The General Grabber Experience
Recently, General Tire invited Diesel Power to Tooele, Utah, to show off its new creation, the General Grabber. The race-only version of the Grabber tire has proved itself in SCORE, CORR, and Dakar racing. The hard-learned lessons from this brutal type of competition trickled down to the DOT-approved versions we got a chance to experience at Miller Motorsports Park.
| 1102dp The General Grabber Experience airbourne Truck
Specifications:
- Tire: General Grabber
- Size: 35x12.50R17
- Type: Radial
- Load range: E
- Max. load: 3,197 pounds at 65 psi
- Sidewall: 3-ply polyester
- Tread: 3-ply polyester, 2-ply steel, and 2-ply polyamide
- Approved rim width: 8 1/2 to 11 inches
- Tread depth: 18/32 inch
- Tread width: 10 1/4 inches
- Section width: 10 inches
- Overall diameter: 35 inches
- Revolutions per mile: 594
- Weight: 78.7 pounds
| The General Grabber uses a unique strake and chamfer design that provides great traction, while preventing the lugs from ripping off. The sweeping strakes (or grooves) run across the tire diagonally to open the lug face to the terrain. The chamfered lugs create traction pockets that the following unchamfered lugs grip.
GENERAL
LOAD RANGE
GRABBER SIZES
RATING
31x10.5R15
C
33x12.50R15
C
35x12.50R15
C
LT265/75R16
E
LT285/75R16
E
LT315/75R16
D
33x12.50R17
C
35x12.50R17
E
LT275/70R18
E
35x12.50R18
E
33x12.50R18
E
35x12.50R18
E
LT315/50R20
D
35x12.50R20
E
35x12.50R20
E
| We never thought we'd get a chance to take a ride in this Trophy Truck driven by "Ballistic" B.J. Baldwin. The experience was amazing! In a few seconds, we were at 100 mph and hitting 3-foot berms sideways. When we got to the first jump, there was no need to brace (although we were), since the landing was similar to being on a snowmobile in fresh powder. The only thing that could have made this better was if the truck had a diesel engine-and we heard the designers of this rig thought that would be a good idea, too.
