General Grabber TR Tyres......

[jerryd]

I've purchased a set of Wolf rims for my County and want to fit a set of decent road tyres, I was thinking if Landrover fit the grabbers to new defenders they must be pretty good, so are they a good tyre ??? and are they easily obtainable ??
Does anybody use Maxtrac LT tyres ?? the secondhand alloys that I purchased and have now taken back ( wheels did not fit ) had these tyres fitted and they looked really good. I've made a few enquiries but nobody seems to have any knowledge of them.

These will be purely on road tyres, as I'll keep the old rims with MT's fitted for playing.

[sniegy]

Hi Jerryd,
I had these tyres on my D2 for a few years before i changes to MTR's. In my personel experience i think they are a great tyre. I travelled across the Simpson with them on & had no punctures & no problems at any time with them.

If they are only going to be for on road then i think they would be fine. If for some general off road they are still a good tyre.

Cheers

[Scallops]

I agree - they are a good tyre - you'll get about 90,000km out of them too. The stock size (235/85) is widely available in the bush. These tyres are good in just about every situation - other than mud. Just lower tyre pressures as required. They are a good all rounder - having said that - I'm running Mickey Thompson Muds.

[Ranga]

Spotted these recently 5 x LT 235/85/R16 4WD Commercial Light Truck Tyres - eBay Tyres, Wheels, Tyres, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 31-Aug-10 20:30:44 AEST).

As you can see, they didn't sell, despite the very cheap price. Might be worth your while to try and contact the seller and get them to relist them.

[scott oz]

Mine have done 130,000K's and still have a few K's in them (2001 Def).

So if you dont go for the Ebay I might see if there still available

[jerryd]

I contacted the seller, but he's already sold them

Thanks for your replies

[Ranga]

I contacted the seller, but he's already sold them

Thanks for your replies

bugger, they were cheap as...

[ATH]

I had the Grabbers as standard on my new 2003 Td5 Defender and thought they were a good tyre.
Very few chips after the GRR and Kalumburu Rds and heaps of tread left after 66K when I sold the vehicle.
I then got the General AT2 (Ithink that's what they're called) for a 300Tdi and they too were a good tyre.
I may even get them to replace the BFGs on the plastic Prado when they wear out.
Alan.