Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac's

reklov said:
285 70 17

Looks like it rubs in the back. Lots of room up front


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Do you know what your caster is set to? More positive caster moves the wheel forward and if you set it 4.0 or more ,you shouldn't rub in the back on that mudflap.With your LR UCA's it should be easy to obtain if the alignment guy knows what he's doing as I got over 5 and love it.

Let us know what your initial impressions are of the Duratracs as I'm leaning toward them too for a change. My BFG KM2's have almost 30k miles and are going downhill fast. Even though they still have about half the tread left ,they are getting real loud and my gas mileage is going down even more as they seem to be super grippy in this heat wave down here.
 
Harper, I'm not sure what they are set to. It seems to rub just on the left side so maybe the caster is off. Is this something that someone can do on their own or do you have to have an alignment guy realign it and fix it?
 
Am I crazy or is $359.00 per tire quite a bit of money for 285/70/17 Duratracs? I called my local tire shop today and thats what they quoted me. I might just be behind the times, but that seems like robbery to me. :wtf:

I told him I would think about it. Yeah right.
 
They are on their way! Cant wait for the smart remarks from the tire shop when I go to get them mounted and balanced. :)
 
reklov said:
Harper, I'm not sure what they are set to. It seems to rub just on the left side so maybe the caster is off. Is this something that someone can do on their owd a little if they rub n or do you have to have an alignment guy realign it and fix it?
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Since you have LR UCA's ,a good alignment shop will be able to get enough Pos (4.0 or more)caster so they won't rub at all in the back. Then it's easy to move the inside liner forward a little if it rubs in front.The steering won't be as light with the change but tracs better on the highway.

Twiggly2 said:
Am I crazy or is $359.00 per tire quite a bit of money for 285/70/17 Duratracs? I called my local tire shop today and thats what they quoted me. I might just be behind the times, but that seems like robbery to me. :wtf:

I told him I would think about it. Yeah right.
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I've been pricing the same tires and size and Tirerack has them for $251 a piece plus $25 shipping/ no tax. I called Discount Tire local yesterday and they said they would match that price,as usual ,with free install.

I'm waiting another week to see if Goodyear has any new rebates for Sept.. They had a $80 rebate on them earlier in the year.
 
So I contacted Good Year and asked for the proper PSI on my LT tire. This is what I got back:

Thank you for contacting our web site and for your purchase of the Wrangler DuraTac tires. Your original equipment P265/70R17 tires will each carry 2425 pounds at 32 PSI. To carry the same weight your LT 265/70R17 should be inflated to 50 PSI.
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Took it to the alignment shop to get fixed. I was in a wreck a few months ago so the shop that fixed everything is handling everything.

I've been pricing the same tires and size and Tirerack has them for $251 a piece plus $25 shipping/ no tax. I called Discount Tire local yesterday and they said they would match that price,as usual ,with free install.

I'm waiting another week to see if Goodyear has any new rebates for Sept.. They had a $80 rebate on them earlier in the year.
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I went through tire rack and a local shop installed everything for 55. No shop could beat that price. I got five for i believe 1400. Lowest i was quoted was 1600 in CA
 
I will get mine 285x70x17 tomorrow. American Tires has $100 instant discount. I've waiting for promotion to get mine.
 
Clemsonfan15 said:
Yeah my Goodyear shop put 35 PSI in my C loaded DuraTracs. There is some mixed information going around.
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According to Discount Tires air pressure table stock size C tire @ 35 psi is good for 1925 lbs.
So you'll get 3850 lbs per axle which should be fine for T4R because GAWR as per my door sticker is 3439 lbs (rear axle). Of course if you are going to load your truck over the maximum weight specified in user manual then you'll need to pump up pressure accordingly. At least that's what I understood.
 
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Just had a set of the Duratracs put on my 2011 Trail yesterday afternoon. Stock size, E rated. Installed at America's Tire - the kid who did the install inflated to 35psi, said that would be fine - but then he was maybe like 15 years old:)



Anyway, I will air up today - so far do like the ride, not sure if I will like these better than the Toyo M55 I had on my 2003 Sport which were awesome but spendy.
 
I second the 44psi recommendation and don't forget to rotate them every 5k or so. I believe the 5k service intervals all come with tire rotations from the dealer, I asked mine to be sure and do the cross pattern not just front to back over and over and they had no issues with that.
 
Duratrac's coming off

I should start this by saying I love my Duratrac's. I have stock size E rated.
Problem is I live on the east coast of Canada where we can have some pretty messy winters with a mix of snow/ice/rain, all in the same day. I have the Duratrac's on now for about 15k km's and one good winter on them and they are just not the tire I am looking for for winter driving. My own opinion is, even though winter rated, the tire is so knobby that in between the treads just fills with snow and there's just not enough contact area for the tire onto the snow and ice.

I know that with the Duratrac's installed I will never get stuck. That it not the issue. The problem I have with them is stopping. They just don't seem to have the stopping power that a good winter tire should have.

Anyways, getting a set of Blizzak's installed on the stock rims today. Ran them in the past and happy with their performance. Will update this after I get to give them a good run in the snow.
 
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