With the Recon Grappler A/T, Nitto has developed a tire that combines offroad toughness and versatility with great road manners and civilized behavior on the pavement. The Recon Grappler A/T is designed to go above and beyond the call of duty, but doesn’t sacrifice all the things you look for in a tire, like ride comfort, low noise, good road manners and handling on the highway. Best of all, the tire is stylish and looks great on a wide range of light trucks, SUVs and crossovers.

But is this the right tire for you and your ride? Let’s take a look in this Nitto Recon Grappler A/T review.

Features and Benefits

All-terrain tires are meant to be used on- and off-road. This means they need certain features and elements to provide traction and durability., Here’s what the Recon Grappler A/T has to provide superb performance:

• Tall, prominent sidewall lugs and an aggressive tread design offer phenomenal traction when the going gets rough
• Staggered shoulder lugs provide great lateral grip and handling offroad (and also lend a distinctive, eye-catching look)
• 55,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty for LT-metric and flotation sizes, a 65,000 mile warranty for hard metric sizes
• Tread pitch and wide grooves are computer tuned to help cancel road noise for a quiet ride
• Robust tread and shoulder blocks with wide grooves and optimized sipe pattern, for wet-weather traction on the pavement and stable performance and handling off-road
• Make your statement with a choice of two distinct sidewall designs, one of which should be a perfect match for your vehicle’s esthetics
• Stone ejectors built into grooves to protect the casing from damage
• Good self-cleaning of mud and debris so there’s always a clear section of tire to dig in
• Center and shoulder grooves are molded in a zigzag pattern for enhanced rigidity
• Tread blocks are designed for reduced flex and tread squirm, for better offroad performance and high-speed stability on the highway

Pros and Cons

Like most Nitto tires, the Recon Grappler A/T features more positives than negatives.

PROS:

• Excellent balance of off-road toughness and on-highway performance
• Available in plus sizes for lifted trucks that need more ground clearance
• Long tread life warranty
• Tough and durable

CONS:

• A little loud
• A little more expensive than some competitors
• Not great in heavy snow

SimpleTire’s view on Nitto Recon Grappler A/T tires

If you’ve got a truck with all-terrain tires that are noisy, you know how tiresome the drone of those tires can be. The Nitto Recon Grappler A/T gets around that with noise levels that might not be like a Grand Touring tire, but surprisingly low, at least. More than that, though, the Recon Grappler A/T is a tire that offers serious traction on mud, sand, gravel and rock and can even be used aired-down for rock crawling.

With excellent all-terrain tires from Goodyear, Falken, Toyo and many other manufacturers, it’s a pretty crowded field when it comes to light truck tires that can bring real offroad performance. What sets the Recon Grappler A/T apart is its drivability and comfort on the highway. We set the bar pretty high for that kind of thing at SimpleTire, and we really feel that this is a tire that offers the best of those worlds.

Vehicles the Nitto Recon Grappler A/T is a good replacement tire for

All-terrain tires are typically used on Jeeps, light trucks, SUVs, and lifted crossovers. If you drive a Chevrolet Blazer, Ford F-250, GMC Terrain, Jeep Wrangler, Nissan Titan, RAM 1500, Subaru Outback, or Toyota Tundra then the Recon Grappler A/T could be a great choice for your on- and off-road adventures.