Our group was provided with twelve Jeep Rubicons all shod in the new Grabber X3 and prepped for abuse. General went all out to provide us with the opportunity to properly test the capabilities of the new Grabber X3. While these features all sound great we wanted to know how the tire performs! These features combined with General’s Duragen construction technology come together to provide a serious option for both racers and hard-core off-road enthusiasts. In addition to the tread features the X3 also boasts multi angle gripping edges and sidewall lugs for extra hold in rock conditions as well as more sidewall puncture resistance. With its high void tread pattern designed to evacuate mud and water and stone bumpers to release rocks from the lugs, the X3 is clearly designed for more than just trips to the mall. A sort of off-road triple threat if you will. The moniker X3 calls to the tire’s intended purpose of tackling mud, dirt, and rock under extreme conditions. This isn’t a revised version of the original, but rather a whole new generation of Grabber. Upon first glance, it’s clear that the new Grabber X3 doesn’t hold much in common with its predecessor aside from the iconic red lettering emblazoned on the sidewall. Let’s take a closer look at the new Grabber X3. With robust, 3-ply construction and an aggressive tread and sidewall design General Tire has continued its focus on providing a performance tire for true off-road enthusiasts. Over the course of three years the General Tire engineers tested sixteen different tread designs and put on more than two million test miles in search of just the right combination of performance and durability. No, they designed a brand new tire from the ground up. When General Tire decided to build the new Grabber X3 they didn’t just add some lugs to the sidewall and slap a new name on the old tire. No doubt General has a popular product on their hands, but how well do they really work? General Tire invited us out to Pennsylvania, in the Appalachian Mountains, to find out for ourselves how well the new Grabber X3 performs under the abuses of off-road driving. If you need proof of their reputation you need only walk through the parking lot at any stadium off-road race and see how many Grabbers adorn the daily-drivers of the sport’s legions of fans. With such notable drivers as BJ Baldwin, Casey Currie, and Harley Letner racing and winning on the Red Letter race rubber it’s safe to say that General has made a name for themselves in the minds of racers and die-hard fans. From those early years on, General Tire has been producing forward thinking products to every segment of the tire industry.įor off-road enthusiasts the General Tire Grabber has been a mainstay tire in the deserts and on the trails for many years. The Jumbo and later the Balloon Jumbo revolutionized the tire industry from both a product and a manufacturing standpoint. One such innovation was the General Jumbo, an oversized tire meant as a direct replacement for OEM tires. In short order, General Tire was bringing innovative products to market that began to shape the future of the young company. One hundred years ago General Tire was founded on the simple idea of offering a quality product to a burgeoning automotive industry.
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