winnipegxtr

the duratrac is a winter rated tire. so you can use it where winter tires are a law. not sure why you would change them out. the negative comments about the tires being all over the road I personally found false. I notice the truck felt almost heavier on its feet. not sure how to describe it exactly. but on the highway it drives the exact same. the ride is abit worse then my oem wranglers but what do you expect when putting on a 33" tire thats basically a MT



my best friend has an 08 and put bfgs a/ts on his truck so im hoping that I should be driving circles around him in the snow this year. I live in central canada and we get a TON of snow. probably 4 feet average a year I would guess

danbart

When I went to the Bridgestone Winter Driving Course they said you never want to get a studdable winter tire unless you plan on actually running studs because they have to make the rubber compound of a studdable tire much harder than a non-studdable winter tire so it can hold the studs in.

When looking at the Goodyear site found this on the Duratrac page:

Pinned for #16 Metal Studs* for Enhanced Traction in Winter Driving Conditions


This means you loose the flexibility and grip of a non-studded winter tire when driving in cold conditions.

Skandocious

Was planning in getting some Duratracs for my truck real soon. My brothers got them on his PSD and he has had nothing but great things to say about them.

stormsearch

Have nearly 40K miles on 295/65R18's, been thru 2 winters. I just had them rotated at Discount tire last week, tread life is heading to 100K miles of usage. I have not experienced any soft or mushy feeling - might be more noticeable on F250 with a larger payload. I pull a boat often and don't feel like I am squirming all over the place. Some of those comments are likely underinflation for application. I have mine inflated 45 up front 43 in the rear.

They are very comparable to BFG KO's for traction except have slightly better mud/snow pack cleaning ability. My cousin has the BFG's and we compare often, he loves his and I love mine.

Deerhunter4

I too am considering these but I am more worried about noise. Any comments on how noisy these are on the highway?

Skandocious

Very quiet, given how aggressive they are.

bowlergt

I ran these last winter on my 05 jeep wrangler, did amazing, never even really needed to put it in 4 wheel drive. I could hear them on the road but being a jeep I could hear everything on the road lol but the tires did great

Deerhunter4

Good to know. Do they balance well?

Luken8r

I, too, have had BFG KOs on a previous Grand Cherokee and that thing was unstoppable in the snow. I tried to get that thing stuck so many times, but it just powered out.

rocco

they still seem to be very soft though. Not a problem for me, mine are studded!