I'm looking for first hand experience only...no opinions or "i've heard". Please reply if you have ridden in or owned both sets to compare. I have owned MANY different mud tires but never these two.

Compare Nitto Trail Grappler to Toyo M/T for 1. Road noise 2. Better traction on road in deep/plowed snow or ice, wear and balance characteristics.

I beleive Nitto is a branch of Toyo so I wonder what the cheaped out on to make the tire so much cheaper than the Open Country M/T.

 

All of me and my friends that have Toyos love them! Not too bad on road noise because the notches in the tire aren't squared off like the Trail Grappler. I personally don't know about ice and snow because I live in Florida but they grab really good in mud and they are great in the rain (on road). Got a buddy with Trail Grapplers on his silverado.. He hates them he has had them less than a year an they're almost done... I hate them too because they sound terrible when driving down the road... They do grab good tho offroad, about as good as the Toyo.

Trail Grappler I would give a good 5 out of 10.

Toyo for me gets about an 8 out of 10.