Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs Noise Issue | Don't Make this MISTAKE!
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Today I review the Goodyear Wranger Duratrac All-Terrain Tires and talk about why these specific tired on my Toyota Tacoma TRD off road are very loud. these tires have alot of road noise unfortunately but it's most likely due to installing the wrong load range of tire on such a light truck! I expain why this is most likely the cause of these tires being so loud with lots of road noise.
I hope everyone is having a good week! I'm back with my good friend's 2022 Toyota Tacoma TRD off road and I wanted to talk about his tires on the truck. the Goodyear wrangler Duratracs. they are awesome all-terrain tires, great in the snow and ice as well as mud, sand and rock. a truly great all-terrain tire and that's why ALOT of people run these tires in Canada because they perform well in all seasons. I know most people who run durtracs simply as snow tires in the winter because they are so good in the snow. and that's what separates them from the rest is there snow and ice performance.
most All-Terrain tires perform well in mud and sand but these tires perform in almost any condition which is what makes them great. But, there are some drawbacks to this.
these tires are very pricey. Duratracs are usually one of the most expensive all-terrain tire on the market because they are so capable. but still it always hurts paying the extra cost for having these tires.
the other downside is potential road noise. these wrangler duratracs have a but of a reputation for having bad road noise once they start to wear. and that is what we are talking about today.
So this Tacoma with the Wrangler duractracs has very loud road noise. as you guys saw in the video there is really back tire feathering happening and this was most likely not the actual tires fault. the real issue is most likely the fact that these tires are load range E rated and are therefore really stiff tires. the other issue is that E rated tires are meant to be inflated at high PSI and well the Tacoma is not meant for that.
So when these tires were installed the PSI was set over 20 PSI the recommended rate and most likely help contribute to this issue.
so the lesson here is make sure you buy tires meant for your truck! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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We’ve been running Duratrecs for years in load range C. We just bought the same size in load range E and the noise is insane! Thought something was wrong with the engine at first! The others Duratrecs we’ve had noise was not even an issue at all.
Best real world info on load E on a taco. I appreciate you.
Awesome stuff guy. I will use those tires for life. Never fail me yet.
I had the Duratracs on a 2019 GMC Canyon where they were OEM on the All Terrain (now called AT4). They we were very quiet. But not all Duratracs are load range E. I think mine were C's. The Canyon may also be better sound insulated than the Toyota.
Great informative video. I learned something new.
I rotate my tyres every 10,000 kms and the Duratrac is borderline regarding my road noise tolerance on road. The grip is technically insane, especially when deflated to 20-25 psi offroad. The problem is people drive with this tyre on bitumen 90% of the time. Take it off road, deflate it and your truck - regardless of make - will be nearly unstoppable. That's what it was designed for. I am at 50,000 kms and seems just over half worn. A note however: if your suspension geometry is out or have bad shockers, they will get cupped and noisy in no time.
Thank you good new information for me to learn 👍🏼
Hey Alex, another great video - I’ve learned something again thanks to this video. That tire noise is gross and would get tiring (no pun intended) in no time. Thanks
lol love the pun! simple fact is just get the right tire for the vehicle.
I puchased a titan xd 5.0 and they came with the duratracs. Great snow tire great on muddy roads and grest on cuppped highways with standing h20. Terrible road noise but great traction. Now i have the toyo AT3 new gen. Not as great in snow but where in hot weather is amazing compared to the duratracs. Bith tires are e rst3d and 10 ply
I had a set of 275/65R18 Duratracs fitted to my Diesel Colorado when I purchased the truck new in 2020. After 3 months I felt really frustrated driving the truck because of the brutal road noise and the poor steering/braking response from the Duratracs.
I decided to experiment with tyre pressures before purchasing a different set of tyres . I discovered that 70PSI front & 55PSI rear to be the sweet spot which had reduced the tyre noise & improved the drivability dramatically. It feels like a tottaly different vehicle to drive now.
The tyres seem to be wearing fairly well .I have a little over 60 thousand kilometres (60% of that milage has been aggressive city driving) and all tyres have 7mm of tread remaining.
Overall, I'm happy with the price/performance ratio that the Duratracs offer and will be getting them again when I'm due for new tyres.
Wtf ? R u forrral
Any R/T or M/T needs regular rotation and balancing even WITH perfect pressures, alignment & suspension particularly if you are heavy on the brakes eg city driving / towing. The reason the rears are scalloped on this Tacoma is 100% due to them having been on the front too long previously without diagonal rotation and balancing (except IRS vehicles). HAD the tyres been over inflated, the scalloping on the shoulder would actually be much less likely to occur but you are indeed correct re' centre tread wear would be excessive. A tyre's load rating (load range) affects the maximum load capacity & recommended pressure the tyre (Australian English) is rated for. The load rating has zero bearing on the unladen tyre pressures you should be running on any given vehicle. For example, we run the same tyres on vehicles 1/2 or 2/3rds the weight of a Taco' with zero problems if they are looked after properly. Having run several sets of these personally, our only minor complaint is that they can be a little slippery in the wet obviously due to the hard compound and for sure, a little noisy on smooth roads being an R/T tread design more so than a A/T as such. 😉
They came stock on my trailboss and mine are loud as hell! I thought a wheel bearing was going but no movement at all. They're much louder than my 35" Mudd grapplers
I just put duratracs on my four-door Jeep Wrangler, and was shocked at how quiet I find them, I believe they are an eight ply compared to my pro comp xtreme MT2’s they are like riding on clouds. Now, as far as proper inflation that’s where I would be doing a proper chalk test to fine tune what to run them at.
Give them 20k miles they will get there but that being said still my #1 go to tire for snow performance and wear
Do you think the warranty would replace them or the dealer? I have BF Goodrich all-terrains that just started to make a roaring noise they are six months old and I paid a lot of money for them.. I'm curious if I could get them replaced under warranty
Ive had two sets on two different brand new tacomas and they both started cupping/feathering around 50k kms. They are amazing in deep snow as i use them for ice fishing in winter but they are not great on road. I have wilkpeaks now and while not as aggressive in deep they drive so much better on road. My last set of duratracs cupped so bad they shook my wheel. Both happened on the fronts so i think the ones on your friends truck might have been rotated to the back.
Just learned something good! 🙂👍👍 Before i have my own F-tremor 💪
Nice truck those tremors are
I've been running BFG AT KO2s at 285/70r17 (33"s) on my Navara and they are very quiet even though they are load E rated (not what I had initially asked for), my typical pressure is 35psi.
I have 30k miles on a set purchased new in 2020 on a trailboss. They have a weird harmonic about them at 29mph and 58mph they howl!! They are excellent in snow and on the trails in the Midwest USA. Not sure if I'll be purchasing again. I might try the Cooper AT3 XLT.
I love the sound of the tires!! I have Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac's load E, 35's on my 2010 tacoma TRD off-road D-4D diesel!! 👊👍 Busses and dump truck have load H tires!! Each tire is rated for 8,000 lbs!!
its not the worst noise but some people seem to be annoyed by it! and yes those big boy tires can take some weight!
@@TheGettyAdventures
Yes they can and go BOOM 💥 when they explode lol. When I was driving/operating dump trucks, I watched my own tire on the trailer explode while driving lol
02'sierra 2500hd 4x4 with 285's on (duratrac), Got them years ago, have over 52000 on them and still quite tires and still have a ways to go from what I can see, think I can squeeze (very comfortably) another 10k before I have to replace. I just did a round trip of about 2k on highway at 80 Ave mph and held up great, had windows down and radio comfortably. I don't understand some of the bad duratrac reviews, best dam a/t tire....period....nothing more to say
Is the load range E variant better for airing down offroad? Stiffer sidewalls with an increased footprint, less likely to slip a bead when crawling at 15 psi? Any feedback is appreciated.
I’ve had several sets of BFG KO2s. All have started very quiet. However, they get louder and louder after 50% tread wear. At the end of their tread wear that sounds like MTs.
I ordered my first set of Duratracs today. All off-road tires need rotation every 5000 miles, and get regular balance checks. Also, I found that I really need to get my alignment checked more often than I do. I wouldn’t be surprised if that Tacoma is out of alignment.
i agree with what you're saying about half wear... they get noisy. I rotate 5000km / 3000mi takes me 20 minutes... i do a lot of city driving, so i find this is better for me.
Just picked up a new to me 2015 Tacoma and it has new ones on it from the dealer. They're really noisy on the freeway doing 70-75 too. Seems to make my steering wheel vibrate too. Had them rebalanced too. 85-90%of my driving is highway. My door says 29 psi. I checked them and they're at 29-30.
is it normal for it to get louder when you lay your foot off the gas?
DuraTracs might be noisy. But they work. I work at a municipality waste water plant, Residual Solids area. 900 acres of lagoons and drying beds. Slipping around in winter on “Solids” is a real test.
BFG KO2 suck! The DuraTracs keep moving without tearing up levee roads. Did I Say BFG SUCK? Oh I did, they suck.
YES they do. that's one thing about these tires they perform very well which is why i paid the premium to have them!
Just installed the duratracs on my Taco. No noticeable noise so far. Must have changed the design. Got the narrow 235/85/16. Mpg drop from 23mpg to 17mpg. Wonder if the narrower tire makes a difference. Are you switching to another 'less noisy ' brand.
Oh god so wtf psi should I run ? O road driving 35miles a day. I have Goodyear wrangler dura on a DCLB taco. Thanks
Trucks have owners manuals for a reason. Every vehicle is different. If you read it, you’ll find that mixed in with all the pages on how to install a car seat, how to start it, and what “D” means, there is information that you need to know, like what tires the manufacturer recommends and the proper psi rating.
Good to know. Bfg's to $. I will probably go with 265/70r16 Cooper Discoverer AT3. Keep my mileage. Low noise.
great video bud. Are you sure the cup tires were not at one point on the front and the truck just doesn't have an alignment issue? to the viewers I might not know sometimes folks run higher load rating tires for off-road purposes because the thicker sidewall better resist punctures tears and so on. I personally think something else is going on here because I've never seen duratracs cup like that on any kind of truck especially on the rear.
Why did you say great video when your like me and question whether he has other issues ?
You’re not your 😮
Came factory on my trailboss and sound just like that, drives me nuts. Great in snow but even rotating every 5k miles they cup and ride like crap. I just replaced them at 39k miles with a less aggressive tire.
My Michelin all terrain’s 275 65 20 on a 1500 Silverado do amazing in pretty much everything and they are super quiet on the road they look pretty vanilla but do a good job all around
I have 31-10r15 Duratracs on a 1999 Dodge Durango and the are actually very quiet. I expected them to be much worse for noise. Keep the tires rotated. The first rotation at around 5000 is the most important. I sold tires including Goodyears for 30 years. What makes the Duratracs so good in the winter is the tire compound. Keeps the rubber soft. A full blown mud tire usually has a anti rock chipping compound that tends to get very hard in the cold and makes them very slick on ice, I run 10 ply Michelins on my ram 1500 and Michelin specs say to run them at 43 PSI for my application. I run the 10 plies to get stronger sidewall and a LT tire also usually has a deeper tread to begin with compare to a P series tire.
Great information! thank you. I will have to rotate my tires soon then. I have about 8000km on them which is roughly 5000miles. I was going to wait until 6000 miles or 10,000km but I guess i'll do it sooner!
It is hard to get 33" or bigger sized AT tires in standard load for 18" wheels.
Had Duratracs on my 2012 F-150 and just like toyo's I never did like the ride they delivered , I went and got a set of Falken AT3W which are the best set of tires in the snow ,mud ,4x4ing in the mountains , ice really doesn't matter . live in Washington St. and we get a lot of snow on the passes 2017 I was going thru cancer treatments in Seattle during the worst winter condition blowing snow and roads were ice I was doing 65 all the over didn't slip ,slid , or spin once and the quietest ride ever
Does it get better if l deflate the tires a little bit????
The pressure on the sidewall is the max pressure not what they're meant to be ran at, always go by the door sticker that is for the weight of the vehicle and to give the best traction for the weight
Wow mine aren’t that load but not running LT so maybe softer tires aren’t as load idk unless something wrong with your truck
Wrong tires for 1/4 ton truck. The tires call for higher tire pressures. Yes always inflate what stamped on the door. Great review thank you
Alex. I have these on my '22 Rebel, I can hear them when I'm driving but nothing like what you are hearing in that TACO! That rumble would drive me nuts! What pressure did you run in your old truck? On mine, the factory says 55 lbs, front and 45 lbs, rear.
I have them on the same truck, and can only hear them on the highway while cruising on near idle, other engine sound just drones them out. Can't say I mind the sound though.
I ran my old ram just what the factory recommended. I can't remember exactly what that is but whatever the door sticker said. the duratracs I had were great though. I loved them.
they are great tries!
Best tires I ever had on my f-150's
I never had that problem with them wearing like that, i got the heal to toe wear, but with regular rotation of tires it kept it in check.
Great video! Would this be a good tire if you live in southern states?
from what I see not a lot of guys run them down south. but from the reviews I've read and personal experience they are certainly good in mud and sand. but you would be paying a premium for a tire with snow capabilities which you probably don't need.
@@TheGettyAdventures what would recommend as far as an aggressive tire that would do well in hotter climates?
All aggressive tires will start to cup if you dont rotate them enough and thats where you're getting that noise and make sure you're at proper pressure, as far as having a load c or d or e on a truck that size they'll still last just as long as the other if you keep proper pressure and rotate them with every oil change, the only difference is the load E can handle more MAX air pressure and increased load capacity for towing or payload weight i work at a tire shop i do this 6 days a week
I recently put these tires on my 08 Avalanche. I didn't realize the driver wheel bearing was going bad because the tires are so loud they drowned out the noise from the bad bearing. The tires look super mean though.
bad wheel bearing and alignment will make any tire louder mate
Obviously it’s louder then a KO2 but much less loud than any MT but come on you’re driving a truck not a Prius lol. Trucks need some road noise. My personal opinion after having KO2s ridge grapplers and open county, duratracs look handle and last better then all
open country I'd the toyo at3?
Agree. KO2's slip on wet pavement and snowy corners in our 2 door JK. We switched to duratracs 6 months ago and they are amazing. Our mpg went down a little, though.
I’ve got a rental (gmc canyon) with these tires, it’s uncomfortable to the ears, like headaches inducing. My personal truck is F150 with wild peak at3 and it’s like a rolls Royce compared.
I’ve got those same tires on my 22 power wagon and they are nothing like the ones you have on the video
Do you know what size tires are on the Toyota?
Ive had bfg ko and duratrac. The bfg are the best tire out ther but i got hunt in montana and duratrac do a lil of everything amazing but a lil howl. Not as bad as a mud tire. If you dont get into muddy roads. Then go bfg. And the E rateing is gona be a lil tuffer but you can still run them at manufacturers spec. I drive a 2003 gmc 2500 and i run 55 psi. Front 40 rear when on hyw 65 in rear when towing.
I just love this tire on my 3500 6.4 Ram
Quiet as can be on my Chevy van…My favorite tire. Of course the van is loud but no louder than other tires I’ve had on the van
Can you ran lower pressure and reduce noise?
My 2022 sr5 4runner came with the trd wheels with the duratracs from the dealer but gladly no noise.
Duratracs are pretty quiet tires. Until they wear.
Mine are similarly worn, and have the same harmonic noise to them, like you're driving over a shallow rumble strip.
Im not a fan of the GY Duratracs. Of the 2 sets I’ve owned, they all had some balance issues. I had one tire that needed 11oz of wheel weights! Rebalanced and remounted them 3 times with same results. They’re also loud.
How many miles on the PW? I have a 22’ PW with 10k miles and I’ve noticed the front outer corners of the tires wears pretty quickly. Maybe I corner too fast or something lol. The alignment toe seems fine and no tread cupping. I rotate the tires every 5k miles.
I just rotated mine at 5000 miles and they are wearing evenly.
I have about 5500 miles on my power wagon so its tough to tell this early if there is any odd wear patterns. so far they look fine.
I have no issues with my 17 PW AFTER I found out the truck came with LRD tires instead of LRE. Once I burned thru the LRD quickly and put the LRE, vast improvement immediately all around. Not loud at all for me and I’ve had muddled etc so I know what’s tires sound liek
Also it will not hurt the vehicle if you have a heavier load tire on it or hurt tire life and it wont hurt the tire to run them at 35psi if it has an 80psi max sidewall pressure rating never go off the sidewall pressure unless its a trailer or impliment or semi tire always go by the door tag
not to mention what running a super stiff tire on a light truck will do to the suspension and interior over time..
My OEM Duratracs on my Trailboss have always been super loud.
Problem is, you cant hardly find bigger A/T tires that arent E load in LT sizes. Theres very few C and D options in LTs
I actually use those tires for all my cars (jeep, yukon, Tahoe and chevy 3500 dually). Actually that is the best AT tires that I ever used. I never get any NOISE from my tires there are like Highway tires 0 noice simply 0 noice. I really don't know how that can happen to you. Check your tire balance and air pressure or alignment. Best AT tires for sure!
That is why I went to K02s on my Power Wagon. Love the Duratrac performance but the loudness is tiresome.
I have bought bfg k02 tires for years now and loved them till this last set I got a year ago are so loud when driving. Not sure what changed
"Tiresome"....😏😂
A guy I work with has Duratrac tires on the back of his 2wd 3/4 ton Chev pickup, the tires are nearly spanked they still howl like a mud tire. You know for a 2000s 2500 2wd the duratrac tires do have decent traction, I was driving it the other day truck barely spun a tire on soft ground. I'm not a fan of Goodyear tires, the truck I bought has Goodyear Wrangler Adventure ATs they are the factory original tires that are 6 years old mind you.
At low speed on my F150, they are crazy, they reverberate through the cab with the windows up. Whats strange, windows down, you can barely hear them.
Can’t hear it over the 7.3 turbo with cat back anyhow. Noise keeps people away. Cocktail shakers on my Triumph Bonneville too 😂
You should NOT always follow the tire PSI on the door sticker. That’s dangerous advise. When you change tire size and specs your PSI requirements to carry the specified weight will change. You need to look up specks on the specific tire and tire size psi tables and match to the weight you’re trying to carry.
For my slightly thinner taller duratracts that ended up being 46/47 psi front/rear.
The noise is worth it if you are off roading and crawling every weekend. Otherwise, it gets annoying pretty fast. And the noise increases over time. BFG/KO2s have the same issue when older, but they start off quieter. Cheaper, too!
I like the sound
Love that noise
I agree you should not put a load range E tire on a truck like the Tacoma or a Jeep Wrangler, a load range C would be better and a P rated tire would be fine as well. Load range E tires are for 2500/3500 pick ups. I think Duratracs are also sensitive to mis-alignments so installing new ones you should get the alignment checked right then.
PS the Duratrac is available in a P rating in the size for the Tacoma 265/70-16
C are hard to find
Not a big fan of these tires, nor the Wranglers either. My biggest complaint is they don't hold up to a gravel road. I've had good luck with Hankook. They stand up to the gravel.
If you want really quiet tires , get Cooper AT3 4S. They're as quiet as a passenger tire.
Few things here. Duratracs are known to feather and cup like crazy if not rotated very often. Just the nature of having open lugs with very little support between them. They are also a softer tread compound that can have chunking happen easily in rocky terrain. A load range E tire typically has a max pressure rating of 80 psi, although there are a few that go up to 83 psi, I know kind of odd. That doesn't mean you need to run the tires that high. To achieve the same load rating as the standard load tires that most likely came on that Tacoma from the factory, a load range E tire will need to run at a higher psi because load rating is essentially how much air you can force into the tire. That is why a load range E has a much higher max load capacity than a standard load tire, 80 psi max compared to the typical 44 psi max. Using a simple tire pressure calculator, to achieve the same load capacity as the standard load tire at 35 psi, the load range E tire should be inflated somewhere around 45 psi. The sidewall is only stiffer at much higher pressures. If kept to lower pressures, the sidewall will easily flex. The next time you are in a tire store, try sitting on a load range E tire that is not mounted. It will be a little stiffer than a standard load, but the main difference is when you get to higher pressures. The 55 psi that they put in those tires is a bit much for unloaded driving. My best advice is to drive over a dusty road and see where the dust contacts the tire. If there is a bunch of tread on the outside edge of the tire with no dust on it, you are overinflated. Drop the pressure until the very edges are just barely touched by dust. Or of course you can use a tire pressure calculator and save some time. People often run load range E tires on vehicles that go offroad a lot because they have more plies of material to make the tire, 10 plies for load range E, 4 plies for a standard load. Although often they use less plies than that now because they can make the plies stronger. It just saves weight. The extra plies of the load range E tire give it better puncture resistance, so offroaders love them. All in all, there really is no issue running a higher load tire than what the manufacturer has put on from the factory, you only need to understand that it will require different pressures than the stock tires. Never put tires that are a lower load tire than the factory tires, though.
I had this issue on my first set of DuraTracs. I rotated them with every oil change at 3000 miles. Rotating them at 1k to 1.5k miles maximum.
Doesn't the door sticker PSI go out the window when you change to a different tire other than what the factory put on the vehicle?
I was warned against using LT's mainly because it wears out your shocks & springs a lot sooner. LT's give you almost zero absorption.
No it doesn't that is the psi for the weight load of the vehicle and optimal traction for the vehicle size
Also an LT will not wear out your suspension parts or your shocks the only difference between an LT and a P metric tire is load rating an LT can handle higher pressure and higher weight loads it wont hurt anything at all
@@sgtsteve92 The stiffer sidewalls don't give your vehicle a more rough ride?
@TheBeatenPaths not if you're running them underpressured it'll feel almost comparable to running a regular bias ply style tire
@TheBeatenPaths if you're running them at 55 or 80psi then yeah youll hate your life the entire drive lol but thats way over pressured for your vehicle, i really don't understand why big chain shops set them so high we had a Guy, come in with a Wrangler and one of the big chain stores did the same thing. And set his tire pressure to 65psi when it only needed 35 and the drive home beat the hell out of him
I have Dick Cepek Mud Terrain tyres. I nicknamed them, "mud screamers." They are incredible! But the roar they make is equally incredible. For freeway travels, I use hearing cm protection. Yes, I daily drive a highly modified, mud and off road terrain, jeep.
Honestly, I love the noise of mine. The tires humming, with some country music in the background. Yes sir.
It’s significantly worse in the backseat though. It almost hurt my ears when I rode in a jeep
@@Rudenbehr that makes sense, after thinking about it.
Looks like Bus 130 had overinflated drive tires 😂 10 Ply Rating is high for that, but lack of (cross) rotation, out of balance, out of alignment, loose/ bent suspension parts, worn shocks, are also a common problem with feathering. Not a fan of Goodyear tires, but not always the tire’s fault or even the ply rating. And yes application is always something to consider when buying tires, 10 ply not needed if you’re not off-roading much or hauling weight. Here in the states, most common are 4ply, 6ply, 10ply. Sometimes 10ply tires are only $25 more per tire than a 4 ply. These are all things a tire tech and or salesman should disclose to their customers.
How often do you recommend rotating on a power wagon? Please and thank you
3500 mi
I would do it every other oil change. for me that's around 6-7k miles or 10,000km
Thanks. Great content.
exact same issue on my 21 Ram 1500. theyre scalloped and loud. 30k miles on em. load range E so but run at 40 psi on a 1500. sooo??
that sounds like a tire issue. but have you rotated them at all? first tire rotation should be around 5k miles and then every 10 after that
@@TheGettyAdventures yep. always at 5-6k. alternates between all the shoulder lugs but its only on the outside edge. might end up flipping the tires on the rim. weird
I’m running the duratracs in 32” in C load on a 3rd gen taco TRD off-road and they are still loud!
fair enough lol I also think the Toyota Tacoma may just have poor road noise insulation
@@TheGettyAdventures yes!
Damn that’s not what I want to hear. I have some coming for my 22 Tacoma. Chose them because KO2s don’t come in C load in that size.
I have them on my F-150, the tire noise doesn’t bother me.
Maybe it is not due tyres but car. We have set on our LR4 and no difference in noise - to be correct no difference in silence - car is so well insulated so you can’t hear anything just bit wind noise from roofrack
I just bought a 23 1500 AT4 comes with 275/65/R18 C- load rating. They are so noisy, way more then the TRX and 2 Raptors I had. Replacing them asap.
What did you end up going with?
Quick thought, since E Rated needs higher PSI, higher in the Taco does not hurt the tires, right. If you run lower than the tires suggest 55 to 85, it jacks with the outside tread and not center.
I don’t know why he was saying they were over inflated. What’s on the door is the recommended tire and load rating but if put something else like an E then you will inflate to what’s recommended on the tire . But I’ve had the same issue with the same brand of tire so it’s probably a good year thing
E-rated tires usually float around 50 - 80 PSI which is pretty high for such a light truck. ideally you would have a heavier truck which would put pressure evenly across the tread at those PSI levels. but with a light truck there isn't enough pressure to evenly distribute the weight and you end up with issues. at least that's how it was explained to me
@@TheGettyAdventures I agree I wouldn’t want a tire like that on my Tacoma, I had them on my f-250. But what was kinda trying to say is if you put a different type of tire on your truck then you’ve changed the specs from what was on there from the factory and need to go by what’s on the tire because those tires you shouldn’t put that low of a PSI in them
16k on mine and I rotate every 5k miles... quiet for me. I say rotation and proper inflation would help ANY tire wear well.
100% correct. one of the best ways to wear tires evenly.
Well I can tell you this I only have a half ton truck my very first set of OEM tires were P rated, had four flat tires with them. Every Tire since has been an LT e rated and I have had one flat tire in 12 years. I run my tires around 45 psi. They wear great, minor feathering and cupping but i rotate every 10000 km and rebalance them at half life. Average 80 to 90000 km out of my tires no matter the brand or type (mt or at). That taco is light enough to run those tires at oem psi
Had them on a few vehicles never noticed that Loud of a noise.
Stiff sidewalls make for noisy tires. A given tire in Load C & E will be quieter in C than E.
Rotate your tires and run Load C for any midsize truck/Jeep
I wonder how different the C load would perform with noise.
Absolutely horrible. Bought a truck with them and it’s so loud I feel like I’m driving with 40” swampers
@@anthonybaldetti9564 I have a 2019 Ranger with these on and I can barely hear them. 275 65 18 Load C
That's the sound of perfection in my book 👍🏻
They were not that loud in my taco , you want loud tire then try BFG KM2
I have them on my Ram 1500 and they're really loud...
just getting new tires next week cuz im sick and tired of these duratracs... went with the nitto terra grappler g2 for my Silverado... i don't enjoy driving my truck at all road trips with the wife are awful can't even listen to music.... just awful... just major feathering and cupping its ridiculous
Quietest tire ive ever had on a 1500 just have to get the load rating right cause the rubber is also softer so that lower PSI makes it more effective without effecting your ride conformability i literally couldnt even hear my tires at all mind you these were 32 x9s so you also have ti take that into acount with your tread pattern getting more spread out with bigger sizes and the weight but 40psi on a 1500 is mint but homestly i love tire humm so j was dissapointed in that but the quality in every terrain was amazing especially in snow for somone who is forced to drive closed roads for 60k every day in the winter these are amazing without going to a full winter tire didnt need 4x4 till the 3rd year of them after 80,000km
A few things going on here.
1. Load range E: If the owner takes it on trails & rock crawling the heavier tire may be on purpose.
2. Door sticker is really only relevant for OE or OE replacement tires. Once the tire is replaced with non-OE tires the door sticker is no longer to be followed. Proper inflation for the non-standard tire on this vehicle would need to be found, chalk test is the easiest way. Blindly running the tire at 35psi may leave it incorrectly inflated, which means the poor wear condition will remain. Most Tacoma owners that do run load E tires run in the 37-41psi range depending on the added full time weight to their truck.
Duratracs are a snow tire...snow, these a function over all other considerations tire. In a normal tire design there are trade offs, not in the Duratrac, snow performance is the only consideration. Not designed for quiet ride at all. Goodyear on their website rate the tire as 5/10 for noise( I note them to be around the same noise level as the linked belt track of a bulldozer)...that is not an exaggeration they state right up front they are noisy
All tire designs are a balancing act of trade off, when people are buying tires they have one or two concerns from a list: Quiet, comfort, longevity, cost, traction in the corners launch rain snow mud sand, looks, a peer pressure ( my buddy like them so I will too).
All tires need to be maintained: Alignments, pressure, use as the were designed for, weight class, Rotate rotate rotate every 5k or with every oil change if sooner.
i think the tacoma is loud anyway. Toyota did not do a good job on noise dampening. I had the factory tires on my trd off road and it was still loud like that..my power wagon is MUCH more quiet..
that is probably true. the rams are much much quieter then the toyota. which is unfortunate for such an expensive mid sized truck.
I just changed my tires yesterday and they are noisy as hell
Aaaaa its been over a year has it not? Those are Goodforayear tires.
Yep... Tacoma psi is supposed to be like 29... BUT... That's with P metric tires ... You should use a load inflation table to see what they should be for Tacoma for LT tires.
If you kept the same size , you should actually be running HIGHER pressures with LT tires. I know .. not intuitive at all...
You won't like this answer but you're supposed be running 41 PSI ....
OEM Size (P265/65R17 SL) Load Capacity: 2149 lbs. @ 29 psi.
Passenger type tires are fitted with a 10% overage in load capability when used on SUV's, Light Trucks, and Vans because of the difference in load handling. This load overage can be removed when changing to an LT type tire.
That brings the effective load capacity to acheive down to 1954 lbs.
New Size (LT265/65R17 E) Load Capacity: 1969 lbs. @ 41 psi.
They rated so high for rock crawing.for the badest truck out there ZR2 chevy Colorado..😁