Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs 265/70 17

by **boog2006** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:20 pm

Got the call from Sam's today that my tires have arrived. Going to get them mounted tonight! Pics to follow!

by **Wahugg** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:35 pm

I scooped a set up last month and I have to say they are one hell of a tire. Which model did you get? 10/3ply 10/2ply or 6/2 ply?

-Wahugg

by **boog2006** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:00 pm

Better pics in the morning...

by **boog2006** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:02 pm

Wahugg wrote:I scooped a set up last month and I have to say they are one hell of a tire. Which model did you get? 10/3ply 10/2ply or 6/2 ply?

-Wahugg

Um..."C"...? LT265/70R17C

by **Cable810** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:34 am

Think C would be a 6ply dunno sidewall... Those Look GOOD!! How much for all 4?

by **boog2006** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:59 am

$1100 for the set...I really can't believe these are classified as ATs. Most aggressive tire I've ran in years but the road noise is nothing

by **Wahugg** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:26 pm

An C rated Duratrac is only a 6/2ply tire. GoodYear did't make 6/3ply tires. Heck, only two models of the E rated tire are 10/3. Most are just 10/2. But non the less these durtracs are one hell of a tire!! As a heads up, there is a $60 dollar rebate through GoodYears website on these things. Also if you become a member of Tread Lightly, you get access to a $100 rebate. The only catch on that one is that it takes $25 to be a member, so in reality it's only a $75 dollar rebate. So nab those rebates($135) if you haven't yet!

I bought my set at Discount Tire. Ironically the thicker 10/3ply E tire was cheaper by about $15 per tire then the 6/2 C rated tire. My dad and I figured this was due to fact that the 6/2 was in higher demand. I managed to scoop mine up for $940 even with the 2 rebates, no tax (discount tire had a 48hour promo where they covered the tax), and a little haggling with the sales guy to take off another $20.

The tires them selves are phenomenal. They ride very quite (barely audible over wind noise at 55mph), keep the truck sturdy, and have great traction! I have found that in the mud, you have to spin them at least 25 mph to get them to clean out real good. Otherwise they fill up with mud and don't get good traction.

-Wahugg

by **boog2006** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:48 pm

by **boog2006** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:58 pm

Wahugg wrote:An C rated Duratrac is only a 6/2ply tire. GoodYear did't make 6/3ply tires. Heck, only two models of the E rated tire are 10/3. Most are just 10/2. But non the less these durtracs are one hell of a tire!! As a heads up, there is a $60 dollar rebate through GoodYears website on these things. Also if you become a member of Tread Lightly, you get access to a $100 rebate. The only catch on that one is that it takes $25 to be a member, so in reality it's only a $75 dollar rebate. So nab those rebates($135) if you haven't yet!

I bought my set at Discount Tire. Ironically the thicker 10/3ply E tire was cheaper by about $15 per tire then the 6/2 C rated tire. My dad and I figured this was due to fact that the 6/2 was in higher demand. I managed to scoop mine up for $940 even with the 2 rebates, no tax (discount tire had a 48hour promo where they covered the tax), and a little haggling with the sales guy to take off another $20.

The tires them selves are phenomenal. They ride very quite (barely audible over wind noise at 55mph), keep the truck sturdy, and have great traction! I have found that in the mud, you have to spin them at least 25 mph to get them to clean out real good. Otherwise they fill up with mud and don't get good traction.

-Wahugg

thanks I need to get on this! So do the rebates come from Goodyear? Where do I apply?

by **Wahugg** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:38 pm

Here is the link to the Tread Lightly Rebate: http://www.treadlightly.org/files/page_ ... te2012.pdf
And here is the link to Goodyears Rebate. It's the second offer and your can either fill it out online or print off the pdf and mail it in. :http://www.goodyearrebates.com/

-Wahugg

by **boog2006** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:18 pm

Wahugg wrote:Here is the link to the Tread Lightly Rebate: http://www.treadlightly.org/files/page_ ... te2012.pdf
And here is the link to Goodyears Rebate. It's the second offer and your can either fill it out online or print off the pdf and mail it in. :http://www.goodyearrebates.com/

-Wahugg

Many thanks!

by **SaltWaterDrinker** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:33 am

I love the way they look...wow. Seriously going to consider these.

by **Wahugg** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:46 pm

Here are a couple of close of ups of the side tread and main tread.

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-Wahugg

by **boog2006** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:22 pm

Great pics...I haven't been able to get a pic on the truck that does them justice.

by **Darkrider_LS** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:33 pm

Nice set up! Guessing you are running spacers to clear them?

by **Wahugg** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:31 pm

Most people will say that you need spacers front and back, but I found that I only needed them in the front. I don't have spacers in the rear, and I only get rubbing at full flex, and that's due to me not having an adjustable pan handle bar.

by **Moots1288** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:55 pm

Wahugg wrote:Most people will say that you need spacers front and back, but I found that I only needed them in the front. I don't have spacers in the rear, and I only get rubbing at full flex, and that's due to me not having an adjustable pan handle bar.

That probably looks awkward. Why wouldn't you just run them front and rear if you're going to use em up front

by **HARDTRAILZ** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:40 pm

Its old school to be wider in the front than the back. Trucks used to come factory that way. Granted that was for reasons that do not apply to our trucks.

by **boog2006** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:51 pm

Darkrider_LS wrote:Nice set up! Guessing you are running spacers to clear them?

Yeah I'm running 1.5" spacers front and rear.

by **Wahugg** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:45 pm

Moots1288 wrote:
Wahugg wrote:Most people will say that you need spacers front and back, but I found that I only needed them in the front. I don't have spacers in the rear, and I only get rubbing at full flex, and that's due to me not having an adjustable pan handle bar.

That probably looks awkward. Why wouldn't you just run them front and rear if you're going to use em up front

I had two main reasons for not using the rear spacers.

1. It was another $100 to spend
2. Our rear axle is approximately 2 inches longer hub to hub then our front is hub to hub. So by putting on only the front spacers, I am actually making the width of the front and the back closer. It doesn't look any different, and I saved $100. I see nothing bad in doing that

-Wahugg

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