General Grabber UHP

General Grabber TR OK on the road and on tracks / grass. Not so good in mud especially when compared with the competition AT tyres from BF or Conti.

THey were OE on my Land Rover Defender - but the difference off road partiularly in mud and snow of the Conti AT tyre is amazing.

Land Rover now fit Conti Cross Contacts as OE - not surprising

Had these on my Porsche Cayenne 3.2 just thought I would try them out on the basis that if they lasted half the time of the previous Bridgetones I would still be in pocket as they were near on half the cost, plus in then buying another set I wouldn't be running on half worn bridgestones.

To great joy the tyres I found, although to be a little softer in the side walls, superb. The grip in all weathers was brilliant and certainly excelled in the snow and mud.I even went out in the snow to deliberately get stuck, no joy there it just ploughed through (by complete contrast to the previous year).

Overall the tyres were up to 18K miles with plenty of tread left certainy enough to deal with this coming winter, my previous Bridgestones lasted 12K and needed replacing.

For my application & needs a great tyre.

Just had to replace the rears after 25,000 miles, the fronts have perhaps another 5,000 remaining. I also have noticed that with about 2 - 2.5mm of tread left the tread blocks appear to be degrading severely at the edges.

Decent grip in both dry & wet, ok in snow but not great, nothing special in slippery conditions.

Moving on to a set of Vredestein Quatrac 3 SUV

I researched summer tyres for the pick up for some time, priority being wet grip. Surpisingly good, wet grip excellent, seem to be wearing very slowly but the icing on the cake is the ride quality and silence. The truck could be a rough ride and noisy, no more.
So far no downsides, i use winters anyway so won;t find out if they are any good.
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They are finally down to the wear indicators after 19,000 miles on the front of my XC90, and I have been happy with wear, noise, grip, etc.
However, being less than 2 years old I am concerned at the rubber tread blocks perishing - you can get the end of a finger nail under the corner of some blocks.
My tyre dealer has said there's not much he can do as they are so worn (although I'm not trying to claim for a new set given the use they have had).
Just wondered if anyone else had reported such perishing or if you had encountered it?
Car has not been raced or rallied, off roaded significantly, no excessive cornering/maneuvering, etc.
Tyres fitted March 1999, manufacture date is August 2008
Thanks

I drive a Land Rover Defender. Prior to getting my most recent I always though the General Grabber TR looked good but would be a joke offroad.

When I bought my last rover it had them on and I instantly changed my mind. They do look good but they are fantastic road tyres, they transform this chunky clunky vehicle into a nice motorway car, noise is lower than any defender tyre, but the really surprising thing is these things are really good offroad.

They can handle any gradient of rock or gravel (an have had them on the gradient limit on wet rock, just as well if not better than the BF Goodrich Mud Terrain / and better than the Goodrich All Terrain TA), but forget it in mud - they are not a mud tyre. I've not had them in snow yet, but all ive heard from people I know running them.

Beacuse I have the cash im going to buy some beefy winter tyres for the hell of it, but if you drive a Defender, you should be running with the Grabber TR tyre in the summer it is great and a full 5 mpg better than a mud tyre on the road - that is important in a Landrover!

If you are a farmer or one of those idiots who drive in mud pits for the sake of it, get something else.

Oh yeah and the wear is phenomenal. Mine are half worn at 25,000 miles. My dad took a set off a rover which did 60/40 Road/offroad which had done 55,000 miles!!! Amazing, but be warned, at this limit, although the tread is still good i've seen the wires coming through the inner walls - check them!

Will buy again.

Replaced Pirelli P6 Allroads with the Generals and really pleased I did. They're so much quieter, the ride is much plusher and more comfortable. Grip is superb on such a big heavy car and I have absolute confidence in the tyres. Great tyres for this car.

Had Diamaris all round which were fine for 3 years, but budgets got tight, and ?250 per coner for Mitchelin was steep.

So choose the General Grabber UHP. They looks good, rougher/tougher more , agressive and I paid (17/3/09) almost ?500 fitted for 285/45/R19 W at back and 255/50/R19 W at front.

First I noticed the road noise is greater than the Diamaris and then as they wear they went out of balance quite badly.

However, 15 months & 27000 miles later there is still pleaty of tread on th front pair, but the rear pair were almost due for replacement 14 months & 25000 mile.

So one last road trip and at 27000 mile the rears' outside edge still had 4.5mm of tread and the middle 3.2mm, but major inner shoulder wear, due to the X5 negative camber for road holding, they demanded replacement.

All in all not bad alternative to Diamaris, better for off road, noiser on road, prone to balancing issue during wear. Will wear quicker on the rear but you'll save ?300 ~400 fitted.