Jon Shew News Today

We’ve filled you in on why so many truck pullers prefer the Mud Grappler over other tread patterns in the past, but that doesn’t mean the trend has cooled off any. In fact, at this year’s Ultimate Callout Challenge several competitors entrusted Nitto’s extreme terrain mud tire when it was time to hit the dirt. In a competition like the U.C.C. sled pull—where cut tires are permitted—finding trucks on Mud Grapplers is a pretty big deal. And while the Mud Grappler wasn’t able to move...