Mike Melton tests the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrack RTS tire on a road-force balancer and finds radial runout of 44 pounds, far above the 0.75-pound spec. The defect would cause severe vibration and he recommends against buying it, despite its reputation among northern drivers.
Lots of people up north swear by these tires right here. This is the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrack RTS. Your sidewall's got a pretty aggressive look. Tread pattern looks pretty decent. It's got tons of sipes in there to help get that wet wet and that snow traction, you know, it's about 50, 50. A lot of people say they're quiet. A lot of people say they're noisy. Y' all tell me. So my question is, how do these things balance out? We're about to put it on the road force machine, and we're going to show you. Like I always say, take the damn stickers off. All right, we got it set up on lt. Road force is on. Let's go ahead and spin this thing out. All right, now we got it spinning. In a second, that roller's gonna come down. All right, now that roller's coming down. Put that force on that thing. Now this is gonna be in real time. No editing, no nothing. Let's see how this thing comes out. People swear by them. Let me show you. All right. Boom. It's got a currently 44 pounds of force. And even if we try to force match it, it's still got 44 pounds of force. This tire cannot be fixed. It's got way too much radial run out in it, leave it. But it only calls for an ounce, three quarters. But you're still going to have a vibration problem. I would not buy them.
