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Anyone running this tire? It seems like it gets great reviews but is a bit spendy relative to the competition. The second choice would be a Toyo Open Country AT2, so I will entertain comments on it as well. Going on a crew cab diesel that tows a fairly light TT about 5,000 miles per year.

I've never had luck with Goodyear tires. I've had more flats than with any other tire. That held true up through last week when I had on my explorer that has them on it. They came on it, I didn't buy them.

If you drive off road, I'd pass on GY's.

I don't own them, but I've been looking for a set of winter tires for my Excursion and the Duratrac's look amazing to me on Tire Rack's site. There are also some reviews on the site of dually owners who have them and they are very pleased.

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The dura trac was the only Goodyear Lt tire I ever saw as usefull, the workhorse wasn't a bad tire if you didn't need it to be round

I have owned 3 sets of goodyears. I won't ever be owning a 4th...........Go Michelin

That's the truth about the Workhorse. Mine are about wore out, and I can't wait. mtmuley

They are loud on road, wear fast, but decent on snow.

I agree. I had mine siped, and they really worked well on snowy Montana mountain roads. Just always had balancing issues. mtmuley

I have run Goodyear wrangler ATS for years. I am guessing at least 5 sets and never had problems. Decent traction in snow, excellent otherwise. They were not available in the size I needed for my current truck.

I now have my first set of Duratracs on a 2011 1500 Silverado and so far so good after about 9000 miles. Good in snow, good on ice and snow covered roads. Not very loud on hiway and wear seems fine but I have not actually measured it. Mileage appears to be reduced over the stock Bridgestone all terrain tires by about 1.5 MPG. Size is 275 X 65 18.

From what I have seen so far I would buy them again.

I would look hard at Goodrich All Terrains. Decent off road, quiet, last a long time and excellent on snow.
They are also E load range rated, which of note if they are going on a diesel.

I had Duratrac's on an F150 crew and they were great. Put them on a Superduty and they were not great. E-rated, plenty of PSI, blah, blah, blah, they were "squishy" and took WAY to long to set into a corner @ highway speed on dry pavement. I'd hate to see what they'd do on slickery stuff with a heavy pickup.

That's the one concern I have heard voiced about them. I would be getting 285/60r20 E's so the sidewall would be fairly low profile. What size were the squishy ones on your SuperDuty?

265/70/17

I was considering them but that sure has me worried. Pulling a 20ft stock trailer loaded,I don't want squishy for sure.

I would've loved them to work as I thought they were great in the snow/slippery stuff and weren't super noisy nor did they have a large detrimental effect on MPG as some of the more aggressive treads do. Alas, I couldn't suffer the "squish". The real un-nerving part was how long it really did take for them to "set" into a corner/curve @ highway speed. They'd push, push, push, while you added more wheel and then finally set and then dart like you had way too much wheel for the curve, that's when it was dry. I didn't save them long enough to give them a chance on the slippery/snowy stuff.

A couple that have done well for us are the Kelly TSR and Firsestone Destination AT and MT. The MT we had siped and so far it is unstoppable and has good road manners. The AT Holds the road nice in our 1/2 ton suburban.

I have the Duratracs on my 2012 1/2 ton Ford and I must say they have been a great tire for the snow and better than any other AT tire that I have had in the mud. I too was concerned about the squish but my tires are on 20" rims so there isn't as much side wall so I have never noticed any push or squish in the corners.

Another tire to look at would be Nitto.

I had them on an '05 5.4L F-150 crew in 265/70/17 Load E and thought the same thing about them, outstanding. Put them on an '06 F250 6.0L diesel (Same size, Load E, 75PSI just like the door jam said to) and was immediately underwhelmed.

Currently running Nitto Trail Grapplers on an '11 F250/6.7L and they seem pretty good. I'm @ about 15K on them and they look like they'll make 40K or so before I replace them. I hate running tires down to bare nothing so I replace when many would run another 5-10K mi.

I had the same issue with Goodyear Silent Armours on my 04 Ram diesel. Picked the truck up after the shop closed, drove it about 50 yards to the first turn in the parking lot and hated them from that point. Got home and cranked them up to 80psi. Better, but still horrible. They replaced BFG C-rated tires, and were nowhere near as stiff in the sidewall. Towing the boat with them probably caused permanent dents in the steering wheel - it was downright scary.

I finally took them to the shop and talked the manager into going on a ride with me and he agreed to take them back. I paid the difference, plus a little bit, and went back to BFGs.

Such divergent opinions. I really want the 285/60r20 Duratracs, but the 285/55r20 Toyo AT2 is probably a safer bet.