I've heard two things over the last few years that kept me away from the Dura Trac. First a lot of people have complained about relatively poor tread life- like 40k tops before its time to think about replacement. The second is related to the side walls. I've heard both that they are soft and flexy resulting in decreased road manners as well as a few complaints a long time ago that the sidewalls are "weak" and moer prone to damage from offroad debris.

Any thoughts on this? They would be an ideal tire for me (F150, the wife's 'ploder will get something mroe refined) but I'm leary because of the above mentioned.

 

The first thousand or two thousand miles the tires will feel a little looser until the tread compound breaks in.

My duratracs on the diesel will get probably 45k on them before needing to be replaced - that is damn good for that truck. On an F-150 the life will be considerably more.

 

A good all season tire in the proper size will be all you need!

 

I am thinking of getting the Cooper Discoverer SRX for the explorer......I would put the duratracks pn my Wrangler thou

 

What tire did you end up with?