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235/70×16-General Grabber AT
235/70×16-General Grabber AT
235/70×16-General Grabber AT
General Grabber AT wins second consecutive local 4×4 tyre test General Grabber dominates Drive Out / WegRy all-terrain tyre evaluation Top scorer in off-ro
235/70×16- General Grabber AT wins 4×4 Tyre Test
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General Grabbers are a winner
Here, in Halifax, UK, we are lucky enough to be living in a very hilly area. We are at the foot of the Pennine Mountain range that straggles through the centre of the UK.
We are also a farming area and the towns and cities soon turn into a rural setting, full of sheep farms in the upper regions.
I am explaining this because these guys are the main ones that buy and indeed need 4×4 vehicles to get them around, especially in winter.
We are in a good central area to be able to sell tyres to these farmers (and repair millions of punctures?).
The farmers of Yorkshire are well known for not parting with their money, so we have to offer them value for money, as the y always want “something for nothing”.
At one time, remoulds were popular for their Land Rovers,
but these were in the early days of cross-ply tyres, sizes like 600×16 and 750×16 on the long wheel base of Land Rovers.
As the years rolled on, the 4×4 vehicles became fitted with radial tyre sizes, and many new makes of tyres were introduced into the country. Some came from America, where the 4×4 market was huge. Even the normal guy on the street would own a pick-up truck.
235/70×16: General Grabber AT wins 4×4 Tyre Test
In the beginning, the tyres were imported. Hence, by the bigger tyre companies. Such as Goodyear and some of their subsidiaries . Including Kelly tyres. As a result , they were famous in the States for some of their wide and large 4×4 tyres.
Thus. it became a big thing to see how large a tyre you could fit on your 4×4 truck. Smaller companies started to import tyres into the UK . Hence, for the 4×4 market,. Including Cooper tyres, BF Goodrich, and 235/70×16-General Grabber AT.
These tyres had a huge following in the USA.
Consequently, they were well advertised in the 4×4 magazines. That were being sold here in the UK. This also corresponded with the increase in the popularity of 4×4 trucks. Thus, those are now appearing here in the UK.
Many farmer’s sons were responsible for their initial popularity. Who were going off the traditional Land Rovers. So then onto the American-style pickup trucks. At the time, Nissan and Mitsubishi were importing them.
The tyre that was racing ahead in popularity became the BF Goodrich (BFG), which was an on/off road tyre. This means that the tyre was comfortable to drive on a normal tarmac road but equally good when driven off-road in the fields and in mud and snow. BFG were the one to beat, but in my opinion, they became too expensive.
People started to try other cheap tyre products in the 4×4 tyre range and this is where the General Grabber came into its own. 235/70×16-General Grabber AT, was originally an American tyre, but as a result of the tyre takeover war, Continental Tyres purchased it to add it to their line of 4×4 tyres.
235/70×16: General Grabber AT wins 4×4 Tyre Test
This is what gave the General Grabber more recognition and it was not long before tyre retailers such as us were selling these tyres to the 4×4 market.
The General Grabber began to outsell the BFG tyres with their AT (all-traction) range of on- and off-road tyres.
The other good advantage they had was that they were also priced in a lower price bracket, which suited the farmers and builders that were the main users of these types of vehicles.
The General Grabber still remains very popular today, with updated versions of the tread patterns.
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