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Old 03-02-2015, 02:42 PM
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in 33x12.5x 15, best compromise tire between a at & a mt, good road manners ,not as loud as a mt, but almost the offroad ability of a mt when aired down. what say you ?
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My vote is for the Goodyear Duratrac or the Cooper Discoverer STT. Both have great road manners and are very quiet. Both have lasted (in my experience) over 50,000 miles (on my truck not on my jeep, jeep doesn't get driven enough). I'm running the cooper right now on my jeep and am pretty happy with it. I still would have gotten the Duratrac if it came in a 35x12.5x15. I have the Duratrac on my truck in a 32 approximate equivalent and couldn't be happier in mud, snow, and rocks.
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Goodyear Duratrac for sure. They performed much better than my BFG AT's and almost as good as my Dynapro MT's.
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Another vote for the duratracs.
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My vote is for the Goodyear Duratrac or the Cooper Discoverer STT. Both have great road manners and are very quiet. Both have lasted (in my experience) over 50,000 miles (on my truck not on my jeep, jeep doesn't get driven enough). I'm running the cooper right now on my jeep and am pretty happy with it. I still would have gotten the Duratrac if it came in a 35x12.5x15. I have the Duratrac on my truck in a 32 approximate equivalent and couldn't be happier in mud, snow, and rocks.
Everyone keeps saying the cooper stt's are quiet. But mine are louder then any other mud terrain ive had by FAR
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My STT's are not too loud, they're definitely not quiet but they're not swampers. With that being said, I haven't ran them on the road for more then a few days. I was very happy with their road manners.
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I have coopers st maxx right now and they're an awesome compromise between at and mt. Great road manners but can hang with the best of em on the trail.
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Everyone keeps saying the cooper stt's are quiet. But mine are louder then any other mud terrain ive had by FAR
yes a friend has these on a tj, great offroad but loud to me on the road. and its a hardtop tj too. looks like lots of likes for the duratracs.
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I have coopers st maxx right now and they're an awesome compromise between at and mt. Great road manners but can hang with the best of em on the trail.
i ve considered these tires too, seem very close to a duratrac tread design.
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Originally Posted by srb53150
i ve considered these tires too, seem very close to a duratrac tread design.
Very similar to the duratracs but with more sidewall, which is important to me as I live in the land of razor sharp rocks.
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Originally Posted by srb53150
yes a friend has these on a tj, great offroad but loud to me on the road. and its a hardtop tj too. looks like lots of likes for the duratracs.
This has not been my experience the STTs on my XJ are nearly as quiet as the Duratrac on my truck. There's a discernable difference but they don't howl like you'd expect of mud tires
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I have not have a better tire then my Goodyear mtr's on road they are not bad noise wise and on the trail they are fantastic.
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Duratrac hands down. Best winter tire, great overall in every other aspect.
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I love my kevlars in every terrain. But if you are looking for an AT/MT. My vote goes to duratracs.
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It depends on how much or little you want to spend on tires. Like where you wheel at and how many do you think you will tear up in a year off road or is it just a DD and you want mileage.


Mine isn't a DD and where I wheel ripping out a sidewall is common when aired down so I bought accordingly.


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