I like what your saying about the snow and how good they are, that makes feel a lot better on my purchase. These are not cheap tires, I paid $1200 out the door and got the Goodyear rebate on top of that, my dealer hand wrote me a receipt for the Kevlars which got me $80 back.

 

Hmm, I did not know that. They are pretty common up here, and I've never heard any problems with damage to parking lots or roadways.
It's also very common for people here to have two sets of tires for each vehicle, so if you ran studded tires in the winter, you'd have a set of non-studded ones for summertime use.

 

I guess they aren't illegal as many places as I thought. Of course they are illegal here in MN, because EVERYTHING is illegal here.

Studded Tires | AAA/CAA Digest of Motor Laws

 

Great to hear, I think I paid $1300 for mine.

 

These for are going to be a all around tire for me. I do plow commercially in the winter about 9 larger commercial propertys, in the summer I do construction work so I am pulling a 16' cargo trailer full of tools and material or a 12' dump trailer. I have been very happy with the performance of the BFG'S Allterrains, but I can get the Duratracs a little cheaper right now, and am kinda looking for a change. It kinda worrys me when you say that they get squrmy (spelled wrong) when towing. I don't like that feeling at all!! Thats the reason i only owned a set of terra grapplers for 3 days. I have see pics of the Duratracs with white letters which I would love but can't see to find them on any website anywhere. So that is my deal. I don't drive as much as I used to but hoping to get two years out of them. My wife has a set of Firestone Transforce H/T E range on her Expy that have wore great but they look like crap. Still waiting to see if anybody else chimes in.

Thank you to all the responses so far. Keep them coming.

 

I know what you mean, it scared the crap outta me. It seemed to happen more the first 5k miles or so I put on them. I played with tire psi a bit to see if I could lessen it. That seemed to help a little. It never happened with the BFG's. It only happened when towing on the highway I might add. I just put aftermarket wheels on my truck with Toyo MT's, so in another month or so I'll go back to my stock wheels and Duratracs for the winter.

 

I have heard that these tires stiffen up after some driving. Don't quite understand that whole concept but that's what I have heard. You say it happened on the highway. What speed? I don't pull my trailer on the highway very often but try to keep it to 65 or 70 when I do. Just trying to see the big picture. Also what size do you run on your stock wheels. I want to go to 305 again, just wondering how the fit. Sorry if you have already posted that.

 

I don't know about Sammy, but I have 305/70R16 on my stock wheels and they fit fine.

 

I have run 305's on the stock wheels before. But those were BFG'S and the Duratracs are more aggressive. That is why I am wondering.

 

No worries at all. The 305's will fit. I've had them on my truck in the past(BFG). I'm running stock size tire on my stock wheels 275/70/18. Seems the best for me, cutting thru the snow pulling a trailer and gas mileage and what not. Yep, 65-70mph is what I normally tow at. I'm not exactly a speed demon, especially in the winter with the accidents I've seen! I swear, I lose years off my life making some of my trips up north.

 

Ditto. They look the best IMO on a stock wheel as well.

 

Just wondering. The tire shop is saying 305 will round the top of the tire and is not reccomended.

 

I ran BFG 305/65/18's on 3 trucks. Never had an issue. Tires always wore evenly, I rotated every 10k.

 

They are wrong.

 

I really like mine. Only had them about 1,000 miles so I can't really comment on life expectancy. They do have excellent traction in mud and snow, plenty of siping for the ice as well. We got about 8" a couple times last year and truck did very well on virgin roads. As a matter of fact one of my front hubs wan't engaging so I didn't even have 4x4 and I never knew it in either of the storms.

I've read the towing complaints and that was one of my concerns when I got mine, I had a problem once when I first got them, probably only about 20 miles on them but nothing since. That's pulling the exact same trailer with the same weight on the same roads. I tow 8,000lbs fairly regularly and there's no squirm whatsoever anymore.

The only complaint I have w/ them is that the wide tread blocks like to grab little rocks and then throw them at the body when you drive. My truck already has plenty of scratches so it doesn't worry me that much.