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Goodyear Duratrac on Jeep Wrangler

Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac Review

The Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac is now more than a decade old, yet the tire is still great. That's the reason why it's still ran by so many, and come in per-installed on Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and other popular off road jeeps and trucks. There's actually very little that you have to compromise with this tire, as it offers a great balance between on and off road. The only thing that bugs me about this tire is noise, and other than that, it's great on dry roads in terms of traction, absorbing bumps, tread wear, to name a few. Off road the tire does best in mud and sand, where I rated this tire for mud in my list (see in mud section above). The only thing off road that's not working for this tire is it's durability, so you get just 2 ply sidewalls, which are although good enough, they are prone to punctures, but then again it makes this tire lighter which improves it's steering response.

Nitto Recon Grappler

Nitto Ridge Grappler vs Recon Grappler

The Nitto Recon Grappler is an All-Terrain (A/T) tire, while the Nitto Ridge Grappler is a Rugged-Terrain (R/T) tire (a hybrid as some call it), so it's not surprising to see this tire being better in overall off road performance, except for sand, that's one area where Recon Grappler outperforms Ridge, due to it's lighter weight. Recon Grappler is although missing with 3pmsf rating, it still does better on snow, on on roads, it's dry grip and stability is very noticeable. Ridge Grappler lacks there a little bit, but it's wet traction is still better in comparison, though it's not so great in a broader picture.

Toyo RT

Nitto Ridge Grappler vs Toyo Open Country RT

Both tires are a great option overall in the rugged terrain category. But some areas are seen better on Toyo Open Country R/T like on dry roads, with directional traction, noise reduction, fuel efficiency, tread life. On the other side, the Nitto Ridge Grappler is better suited for rocks, mud, and even sand, it's also better in terms of hydroplaning off the two, and although it's a little louder, its better able to soak up the vibrations both off and on roads.

Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac

Goodyear Wrangler MTR vs Duratrac

To put things simply, the Goodyear Duratrac is not a Mud tire, but people think it is, though its still one of the best in the category for it. The Wrangler MTR is a mud tire, or should I say an aggressive mud terrain tire, so its not surprising that the tire outperforms it's little brother here in almost all off road scenarios, except for sand. On the other hand, if we talk about good things for Wrangler Duratrac, you get much better wet and snow traction, you get dry traction, you get to have warranty, stud-able lugs, good fuel economy and a comfortable ride. And yes Duratrac is loud on road, but it's still not as loud as the MTR.

Nitto Ridge Grappler

Nitto Terra vs Ridge Grappler

Out of both tires, the Nitto Terra Grappler is better on roads, as it provides better traction, but this goes for only dry conditions as the tire is not good enough on wet, though still somewhat better in comparison here. It's sipes are actually more optimized for snow, that's why the tire has 3PMSF rating unlike the Ridge Grappler. The Nitto Ridge Grappler shines off road, especially on rocks, and there it's limited highway performance start to make sense.

Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac

Goodyear Workhorse AT vs Wrangler DuraTrac

Goodyear Workhorse AT is a good all rounder tire, which offers very great steering feedback on highways, but only on dry, as on wet, the tire lags slightly with it's inefficient siping pattern. On the other side, the Wrangler Duratrac does okay in wet conditions, and provide superior grip off road, but it's not as comfortable on highways, and lacks when it comes to fuel efficiency and tread wear. Though both tires offer good enough tread life and wear warranty overall.

Nitto Trail Grappler

Toyo Open Country MT vs Nitto Trail Grappler

Overall the Toyo Open Country MT offers a better gripping on dry roads, but the tire is very confusing on wet, as its not able to provide a good enough lateral stability. The Nitto Trail Grappler is also same here, though it does better with hydroplaning. On the other hand, if talk off road, things are seen better on Nitto Trail Grappler, as it offer a superior self cleaning tread.

Continental TerrainContact A/T

Continental TerrainContact AT Review

Continental TerrainContact AT is although an All Terrain tire, it's better on roads compared to rougher tracks. In fact, the tire is one of the quietest you can have, it also offers best traction values on both wet and dry roads. It's very quiet, where it's decibels even meet with some passenger tires out there. Same goes for it's wet and dry traction, where it does great in all key areas, grip, handling, steering response and stability, hydroplaning, you name it. But note that don't expect these tires to provide better fuel efficiency, as with more grip, comes more rolling resistance.

BF Goodrich KO2

Yokohama Geolandar X-AT vs BF Goodrich KO2

BF Goodrich is better suited overall for roads, in terms of traction, noise, and fuel efficiency (though wet traction of the tire is not that impressive). Yokohama X AT on the other side, does things better with hydroplaning and has upper hand off road especially on mud, where both tires are good enough for rocks and sand. On snow, the tire is better suited for deeper terrains despite not having 3pmsf rating, whereas KO2 offers better friction on packed snow.

BF Goodrich KM3

Cooper Discoverer STT Pro vs BF Goodrich KM3

Overall I can say both tires are very impressive, but still I would rate the Discoverer STT Pro for better traction on rocks and BF Goodrich KM3 for overall all rounder tire which is great on wet roads even (well compared to M/Ts), the tire is not good overall.

Patriot RT

Patriot RT Tires Review

The Patriot RT and RT+ and the same as Renegade RT and RT+, and the only differences is in their sizes, they did this for marketing reasons. Nonetheless, the tire is still underrated given it's performance. It's 3PMSF rating and it's performance on deep snow is simply epic. The tire is also pretty well optimized for on road use, where although noise is an issue, these tires do great in rest of the sections. But know with snowy performance, the tire's rubber has to be kept softer, so this also causes tread wear issues a little bit as well.

Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse AT

Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse AT Review

Goodyear Workhorse AT is a good all rounder tire, which offers one of the best steering response on highways. This has to do with it's being so light. The heaviest size of the tire is just above 50 lbs, most of the AT tires start from there. So with that the tire does great on sand, and climbing rocks (where gravity doesn't work against it too much). And at the same time the biters everywhere help this tire with traction further. These several biters also earn this tire with 3 peak mountain snowflake rating symbol.

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