Thread: TYRES - not again!!

Originally Posted by ozscott

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.

Cheers

Yes, it is confidence with LT, but unfortunately in 19” the Duratracs don’t come in LT. ☹️
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

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). Cheers

This shows the 980 (D3) and the Dura (D2)

Cheers

Originally Posted by rick130

Duratracs have an excellent reputation for off road performance, as an aggressive AT tyre how do you find them on road?

Hi Rick,

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