Goodyear Wrangler DURATRAC's

Hi folks,

Had Duratracs 265/75/16's installed about 800mi ago and I really like the tires however, I've had the truck back at the shop 4 times since purchased to get the tires re-balanced (road force 3 times). I have an annoying "wobble" from 40mph on up. The Techs told me that there is some radial run-out on all 4 tires which "could" be causing the problem.
The Discount Tire I went to finally told me this past Friday the tires were a POS and I should have bought something else. Now I'm just pissed as I really want to run this tire as it suits my needs perfectly (hunting, light offroad, snow, ect) and it seems like a really good compromise between a true all-terrain and a mud tire.
Anybody have a similar experience? Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mike

 

discount tire techs are HORRIBLE ! , they have decent prices for tires but i would never have them install them. Go either to a toyota dealership or Just Tires is really good for installations

 

You dont think that it may very by location lol?

 

lol, you'd think right ? Nope. I think the qualifications necessary for the job are different. For discount tires you just have to read and have two hands and for every other place you have to have common sense.

 

starting to hate my duratracs.... they chunk horrible on rocks, balance is funky, alot worse since the chunking, obviously...

for a bit more i could have got cooper mt's which dont chunk and balance great...

 

A fellow coworker had the exact same problem on his truck. He wasn't at all impressed with the tire

 

I had this same issue until I rotated front to back and put about 3k mi on them. Now no issues at all. Super happy.

Try that if you haven't.

 

Roland, I have ruled out the DT. I have heard they chunk as well. My shop told me that they hate rocks. After the pictures of you showed me that is the terrain that I go on, maybe not as bad but I come across sharp rocks. I am considering now Grabber AT2s( my buddy loves them) and the Goodyear MTR Kelvars.

 

Dodge Dakota

 

Just have duratracs put on last night.. They seem fine under 60mph, but above that there is a wobble feeling in the steering wheel.. Im not on the highway much, so as long as it isnt hurting anything, i can live with it for the looks of the tires alone..

 

What PSI are you running?

 

Im not sure, I was headed out to put my spare tire back under my truck, so ill check.. What should they be at?

 

depending on the load range

load Cs 34 front 30 rear is pretty good

load Es 40 all around

 

Load C's and i have 33 up front, 32 in the rear.

 

thatll work

 

Here's mine 285 70 17 d rating-8ply 26 psi front 28 psi back seems kind of bouncy