Goodyear Duratrac Tire

[Deleted member 995608]

I've been shopping for tires last few weeks since my current tires are wearing thin. I could have sworn that I only had 30K +/- miles on this set but I was wrong. I found the receipt for the Goodyear's and it shows my OE tires were swapped out 30,236 miles and my current odometer reading today is 70,657 miles. 40K miles out of an A/T slash M/T - ish tire ain't too shabby.

I'm in a mountain community with nasty chipped sealed roads (that eats tires) and I spend a lot of time of rocky, dirt roads helping local ranchers. I don't really need a M/T tire but most AT's are not aggressive enough. The Duratrac is kind of an in between the two tire types.

I'm going to run these for another 30 days and replace and I will be buying Durtrac's again.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

I've had good luck with DuraTrac's. Had about 25k on my old Chevy and the tires still had a lot of life left. Put a set on the Ram back in the fall and hope to have them a long time. The key is to get them in 10-ply load range E... they wear like iron.

 

[Axel]

Love my Duratrac's . They are also great in winter! Fo me here in Canada that could be 8 months of the year....

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I'm pretty happy that I found a tire that I want to actually buy again. Knowing my luck, Goodyear will discontinue it

Every tire I've put on my Dodge/Ram trucks in the past would go maybe 30K miles - maybe. The only tires that went far and beyond were the Michelin's that came with my 3rd gen. I hated those with a passion but those stupid tires went like 60 - 70K miles before I replaced them.

Too bad Michelin won't design a true, long lasting A/T for those of us who live and work in rural areas.

 

[nukegm]

duratracs are the best in my opinion. great in the snow. i live at 9500 feet. get about 20k out of them...i did try toyos on a 16 2500 - they were a bit harder, lasted longer, but were quite slippery in the hardpack snow...cheers comrades!

 

[Don-T]

I have had Duratracs on jeeps in the past but not on a truck. I have read the are not very stable when towing so I have not bought them. I am towing 15K pounds with my truck and don't want any handling issues. Is anyone here towing in that range with Duratrac tires and what do you think of them towing?

 

[Cummins12V98]

My Son gets great mileage on his 15 3500 LB SRW with NITTO Ridge Grapplers. 50k on these. NOT a pavement princess.

 

[TFucili]

I have had Duratracs on jeeps in the past but not on a truck. I have read the are not very stable when towing so I have not bought them. I am towing 15K pounds with my truck and don't want any handling issues. Is anyone here towing in that range with Duratrac tires and what do you think of them towing?

Toyo/Nitto have the CT and EXO, respectively. These give you the snow rating, are studdable, and have the 3-ply sidewall for stability and toughness. I have the EXO Grapplers on my 2500 and have pulled over 15K with no wiggle whatsoever, and even being well ove the axle rating they are wearing reasonably well. If I dump the Nexens on my dually on order, I will likely go with these again.

 

[AEdelheit]

I have Duratracs on my Sequoia and Nitto Ridge Grapplers on my Truck, I like the Nittos better as I dont feel the Duratracs have good road manners and are pretty noisy but do last a long time. I actually like the Ridge Grapplers better on snow and Ice too.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Jeep owners report that Duratrac sidewalls are weak, easily punctured. They seem happy with Falken Wildpeak AT3W tires which are also mountain snowflake rated.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Is anyone here towing in that range with Duratrac tires and what do you think of them towing?

Been loaded to 15K+ several times with average 600 weight heifers. At 80psi, I have zero wiggles.

 

[Jim W]

I using Nitto Dura Grapplers on my truck, LT 285/70R/17 126 R tires. I presently have 41,000 miles on the tires and should get another 9,000 miles more begore replacing. These are my summer towing tires and I ran them all winter last year do to the trailer being at the dealer until late Jan 2019. I fine these tires are extremely stable when towing my 34RL Cedar Creek. I run the rear at 70 PSI which will support a load of 3,415 LBS each, the front is 55 psi. If I ran the rear at 80PSI this would support a load of 3,750 LBS each.