Nitto Ridge Grappler VS Toyo RT | Best Tire for Your Diesel Truck

After our last tire round up, we decided it was time to help all of you decide between our two most popular tires: The Nitto Ridge Grappler, and the Toyo Open Country RT. Diesel trucks punish tires, so which one holds up the best and drives the best? Find out!

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[chadhoward]

keeping the tires properly aired, balanced, & rotated are the key to long tire life.

[ChristopherSeaDawg]

I’ve had Ridge Grapplers on my F-150 now for 2 years. Do mostly over landing and very happy with them. No issues at all, and get through whatever I challenge them to do!

[drakess]

I've had 3 sets in a row of the Toyo Open Country RT's. On a 2017 GMC 1500 Z71 with a 6" lift, running 35x12.50r22s, a 2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with a 4.5" lift running 35x12.50r20s and a 2019 F250 Limited with a 3.5" lift running 37x12.50r22s. Hands down the BEST BEST BEST tire I have ever run. I'm 43 years old and have been buying off-road tires for 27 years. I've had them all. From BFG ATs & MTs, Kelly Springfield's, Super Swamper's, Nittos, Mickey Thompson's, Pathfinders, Toyo's, Yokohama's, you name it, and I've tried it. I get ridiculous good mileage out of the Toyo Open Country RTs. I just put 60k miles on my most recent set on my F250. I had been hearing tons of stuff on the Ridge Grappler and see a ton of guys running them so I tried a set. Went from the 37s on my F250 down to a set of 35x12.50r22 Ridge Grapplers. I'm a little shocked to hear the guy in the video saying the Ridge Grapplers were quieter. Seriously? Not on my truck. My other complaint was how the Ridge Grapplers handle in the rain. TRASH! I live in Texas and we get big down pours. The only time I drove in heavy rain the truck handled like garbage! I sold the F250 last week and bought a 2022 GMC Sierra Denali 2500. Going strait back to the Open Country RTs. Best off road tire I've ever had. The Ridge Grapplers look cool as hell but I didn't like them. That's my $0.02

[brianbong]

Ridge Grapplers are the best I’ve had on Ram so far.

[ttengineer]

Most people don’t know this, but both of these tires are made in the same factory north of Atlanta in a town called White, GA.

[samueljeschke]

I’m running the nitto ridge grapplers on my 19 f250 work truck 25k miles so far ride great and drive on average 50-75 miles of rough oilfield lease roads daily at pretty high speed which normally tear up tires pretty fast but these are holding up very well and I’m super impressed they will be going on my personal vehicle when it needs tires.

[PowerstrokeSynd]

I'm running 37" RT's on my F250. Rides so nice.

[tmacbc]

A tire that is rarely mentioned is the nitto exo grappler. I threw them on my 2018 f350 and love them! Also a hybrid, maybe leaning a bit more towards the MT styling but 2 major things that make them excel over the ridge grappler or RT's: 1) they have the 3-peak mountain snowflake rating for winter and wet conditions (many guys I first hand asked about the the ridge graps said they're plain scary in the wet or snow and here in the vancouver area that is a deal breaker) and 2) They're built for heavy duty trucks like the big heavy diesels. Definetely worth checking out if you have a superduty or cummins etc...as they should out last and out perform both the ridge graps or the RT's in many cases. A real hidden gem. I've had ko2's and open country at2's on other trucks and like these the best so far. At3's could be a new contender too!

[monsterram]

I've put over 95, 000 miles on two sets of Toyo Open Country R/Ts. 55k on the first and still have a good amount of tread on the second set. The next set will again be Toyo Open Country R/Ts.

[patbateman]

2016 Ram 1500 4x4 Hemi RCSB 3.92s 2.5 Bilstein level on 35 Nitto Terra Grapplers G2s and just rounding 90000 miles and the tires still have a little life, level and tires I did when I bought her new. Still on the alignment I had done when I lifted, tires rotated every 7000miles, only balanced twice, still original steering and suspension and brake components. Will be buying the same tire soon. couldn't be happier with this Rig.

[JJKuhaiki]

Nitto ridge grappler is the best tire I've owned for my f250 I will only buy these from now on

[mattbrew]

I went from the ridge grappler to the Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT (both in 37x12.5/R17)

The cooper doesn’t look quite as aggressive and it was a about 1/4” shorter in height BUT it’s made in America by an American company (now more important than it ever has been), significantly lighter in weight and based on my first 20, 000 miles on them, they will last approximately 60-70, 000 miles with rotation every 6500 miles. I was replacing my ridge grapplers at 45k due to them becoming ice skates in the rain at that point.

[chris]

Between my JKUR and Ram Rebel I’ve ran Toyo M/T, R/T, AT2 and AT3.
The M/T is of course the superior off road tire with good on road manors.
The R/T was a great all around except in snowy conditions. Fits nicely as a hybrid tire in Toyo OC line up.
AT2 (had 2 sets) was a strong competitive all terrain tire but that new AT3 is a lot better and looks great.

[DouseAHouse]

I have a 2021 F250 with toyo rt in 37/12.5/20 with 54, 000 miles on them.They have been great.They are at the end of their life and have been louder the past 20, 000 miles.I just purchased a set of Nitto ridge grapplers in the same size.I’m having them put on this week.Hope they last as long as the RT’s and also hope they are not as loud.

[andrewhall]

I don’t know about toyo but I got 80, 000 miles out of my 35” trail grapplers. I was very happy with them!

[Dadsgarage]

The R/T is a great all around tire for towing, everyday driving, dirt and snow. Not very good in ice, but that obvious with the lack of sipping and big tread blocks.

[theprepperrevelator]

Just put NITTO ridge grapplers on my new SuperDuty only have about 2-300 miles but so far so good. 37x12.50 on some 20 inch Method wheels.

[chrispitts]

Great video !, only down fall to my RTs is nice smooth pavement when raining kinda got to drive like your on ice other than that great tire !

[jmwilnote]

Love the Nitto i wish i had seen this video a year ago! But next time, maybe in the following 13 month i will get this kind of ones. Great explanation

[zztop]

I’ve ran all of these and I’d say the nitto trail grapplers do well on the heavy trucks too. I got similar life out of those as I did my Toyo mts. I have not ran BFGs or Coopers on 3/4 tons yet but on my 1/2 ton I’m currently running stt pros and have ran ko2s and they have lasted a long time! I can imagine it would not be the case on a heavier truck tho..