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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverBullet75 View Post
    I had the old style MT/R.

    Noise scale of 10:
    Nitto Terra Grapplers= 1.5
    Nitto Trail Grapplers = 5
    Old MT/R = 8
    Interco Swampers = 10
    Nitto Mud Grappler...it goes to 11...
    Fixed the scale for ya Bro...

    It may be my imagination, but I've noticed that "knobby" type, offroad tires seem to get louder as they wear. My theory is, that from top to bottom, the lugs get a little wider as they wear, thereby slapping more rubber on the pavement as they age...

    Just a theory...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    It may be my imagination, but I've noticed that "knobby" type, offroad tires seem to get louder as they wear. My theory is, that from top to bottom, the lugs get a little wider as they wear, thereby slapping more rubber on the pavement as they age...

    Just a theory...
    x2. Winner , Winner, Chicken Dinner!!! That ain't no theory Dubster, that's a damn fact. That's the down-side to M/T's is they get noisier and the ride becomes bumpier as the tread lugs wear down. The ride is excessively harsh when slowing down to a stop at a red light/stop sign. Worn M/T's feel like tank tracks when going slow, as you can feel every tread lug slap the pavement.

    I used to have BFG - M/T's (old original style simular to today's Toyo - M/T) mounted on my FJ-40. As the M/T's wore down, the harsher ride nearly rattled my dentures loose, and I could literally feel every tread lug slap the pavement. It reminded me of when I used to put playing cards with clothes-pins onto my spokes of my sting-ray bicycle when I was a kid. I later switched over to the BFG - A/T's for my next set, and my FJ-40 now runs smooth as glass on the pavement. M/T's may look cool brand new; but as they wear, the novelty and coolness soon wears away with the tread. No more M/T's for me, ever.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff View Post
    x2. Winner , Winner, Chicken Dinner!!! That ain't no theory Dubster, that's a damn fact. That's the down-side to M/T's is they get noisier and the ride becomes bumpier as the tread lugs wear down. The ride is excessively harsh when slowing down to a stop at a red light/stop sign. Worn M/T's feel like tank tracks when going slow, as you can feel every tread lug slap the pavement. As the M/T's wore down, the harsher ride nearly rattled my dentures loose, and I could literally feel every tread lug slap the pavement. It reminded me of when I used to put playing cards with clothes-pins onto my spokes of my sting-ray bicycle when I was a kid. M/T's may look cool brand new; but as they wear, the novelty and coolness soon wears away with the tread.

    Thank goodness I don't have dentures...

    I'll be installing my 3rd set of Mud Graps this spring...which brings me to the point of subjectivity...

    We're all different, what works for me, may be no good for others...

    BTW, do I have to come your way to git my chickn dinnr?, or do you deliver...
    Last edited by Ldub : 01/28/2012 at 04:17 PM

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