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[*] posted on 8-24-2010 at 09:01 PM


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I stopped by Carroll's yesterdaqy and they quoted me $156 on the general Grabber AT2 is that the tire your looking at DK? 60,000 warranty.


Nope, sadly it seems General calls all their tires 'Grabber'... The ones that were introduced this summer to the public are called the Grabber (no other letters)... and the intro price from 4 Wheel Parts Warehouse when they had an exclussive was $219 for the size I would get 265/75-16 (about an inch taller than the BFGs (265/70-16).




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[*] posted on 8-24-2010 at 09:30 PM


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[The Grabber is constructed with seven-ply tread: three polyester, two steel, and two polyamide belts. The sidewall features three polyester belts.]

Now that would interest me.


I thought your BFG AT/KOs did fine in Baja on our trail ride. Why the change?






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[*] posted on 8-25-2010 at 08:27 AM


Oh I have no problem with the BFG KO TA. I've have very good luck with them. Funny thing is on my 93 Toyota I never had a flat in the 14 years I owned the truck with 150,000 miles and I ran BFG KO TA tires the whole time. On my full size 91 chevy I had two flats on one trip to Baja in 2002. On my 2004 GMC I've had two flats and they too were on one trip to Baja in 2008. All the flats in my opinion were due to low tread, meaning I ran them longer than I usually do before replacing, trying to get that extra mile or two out of them.
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[*] posted on 8-25-2010 at 03:50 PM


Ken, the photo above you posted of a telephone pole from World War II (along the Pole Line Road NW of San Felipe) is missing something...

YOU!






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