Well my hatred for the GY’s is from rocks. I had 3 flats in one day on a job site. Incase you’re counting, that’s more tires than I had spares!!
I had 3 flats with Goodyear Wranglers near Starkey, OR. Holes in between the tread lugs. I dang near depleted my supply of plugs, needing several in each hole! Luckily the gas station in Ukiah had a megapack of plugs
Buddy has the Duratracs and had a stone puncture the tread near Enterprise, OR. He was on beautiful groomed gravel. His excuse is that the stone was shaped like an arrowhead. I say BS. His rig is light and he drives slow. It was a 10-ply rated Duratrac too.
Ran the same roads with Toyo Open Country tires and never got a flat. Have since been using Toyo M-55 & R/T, and now the Nitto EXO. The M-55 is still really popular out there with the ranchers, loggers, etc. just for the puncture resistance but so far I'm liking the EXO more.
