Opinions on GY duratrac for my new JT Overland?

[Jas504]

I ordered my gladiator overland a few weeks ago. I hope to have it in 2-3 more weeks. I'm leaning towards putting a set of duratrac 275/70/R18 on the Overland wheels.
Anyone have a setup like this and what do you think of it?

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[Gvsukids]

I ordered my gladiator overland a few weeks ago. I hope to have it in 2-3 more weeks. I'm leaning towards putting a set of duratrac 275/70/R18 on the Overland wheels.
Anyone have a setup like this and what do you think of it?

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/goodyear-duratrac-113-vs-116.23850/

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...een-goodyear-duratrac-and-falken-at3-w.40596/

 

[BtrLtThnNvr]

Duratracs are great tires, but I am running KO2s now because they came on my JT Rubi, and they are pretty nice also. That said, I liked the Falken WildPeaks I had on my JKU the best. I ran 33" AT3s through the winters of upstate New York and loved them. Recognize though, that all of my experience is with 17".

 

[BrentMG]

I ordered my gladiator overland a few weeks ago. I hope to have it in 2-3 more weeks. I'm leaning towards putting a set of duratrac 275/70/R18 on the Overland wheels.
Anyone have a setup like this and what do you think of it?

I had those except in 17s. I thought they were good tires but I went up with 35s.

 

[SteveInOrlando]

What type of mileage are you guys getting from those Goodyear tires? I stopped buying Goodyears many years back. I have owned 3 sets of Goodyear tires, haven't had one make it past 25K miles yet. The last set lasted 23K miles. If you don't mind changing tires every 24k miles, they are nice. I like my tires to live a little longer than that.

 

[Jas504]

I had those except in 17s. I thought they were good tires but I went up with 35s.

How would you say they did on the road? Were they noisy?
I know they will be louder than the street tires that come on the overland.

 

[BrentMG]

How would you say they did on the road? Were they noisy?
I know they will be louder than the street tires that come on the overland.

I didn't think they were too loud. My Gladiator is the first offroad type vehicle I have owned though and it came with them already on it. I think they had good road manners. I am trying to sell them.

 

[Mrbizkitt]

What type of mileage are you guys getting from those Goodyear tires? I stopped buying Goodyears many years back. I have owned 3 sets of Goodyear tires, haven't had one make it past 25K miles yet. The last set lasted 23K miles. If you don't mind changing tires every 24k miles, they are nice. I like my tires to live a little longer than that.

I have 51,000 on my 315/70/17 Duratracs on my wrangler that I’m getting rid of and can easily get another 10,000 miles on them

 

[CerOf]

I had them in the wife’s Infiniti QX56 and it was so great, I put them in my JT.

Ive had them in crazy rain, ice, snow, slush, and they have been awesome!

They make zero interior road notice that I can tell. Wind noise from driving a convertible (hard top) brick is all I hear.

Ive got about 5,000 miles and believe they will go at least 50,000 miles, if not more. I’m only down about 1/32nd.

 

[Jas504]

Thanks for the info guys.
I'm not a tire expert so it's good to get the feedback.
I'm about 99% sure I'm going with the duratracs.

 

[LostWoods]

General consensus that I've found is they're a great tire with some of the best on-road manners of any AT but they have a few weaknesses... the off-road traction isn't as good as the typical KO2/AT2 type tire and the sidewalls have been known to be a bit more vulnerable to rocks and roots. Not personal experience, just what I've heard from others who have owned them.

 

[Happycoop]

I'm running 35x12.50R17s on my Mojave and love them. They're every bit as quite as the Falkens were that came on it, IMO. I got over 50k miles on my last set of Duratracs, and they performed flawlessly on family vacations, snow driving, beach driving, and I just plain like how they look. If you're a USAA member, you can get them for 25% off (which sealed the deal for me).

 

[Mrbizkitt]

I'm running 35x12.50R17s on my Mojave and love them. They're every bit as quite as the Falkens were that came on it, IMO. I got over 50k miles on my last set of Duratracs, and they performed flawlessly on family vacations, snow driving, beach driving, and I just plain like how they look. If you're a USAA member, you can get them for 25% off (which sealed the deal for me).

Nice!! I’m a usaa member! Where do you order from?

 

[Jas504]

I'm running 35x12.50R17s on my Mojave and love them. They're every bit as quite as the Falkens were that came on it, IMO. I got over 50k miles on my last set of Duratracs, and they performed flawlessly on family vacations, snow driving, beach driving, and I just plain like how they look. If you're a USAA member, you can get them for 25% off (which sealed the deal for me).

That's an awesome looking rig!
I read about the side wall issues.
Then I saw where GY made changes to correct that problem.
I'm not a USAA member, but I'm getting them through the dealer and he is giving me some partial credit for the factory tires.

 

[Happycoop]

Nice!! I’m a usaa member! Where do you order from?

You just log into the USAA site and click on the auto maintenance section and it will provide a link...clicking on that link opens the Goodyear Tire site and then 25% discount is already in the cart.

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