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New Shoes!
« on: May 07, 2014, 07:40:56 PM »
Woohoo finally rid of the 20" chrome useless wheels.

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2014, 07:47:13 PM »
They drive so "fluffy" compared to the low profile tires :chuckle:
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2014, 07:53:15 PM »
I've had my eye on those Goodyear Duratracs myself. Look like they are a good aggressive tread but take enough for the daily driver. Nice work.


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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2014, 07:54:12 PM »
Tame enough. Not take enough. Ugh. My sausage fingers..


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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2014, 08:01:25 PM »
Woohoo, new kicks!  :whoo:

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2014, 08:08:47 PM »
I've had my eye on those Goodyear Duratracs myself. Look like they are a good aggressive tread but take enough for the daily driver. Nice work.

I love them so far but that isn't saying much :chuckle: my 40 mile review. Love the look, reviews were pretty good, price worked for me. They definitely make for a fluffy ride (lol that was my word explaining how it drove when I was texting smossy right after getting them).  :tup:

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2014, 08:16:20 PM »
Time to get some mud and blood on that thing!
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2014, 08:16:31 PM »
Now you gotta go get em dirty!


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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2014, 08:24:01 PM »
Time to get some mud and blood on that thing!
Agreed! Maybe this weekend.
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2014, 09:24:23 AM »
I've had my eye on those Goodyear Duratracs myself. Look like they are a good aggressive tread but take enough for the daily driver. Nice work.

My brother has them on his Dodge 1500, they are pretty sweet. He has about 30k on them and they still look brand new. Ride pretty good and when he bought them they had a 50k warranty, which I believe they don't offer on them anymore.

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2014, 10:14:03 AM »
I've had my eye on those Goodyear Duratracs myself. Look like they are a good aggressive tread but take enough for the daily driver. Nice work.

My brother has them on his Dodge 1500, they are pretty sweet. He has about 30k on them and they still look brand new. Ride pretty good and when he bought them they had a 50k warranty, which I believe they don't offer on them anymore.

You're correct, no longer offering a mileage warranty. I opted to purchase one, rather be with than without  :dunno:

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2014, 10:26:05 AM »
I've had my eye on those Goodyear Duratracs myself. Look like they are a good aggressive tread but take enough for the daily driver. Nice work.

My brother has them on his Dodge 1500, they are pretty sweet. He has about 30k on them and they still look brand new. Ride pretty good and when he bought them they had a 50k warranty, which I believe they don't offer on them anymore.

Duratracs are really good tires.  They are excellent in the mud and snow, decent on the ice.  The will be much better on ice if you sipe them, which of course will potentially reduce the tread life if you drive much gravel.

I think you could reasonably expect in the 40-50k range for life of the tire.  I usually get 35-40k, but I drive quite a lot of gravel.
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2014, 12:46:32 PM »
Siping... they still do that?  :o

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2014, 12:53:10 PM »
S/G your gonna be a mountain driving huntn machine now, just done go rippn off the road ok, end up in the middle of a clearcut or somethn  :tup: :chuckle:
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2014, 01:04:15 PM »
Siping... they still do that?  :o

I see advertisements for it regularly so I assume so... the duratracs come factory siped though so not sure if there's a lot of added benefit for doing it again? Or maybe I'm wrong  :dunno: I don't really have a desire to get them done though.

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2014, 01:23:59 PM »
Siping... they still do that?  :o

I see advertisements for it regularly so I assume so... the duratracs come factory siped though so not sure if there's a lot of added benefit for doing it again? Or maybe I'm wrong  :dunno: I don't really have a desire to get them done though.
smart women, from my experience siping decrease the life on the tire
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2014, 02:06:20 PM »
When I escaped Seattle (people's republic of) a few years ago I was surprised that siping wasn't practiced in the southwest states. I had it done on a few tires up there and probably would again given the slick, rainy roads, even though it may shorten tire life.

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2014, 02:16:22 PM »
When I escaped Seattle (people's republic of) a few years ago I was surprised that siping wasn't practiced in the southwest states. I had it done on a few tires up there and probably would again given the slick, rainy roads, even though it may shorten tire life.

I'm half and half on it.. I've had a few sets of tires of mine siped, but they also were crap radials if I remember correctly and it was needed. These winter grade tires that come pre siped I wouldn't want to mess with, if I got through a few winters on the 20s and low profile tires I'm sure these duratracs will live up to their reputation for me :)

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2014, 02:38:12 PM »
Siping... they still do that?  :o

the duratracs come factory siped though so not sure if there's a lot of added benefit for doing it again? Or maybe I'm wrong  :dunno: I don't really have a desire to get them done though.

Absolutely there is added benefit.  I have mine fully siped.  Center siping would give you longer tire life than fully siping.
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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2014, 07:49:43 AM »
Great tires! I put the, on my Silverado when they first came out 5yrs ago. They've got close to 50k and look brand new still. Perfect tire around the PNW for having to drive them daily to work and in to the mountains on the weekends

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Re: New Shoes!
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2014, 11:54:06 AM »
Don't bother with siping them. I've spied true mudders with solid tread blocks and it is the best thing you can do unless hauling heavy. Then it will significantly decrease tire life. Be lucky to get 20k out of my siped Toyo MTs due to hauling a 4k lb camper now in the summer.
Had a set of Duratracs in CO mtns on a F150 and they were almost as good as dedicated snow tires right out of the box. Tires wore quite well considering the loading and conditions I put them through. About 40k tires on a loaded down work truck commuting on I 70 in the mtns. Very hard on tires.
The way tires wear much slower in W WA with the predominatly wet roads I bet you get 50k at least on a small vehicle like that. Good choice!

 


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