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Duratrac in its element at Cape York. Fantastic on high speed corrugated dirt and mud. These are LT. Nothing like being in the middle of nowhere at GVM and working tyres hard with confidence.
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Yes, it is confidence with LT, but unfortunately in 19” the Duratracs don’t come in LT. ☹️Quote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
I loved my BFG’s in my series 2, the tyres were the least of my worries!
Although now with the Maxxis they are LT in 19”, and I’m on the Darling river in Pooncarie as I type feeling much more confident [emoji16]
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Strange the LT conversation has come up.
Was speaking with a few tyre blokes recently...
Seems they are of the opinion that some of the XL tyres are actually stronger by design and construction than the LT alternatives.
Interesting Tombie. Never seen XL in tyres i have looked at...only P and LT.
DIsco5 a good mate was with me at the Cape in a.D3 with Maxxis 980 on 19's and they were a good tyre. Had to winch him (and a D4 with Duelers) though a few places the D2 went through no probs but that wasn't tyres so much as clearance and good travel live axles combined with the 4.6. Both knew how to drive. My d2 had a modest lift which helped. The Duratracs would have by design a slight edge (and slightly deeper tread new) (all tyres were new on the vehicles). Cheershttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2018/04/45.jpg
This shows the 980 (D3) and the Dura (D2)
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Hi Rick,Quote:
Originally Posted by rick130
Apologies for the late reply - been out in the bush the past week for my work.
As to your question, they are excellent on the open road / Hwy - albeit a little noisy for my liking. The tyre noise is not so noticeable for the first 10/15k kms, but after this amount of milage, they tend to wear flat unlike other tyres hence the noise. I have met other D4 users whom have the same observation. Apart from this I cannot fault them and after close to 80k Kms across two sets now and a LOT of off-road work, I still have not had a flat tyre (knock on wood). Managing your pressures has a lot to do with this so if you air up/down as required you'll likely be very happy with them - assuming the road noise is acceptable.
Cheers, Geoff
I think the centre void is a definite contributor Graeme. My wife's Merc came with low profile, relatively wide Continental tyres and we've just recently changed her back tyres to a Bridgestone equivalent. Both tyres have tread blocks that have no direct route from the inside of the tyre to the outside at the perpendicular. They effectively have a bar around the outside tread. In fact the Bridgestone pushes the water to the inside of the tyre (according to website). They both however have massive centre voids, which if you read the blurb on the design, rapidly pumps water out from under the tyre (I guess in a fore and aft fashion). Apparently this design also helps cool the tyre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme