I bought 285/70/17's for my Ram 1500 a couple of weeks ago. I've had a chance to test them in a lot of heavy rain and mud already, and I couldn't be happier. Washed out red clay roads in Southeast Georgia are no match for these. Best tires I've ever had.
My truck came with the older Duratracs: they rode fine, performed well, but they were so noisy that passengers would ask if I had bad wheel bearings…. I had considered the Nittos, but as I needed more typical truck tires than purely off-road tires, I ended up with Michelins…
Those are on my '14 F150 stx. It was a comed truck & super clean.. Duratracs are a taller 80 series 10 ply (18") instead of the 70 series std.. they ride a dream, the handling is incredible. I mean cornering like a sports car. The rimguard & sidewall is so thick it handles the truck like a BOSS. I never felt a truck so tight or ride so smooth. They are suuuuper loud right now. The wear is absolutely horrible with these. Doesnt matter if it's a new truck, the fronts will chop out something fierce. Id rotate at 3,000! for real- You have the ability. I had a tire & mechanic shop for decades, seen these in action. Chop city.. Always rotate crossed to the rear straight to front, for best wear, less noise.
Great review! You do so much with political involvement and what you started this for in regard vehicles. Keep it up brother. These tires do great for me in the country in western Illinois. Live on gravel. Hold up well, 47k on them so far. Rotate every 10k miles. 2021 Nissan Titan I have them on. I plow snow in my county and they did well to get to in during our Jan 24 blizzard. Snow up to emblem and crawled through. I do have a rear locker I used in the Titan so that is also a factor.
You’ll be hooked 100% after you spend a winter with them. The dura-tracs are severe snow rated, good deep snow traction. Next set I suggest going with 275/60R20 size. Fills the wheel well nicely and looks great with a suspension leveling kit. Once you experience dura-tracs you’ll never go back to cheap all terrain tires.
I had the same tire on my P/U good alignment and rotate got about 55,000 to 60,000 before having to buy two more. Best value and does well in bad weather.
I really appreciated this video. I was hoping to find these RT's on a F150 I wanted to know how they drove and looked. When I had looked at the Duratrac before, they were the LT's and these looked less aggressive to me then the others, however seeing them on your truck they do look good.
Good info. I have a ‘14 Tundra I bought as a demo in Dec of 2014. BF Goodrich KO got me to 40,000 miles. Cooper AT3 were quiet, but wore out in about 35,000 miles. Nitto Grapplers wore out in under 30,000 miles. I’ve got 20,000+ miles so far on the Cooper “ATP”, and the tread still looks new. “ATP” look like they will outlast the BFG, but we’ll see. I’ll check out those Duratrac’s when these get thin. I average ~ 13,000 miles a year. I’ve got 125k on my truck now.
I got over 70,000 out of my 315-70-17 Ridge Grapplers. I drive 30-35,000 a year 10,000+ of that is on the logging roads of Western Washington. I have a 05 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel .
Goodyear tires are awesome especially the ones we use on our work trucks that have kevlar in them. Think they are Wrangler . No risk of pothole blowouts at highway speed & even tread wear...
I have the previous version of the Duratrac and am around 75k miles on them. Probably have another 9k left on them but have rotated tires every 5k miles upon every oil change
Never been a Goodyear fan that started years ago. I have Nitto Exo Grapplers they are a bit noisy. I learned my lesson on mud tires the Nokian Rockproof I couldn’t hear myself think. I still have them they don’t have that many kilometres on them. Making a wrong tire decision can be expensive 😖 Tires are like women they don’t show their ugly side till they wear in then the noise appears 😂
Good for one year 😂 I recall years ago each month Goodyear posted the manufacturing cost per tire, regardless of size. Then it was about $35 Can. Now Napanee plant is expanding 😮 the factory is about 1km long already
How did they balance up? I have Nitto Ridge Grapplers 295/70r17 on my Bronco and just cant get them to balance properly. Ive tried regular balancers, roadforce, and now have counteract balance beads in them and they are just not smooth at all. Looking to upgrade to these Duratrac Rt tires.
I absolutely cannot stand loud tires. I buy whichever tire has the best noise rating and road grip levels. This year its been the Michelin CrossClimate 2 in a 205/55 R16 for me. They are quiet, really quiet and grip levels are phenomenal so far. We have had a period of severe thunderstorms and ofc we needed to do a 500km cross country trip. Hit 3 severe cells with hail and rain so bad people were slowing down to 20mph. The last one was in buttfuck nowhere on some backroads. People were stopped left and right because the rain was so severe. I had one sitation where the car was literally floating for a second the steering wheel got really light and you could feel the tires were not on the ground anymore. That was crazy since I had never felt that before. I was going 20-25mph and had the brand new CrossClimate 2s on, correct tire pressure and everything. Goes to show there are situations so severe even with good tires and going really slow you are still taking a big risk.
I just installed Duratrac RT LT285r75/17 on my 22 Power Wagon. 300 miles. These drive great. Very little noise. Drive very positive and predictable for an off-road tire.
do you happen to have a measurement of their true height? Like if you measure from side to side while mounted on the truck what do they measure out to? Leaning towards these vs falken at4w, but the falkens in that size run really small
@@WeekendWarriors87 On the truck, tire measures 34 inches, tread is 9 inches across. Specs- diameter 34.1, width 11.2. Most 35s spec is 34.6. These are 0.5 inch less than most 35s. Fit my OEM wheels really nice.
@mikeshuck2760 I really appreciate the response! The at4ws in the same size are only 33 across. My current tires are 33s and looking to go bigger, looks like these are it!
Right, many feedback comments about the first half-life of the tread in the second life of the tread one is a quiet experience the second is loud noisy, otherwise.
@@CanielDonrad Right, results vary. Normally tires have their best life and favorable service the first 50% of their service life. After that it changes.
Oh jeeze, that a separate video if he wanted. I don’t want to click on a video about tires and it be political. Let the guy get home from working and give him a chance to post an opinion if he wants. I support Trump just give the working guy some time.
Just checking my subs, no notice on this one just has showed up.
I bought 285/70/17's for my Ram 1500 a couple of weeks ago. I've had a chance to test them in a lot of heavy rain and mud already, and I couldn't be happier. Washed out red clay roads in Southeast Georgia are no match for these. Best tires I've ever had.
My truck came with the older Duratracs: they rode fine, performed well, but they were so noisy that passengers would ask if I had bad wheel bearings…. I had considered the Nittos, but as I needed more typical truck tires than purely off-road tires, I ended up with Michelins…
Those are on my '14 F150 stx. It was a comed truck & super clean.. Duratracs are a taller 80 series 10 ply (18") instead of the 70 series std.. they ride a dream, the handling is incredible. I mean cornering like a sports car. The rimguard & sidewall is so thick it handles the truck like a BOSS. I never felt a truck so tight or ride so smooth. They are suuuuper loud right now. The wear is absolutely horrible with these. Doesnt matter if it's a new truck, the fronts will chop out something fierce. Id rotate at 3,000! for real- You have the ability. I had a tire & mechanic shop for decades, seen these in action. Chop city.. Always rotate crossed to the rear straight to front, for best wear, less noise.
Great review! You do so much with political involvement and what you started this for in regard vehicles. Keep it up brother. These tires do great for me in the country in western Illinois. Live on gravel. Hold up well, 47k on them so far. Rotate every 10k miles. 2021 Nissan Titan I have them on. I plow snow in my county and they did well to get to in during our Jan 24 blizzard. Snow up to emblem and crawled through. I do have a rear locker I used in the Titan so that is also a factor.
My 2021 Silverado Z-71 has Wrangler tires and have them rotated every 5000 miles. Thanks for the review. Will check my tires Friday.
I got them and love the Boss! They do pick up rocks, but it is was it is. I 'm going on 3 years and would get them again! Great Tire!
Same here, I live on gravel and they throw gravel but they don’t break off chunks from the gravel.
I have had them on my truck for the past 6 years. Love them.
You must be a time traveler. cause they new this year.
@dubious6718 I have news for you. DURATRAC tires are not new. Been around for years.
@@Propertyinspector This is a new design, so not the same.
@@Propertyinspectorthese are the new wrangler duratrac rt which is the replacement to the original duratracs
@@Propertyinspector
Pay attention. The RT’s are new.
I got the same tires 5 days ago. 265 70 17 for my 2023 Nissan Frontier PRO4X. I like these tires. 3 ply sidewall and extra load rating.
You’ll be hooked 100% after you spend a winter with them. The dura-tracs are severe snow rated, good deep snow traction. Next set I suggest going with 275/60R20 size. Fills the wheel well nicely and looks great with a suspension leveling kit. Once you experience dura-tracs you’ll never go back to cheap all terrain tires.
I wasn't impressed with them. They came on my truck. I'd assume they're not the same as the were 7 years ago.
I had the same tire on my P/U good alignment and rotate got about 55,000 to 60,000 before having to buy two more. Best value and does well in bad weather.
Are you referring to the previous Duratracs? The R/T's have only been available since last September.
@@placecalledusa6158 I don't know they looked like same profile
Thank you for review and thank you for all info you give in your videos
I really appreciated this video. I was hoping to find these RT's on a F150 I wanted to know how they drove and looked. When I had looked at the Duratrac before, they were the LT's and these looked less aggressive to me then the others, however seeing them on your truck they do look good.
Good info. I have a ‘14 Tundra I bought as a demo in Dec of 2014. BF Goodrich KO got me to 40,000 miles. Cooper AT3 were quiet, but wore out in about 35,000 miles. Nitto Grapplers wore out in under 30,000 miles. I’ve got 20,000+ miles so far on the Cooper “ATP”, and the tread still looks new. “ATP” look like they will outlast the BFG, but we’ll see. I’ll check out those Duratrac’s when these get thin. I average ~ 13,000 miles a year. I’ve got 125k on my truck now.
I got over 70,000 out of my 315-70-17 Ridge Grapplers. I drive 30-35,000 a year 10,000+ of that is on the logging roads of Western Washington. I have a 05 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel .
The ko2's are junk.
Goodyear tires are awesome especially the ones we use on our work trucks that have kevlar in them. Think they are Wrangler . No risk of pothole blowouts at highway speed & even tread wear...
Nice looking tires! A lot better than the 2 Goodyear Bald Eagles on the back of my truck.
Right on
I have the previous version of the Duratrac and am around 75k miles on them. Probably have another 9k left on them but have rotated tires every 5k miles upon every oil change
I had them on my jeep and now on my Silverado. Great off road deer hunting. They last too.
I have these Wranglers on my 2022 Toyota Tacoma TRD off-road and I love the tires they ride nice good traction all around a good Tire😊 and quiet
Never been a Goodyear fan that started years ago. I have Nitto Exo Grapplers they are a bit noisy. I learned my lesson on mud tires the Nokian Rockproof I couldn’t hear myself think. I still have them they don’t have that many kilometres on them. Making a wrong tire decision can be expensive 😖 Tires are like women they don’t show their ugly side till they wear in then the noise appears 😂
Very nice Rich. New Rims, New Tires. Baby got new shoes 😂
running Michelin LTX AT2 on my truck very quiet and smooth very happy with them ill give those a go next time if i rememeber
Rubber is to soft with goodyear I chose the perreli scorpion all terrains in the end and they lasted 3x longer on my truck
Good for one year 😂 I recall years ago each month Goodyear posted the manufacturing cost per tire, regardless of size. Then it was about $35 Can. Now Napanee plant is expanding 😮 the factory is about 1km long already
Got a question. Now that you’ve had the Duratracs for several months, how are they on wet roads, noise levels, fuel mileage? Thanks
I'll do a video
I personally would never go 10K on a tire rotation, there’s really no reason to not do it every oil change
Looks so much better with those wheels
How did they balance up? I have Nitto Ridge Grapplers 295/70r17 on my Bronco and just cant get them to balance properly. Ive tried regular balancers, roadforce, and now have counteract balance beads in them and they are just not smooth at all. Looking to upgrade to these Duratrac Rt tires.
Beautiful
I absolutely cannot stand loud tires.
I buy whichever tire has the best noise rating and road grip levels.
This year its been the Michelin CrossClimate 2 in a 205/55 R16 for me. They are quiet, really quiet and grip levels are phenomenal so far. We have had a period of severe thunderstorms and ofc we needed to do a 500km cross country trip. Hit 3 severe cells with hail and rain so bad people were slowing down to 20mph.
The last one was in buttfuck nowhere on some backroads. People were stopped left and right because the rain was so severe.
I had one sitation where the car was literally floating for a second the steering wheel got really light and you could feel the tires were not on the ground anymore. That was crazy since I had never felt that before. I was going 20-25mph and had the brand new CrossClimate 2s on, correct tire pressure and everything.
Goes to show there are situations so severe even with good tires and going really slow you are still taking a big risk.
I just installed Duratrac RT LT285r75/17 on my 22 Power Wagon. 300 miles. These drive great. Very little noise. Drive very positive and predictable for an off-road tire.
do you happen to have a measurement of their true height? Like if you measure from side to side while mounted on the truck what do they measure out to? Leaning towards these vs falken at4w, but the falkens in that size run really small
@@WeekendWarriors87
On the truck, tire measures 34 inches, tread is 9 inches across. Specs- diameter 34.1, width 11.2. Most 35s spec is 34.6. These are 0.5 inch less than most 35s. Fit my OEM wheels really nice.
@mikeshuck2760 I really appreciate the response! The at4ws in the same size are only 33 across. My current tires are 33s and looking to go bigger, looks like these are it!
I have Cooper Adventurer AT tires on my Equator. They’re “eh”. Not as good as the BFG that were stock. Next will either be these or Falken Wildpeaks.
KO2 are the one I have on my lifted van. They do get noisy at 45,000 miles.
Right, many feedback comments about the first half-life of the tread in the second life of the tread one is a quiet experience the second is loud noisy, otherwise.
About 25k on mine. Doesn't seem to have gotten any worse. But they are OBNOXIOUS when I'm going around 40-50mph
@@CanielDonrad Right, results vary. Normally tires have their best life and favorable service the first 50% of their service life. After that it changes.
Mine were never noisy. They were gone at 40,000 miles.
Nice tires, Rich, but the question is will they fit my Mazda 3? LOL
Thanks, Ford Boss.
I don't have a use for 20's on anything. Never liked them. I want sidewall.
There is plenty of sidewall
Great choice
How do they perform in rainy or wet conditions?
Have to wait for that
The diameter is the word you are looking for Sir
I can't do Goodyear, they pull left ....woke
What about Firestone?
@@Shadowcu123 ,Firestone is owned by Bridgestone, basically under Japanese control
@@daewooparts ya owned by Japanese, better than China
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Oh jeeze, that a separate video if he wanted. I don’t want to click on a video about tires and it be political. Let the guy get home from working and give him a chance to post an opinion if he wants. I support Trump just give the working guy some time.
Who?
James get a life, I work goofy
@@FordBossMe LOL IM ONLY EFFIN AROUND SIR
@@wayneessar7489 LOL