essentially, a jack of all trades it needs to work on dry and wet roads as well as off-road. Before we get into this let’s actually breakdown a few differences between all-terrain and mud-terrain tyres.
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