Mike Melton at Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, North Carolina reviews the Goodyear Duratrac, a tire he calls polarizing for its strong snow and wet traction but tendency to cup and make noise. He demonstrates a Road Force balance test using a 1,200-pound roller and shows the weight splits and balancing process.
You either love this tire or hate this tire. There ain't nothing in between. This is a Goodyear Duratrac. A lot of people like this tire, but a lot of people hate it because it does get hard and noisy, and they do tend to cup a little bit. So let's take a look at the sidewall on this tire. Let's see if there's any difference in there. We don't do a lot of these, but this customer particularly wanted this tire. Now, as far as traction, snow traction, wet traction, pretty damn amazing. But the only issue that I've heard for a lot of people is, number one, they cup real easy. 2, they get really, really noisy. Go ahead and make sure we got it on LT. Now before we do that, what we got to do, take these damn fingers right here and take that damn sticker off right there. Now let's balance her out. Now let's see how good these Duratracs Road Force balance out. Now make sure you follow me. Mike at Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, North Carolina. We got the roller down, it's putting 1,200 pounds of force on top of this tire, simulating being driven on this Jeep right here. All right, rollers off. Now we're splitting the weight because we're putting them behind the spokes. Okay, so we got an ounce and 3/4 here, ounce and a half here, and 3/4 of an ounce here. Look at that, 12 pounds of force. I know somebody gonna say, oh, it ain't on LT. 12 pounds of force on this tire right here, so it's gonna ride smoother than a damn Cadillac until they start to chop.
