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Experience with Goodyear Duratrac Tires

ID Bronco

ID Bronco

Registered User
Location
Idaho Falls, ID
I am replacing the tires on my Suburban 3/4 ton 2000 and am pretty sure I want the Goodyear Duratrac's. I want a good all around tire with some bite for winter and something that will wear really well. An aggressive look is a bonus too. I have come to these, they seem to fit the bill in all areas except they are pricey. These would be in the 245-75-16 load range E variety.

I would like to hear any firsthand experience with them and maybe some other suggestions if I have overlooked a tire that would also fit the bill.

also if any of you have seen killer prices on them where?

Thanks
 
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SubLime Time

A Study in Black & Green
Location
Northern Utah
I put them on my TJ. They ride smoothly and they're pretty quiet. I took them to Moab on Labor day and they seemed to do pretty well, they got me everywhere I wanted to go. So far they seem to be wearing well too. For the price I'd recommend them. The majority of my driving is on the road - with a few off-road trips in between.
 
1995zj

1995zj

I'm addicted
Location
Herriman, UT
HA I just posted a review of my experience with them on another forum today.

I originally bought these on March 13th of this year. My first post on that day.

"I just picked up the new Wrangler Duratrac tires for my tow rig (2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax). They're an aggressive all-terrain. Not bad priced either. I got 295/65-18's E for $240 a tire. Supposedly you can get around 40k miles out of them. Time will tell though."

Updated my thread today.

"I would NOT recommend these tires for a tow rig. I've put 8k-9k miles on them and I'd say they're about 50-60% tread. They'd probably be a good off-road tire, but they're definitely not an aggressive all terrain tire like they were advertised.

That said, my next tire will be the Toyo MT. My brother has them in a 315 on his Hemi and purchased them used with about 90% tread off of ebay 3 years ago. He's put 40k miles on them and probably still has about 10k left in them. By far the best wearing aggressive truck tire there is. Even with the higher price, in the long run they are cheaper per mile."

"The issues I've read about with these tires are with people towing and they say it sways their load a lot more. I haven't had that issue at all, maybe the 18" wheel and smaller sidewall is a contributing factor to that? I also wonder if those people were running at the 80psi recommended in the rear?

Either way, there seems to be some issues with these tires, so I wouldn't run them on a truck again. However, they do seem to be a good tire for off-road, so maybe for the weekend warrior they'd be good...?"

"Who knows...maybe I got the competition sticky version? hahaha in all seriousness though, I've towed heavy loads on these tires for about 4k miles. The fronts didn't wear down much at all, but the rears.......WOW. My first rotation at 5k miles and my fronts were probably 90% or more and my rears were probably about 65-70%. That was running 65psi front and 80psi rear.

I'm sure not towing on these tires and they'd be able to reach that 40k mark, but any towing it seems like 25k is gonna be my max. I don't want to have to buy new tires next year....but I may have to. Crossing my fingers."
 
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Houndoc

Houndoc

Registered User
Location
Grantsville
A tire to consider for the price is the Cooper Discoverer ATR. I've hada set for a year on my Ram 2500 Quad Cab (wife's daily driver and tow rig.) Rides great, good winter traction (worlds better than the BFG Rugged Trail TAs that where on it before) and so far show very little wear, with 20k or so miles on them.

On some other vehicles (Durrango, XJ) I have gotten 70-80K miles out of Cooper Discoverers ATs. That certainly is not going to happen with the STs I am running on the Montero, but overall I think Cooper are a very under-rated tire.
 
redneckbronco

redneckbronco

Active Member
Location
Provo
Toyo M/Ts lasted a lot longer on my 3/4 ton Dodge than any other tires I ran on it, and were not as noisey as some of the other either.
 
thenag

thenag

Registered User
Location
Kearns
I run the Duratrac's on my 2000 f250. 235/85R16 E range. I got them right when they came out. The guys at discount hadn't even seen them before they installed them on my truck.

The tires I had before were some Michelin LTX's, not an AT at all.

The tires wander pretty bad, I haven't seen a lot of other people with that complaint. I have to run them pretty high pressure. This problem actually goes back quite a while with Goodyears on bigger pick ups with other tires as well.

I have not towed anything with them.

I also do not put that many miles on my f250 (I think I have logged about 4500 miles in 2010 so far)

They are friggen awesome on snow covered roads.

I have only taken them in the mud once, they seemed to do well but I never wheel that truck so it is not fair to compare it to bronco with 37's and 2 lockers...

They are a Goodyear so the trade off is going to be traction for wear, Goodyears seem to not last as long but in my experience you get better traction than most other tires.

My father in law runs a set on his TJ and I have a buddy who runs a set on his new 4runner. Both are occasional wheelers and say they do great off road much better than bfg at's. Neither one of them noticed any wandering, but both are 17 inch wheels and lighter than my f250.

If you want a good tow tire get the Michelins, they will last 60,000 miles too. If you want traction get the duratracks.

If you decide on the duratracks before you buy them talk to whoever you buy them from about the wandering and if they feel un-safe return them. Like I said mine were some of the very first ones, so maybe they have strengthened the side wall, I don't know.

*disclaimer*
I am a little bit of a Goodyear snob, years ago I went through 8 bfg side walls in 2 years, I got a set of mtr's and went through only 1 side wall the next year. We put a set of goodyears on our stock xj and they work great on the road and on the snow covered pavement, the duratracks do great in the snow and seem to hold up well, I frequently say that I will only buy goodyear tires. I still belive that the old MTR is one of the best off road tires for a rig that is going to see 75 mph on the highway.

So there's my .02

Nathan
87 Bronco for a few more weeks...
 
Bear T

Bear T

Tacoma free since '93
Location
Boulder, mt
I've sold dozens of these at work.

My opinion and some feedback...

Great for a light weight rig, TJ, Toy, Grand.. Not so much for a heavy vehicle or tow rig.

They have a very soft tread and sidewall. They drive great, quiet, and great traction, but on a heavy vehicle they wear fast and wander quite a bit.

The price is great on most size's. I am looking to put the 245/75r16's on my WJ and they are the cheapest tire I can find, that is an A/T.

On a suburban, maybe, but not for towing. Scoutabout has them on his Dodge and said they were pretty soft when towing...

I have a friend running them on his 2010 Tundra and he love's them. Sitting about 20,000 miles right now and still look new.

For a tow rig, I would recommend Procomp extreme A/t's, 40,000 mile tread life warranty,

In your size, I would do the standard procomp a/t's with the 50,000 mile tread life. Or the Nitto Terra Grapplers.

I've seen too many bad sets of Toyo's come through the shop. But everyone has their favorite.

just my opinion.
 
mbryson

mbryson

.......a few dollars more
Supporting Member
Location
Bountiful, land of rocks
I don't know the price difference between the Duratrac and the Silent Armor, but I've been quite pleased with the Silent Armor. The Silent Armor has a 50K mile warranty as well, even on a tow rig. They don't wheel all that bad from what I can tell. They get me around the mountains pretty well where I'll take my black truck (not a lot of gnarly stuff, but decent, rocky, steep climbs with a very heavy truck)


I had excellent luck with my Toyo MTs (e-rated). I've had zero luck with Coopers, ProComps and any off-brand tires.
 
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jason04

Member
I put the GY D-trac on my 2005 Toyota 4runner in Feb. 2010. I've put about 7,000 mile on them and been offroading/moab a half dozen times. So far I really like them. Before I purchased them I read a lot of reviews... all the bad reviews were from individuals with larger trucks and towing. For me (lighter 4runner) they have been great!
 
ID Bronco

ID Bronco

Registered User
Location
Idaho Falls, ID
1995zj said:
Well..........what'd ya go with? :confused:
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first off - great feedback! Thanks, hopefully it will help Brett and others too. My burban is mostly a football/shopping mom rig with the d max and Bronco so I was going to purchase some milder tires in a day or two but last night on craigslist I scored 5 mtr's in the same size with 95% tread for $475! Including mounting and balance so I snatched them up. Couldn't resist. I will sipe them and live with the results. I ran a few sets of bfg mt's before so Momma should be allright with them. They are load range E so they should be fine. The price is right.
 
1995zj

1995zj

I'm addicted
Location
Herriman, UT
ID Bronco said:
first off - great feedback! Thanks, hopefully it will help Brett and others too. My burban is mostly a football/shopping mom rig with the d max and Bronco so I was going to purchase some milder tires in a day or two but last night on craigslist I scored 5 mtr's in the same size with 95% tread for $475! Including mounting and balance so I snatched them up. Couldn't resist. I will sipe them and live with the results. I ran a few sets of bfg mt's before so Momma should be allright with them. They are load range E so they should be fine. The price is right.
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Sounds like a great price! Definitely can't pass that up!
 
Brett

Brett

Meat-Hippy
Location
Salt Lake City Utah
:eek: Got them today from Discount, $786 out the door. I still need to take more air out. They were at 32 lbs, this is at 27....time to go lower.

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