Goodyear Duratrac's

[patty]

never-mind, Greg Gardener is ordering me some for $209 a tire, about 10 bucks cheaper than most places i called with a shorter ordering period.

[Tinytoy]

Make sure you ask for the rebate slip if you are buying them right now, Goodyear has a promo on.
Will these tires fit on a 92 L300 with NO lift?? My wife would kill me if I dropped $1000 on tires to find out I need a lift to run them . I prefer not to live that dangerously
Thanks,
TT
235/75/15 load rating "C"
OK, I read lots of old posts and from what I gathered is the 235's should fit with no lift sooo... pray for me!

[jessef]

you just may need some trimming

[patty]

i think that promotion is only for yanks?

[jwfchase]

When I got mine, Goodyear was doing a 10% mail-in rebate on your purchase, but I think that promo ended a few months ago.

[nvanadm]

I know this is old but I just got my DuraTrac's a few weeks ago.

Just wondering about psi for the 235/75/15. For anyone who has those, what have you found to be best for mostly city/highway driving?
When I purchased them they were all set to 35psi. But they seemed "wobbly" for a lack of a better term. Max is 50psi so I put them to 44psi (same as what I ran my Geolanders at).
Now they seem quite hard. So, I'm thinking I would just split the difference and try 40psi, but if anyone has found what seems to be best I'd like to know.

[Firesong]

On the over lander forum a lot of people have issues with that. They say after a bit the rubber firms up so there isn't as much slop. Try bumping it up till it feels good.

[stever1000]

How are people's experiences with these tires so far? I will need to replace my tires by summer and I'm looking at options now

Thanks!

[alti2d]

I've been on my duratracs for the last two years. Good wear, good looking, good handling. Haven't had too many different tires on there to compare against though.

Have to plug Fountain Tire downtown Edmonton for ordering tires and wheels at the same time. Found some online wheels (KMC XD 122 Enduros), showed them the ad, they ordered it in and charged the same as I would have paid on the website. Without the shipping hassles.

[macro]

I've had mine for a couple years now too, being in Ontario there is a lot of ice on the road and I find them way worse than the Geolandars I had before. In every other situation they're great though.

[stever1000]

Ice I don't mind because I don't see much of that on the West Coast. Sounds like the Duratrac may be my next tire!

Thanks!

[punkrawker]

my 2 cents...id get hankook MTs for my next tire purchase. In quite a few off road mags(p0rn) I have, they keep on topping the completion. beating out BFG (waste of money IMO), toyo MT, mickey thompsons MTZ, (I have owned two different sets 35-12-15 and 265 75 17 and jesus these tires kill it in the mud hands down!) jokeahama geolander as well as a few other top o thy line mudders. I have a set of duratracs right now and they arnt too bad. don't really clean mud out too well and a bit noisy on hiway but so far so good, my old boss had a set on his 09 f150 and said they do quite well in winter and always got him deep in and out the woods to go hunting so I rekon I will wait an see.

[GirdieAbides]

Those of you with duratracs under your L300s: what was your solution to the 15" rim issue? As I understand it, Goodyear only makes duratracs in 6 ply to fit a 15" rim. I've had many flats so far. I really like how the tire performs, but 6 ply tires pop like party balloons!

What is the solution to this? Install 16" rims and get new duratracs? As it is I have a 2.5" lift and I get a fair amount of rubbing with 31" duratracs already.

Thoughts?

[punkrawker]

Those of you with duratracs under your L300s: what was your solution to the 15" rim issue? As I understand it, Goodyear only makes duratracs in 6 ply to fit a 15" rim. I've had many flats so far. I really like how the tire performance, but 6 ply tires pop like party balloons!

What is the solution to this? Install 16" rims and get new duratracs? As it is I have a 2.5" lift and I get a fair amount of rubbing with 31" duratracs already.

Thoughts?

I am confused as to what 15" rim issue you are referring to. I have a set of LT235/75/15 mounted and balanced perfectly fine on my 15" rims. As far as flats go, I am unsure as to where you are driving on a regular basis, I build houses for a living and have done lots of off roading in my day as well. the only time I have had a flat was finding a stray nail the hard way and that in its self is very rare.

if you have a 2.5" lift with 31s and are experiencing tire rub up front when turning the wheels, then to me it sounds like you need to look into what is called back spacing on your rims. if you had a shop install your lift, I am very surprised that they failed to mention this to you. A 235/75 tire is approx. 28 maybe 29" diameter and you just increased the diameter size by 2-3", might not sound like much but now you have a slightly heavier tire (MPG decrease), a slightly bigger turning radius, more stress on gears in axels and steering components due to the increased weight of tire compared to stock tire size.

as far as off roading goes, you are in a van....something extremely top heavy with a short wheel base unlike trucks and most suvs. ya bigger tires are nice don't get me wrong but just because you have the biggest tires doesn't mean you wont get stuck. trail riding and expedition travel has ALOT to do with picking your line (route of travel) and a good traction aid such as a locker, most commonly a rear locker.

I would keep your 15" rim size, look into how much positive or negative off set you need for your lift and tire size and stay away from increasing rim size. 4x4 I would rather have more sidewall than rim, more side wall means flexibility on the trail when running lower psi and less chance of damaging a rim on rocks etc.

I could be wrong on all this but I doubt it so don't quote me. hope this helps and sorry for the rant.

[Krazyistkarl]

Why is it that tire width is always over looked for a winter tire, all anyone cares about is tread pattern and rubber compound. Just as important (maybe even more) is tire width. If you ran identical tires aside from width, the narrow tires will outperform the wide tires on ice and in snow EVERY TIME with the only exception being bottomless snow with a tire so wide it's able to keep your vehicle afloat, and I've yet to see a delica on flotation tires.

Personally I have zero use for a wide tire, I rarely drive in bottomless mud and I don't like shovelling enough to drive in deep snow. 2 feet of fresh blower is nothing for these vans, 10 inches of set up snow is a different story, let's face it, they're low and drag a lot. I opt for narrow tires, less width means less power needed to displace mud and snow, more weight per in² on the ground and when off roading and the ability to better contour the terrain.

I quite like my geolanders thus far. I was running them at too high of PSI most of the winter, I aired down to 35 to deal with the frost coming out of the roads and all the bumps on the highways in Saskatchewan right now. 35psi is also great off road, the tires contour rocks, stumps, logs and ice breaking excellently, as well as more traction in sand and small gravel at the local pits. My biggest issue with traction is the damn open diff. I'm very seriously entertaining the idea of a locker in the rear.