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2 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this hands‑on video, automotive reviewer Mike Melton examines the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrack RTS tire, a model praised by many northern drivers for its aggressive sidewall, tread pattern, and purported wet and snow traction. He sets the tire on a road‑force balancing machine, removes the brand stickers, and runs a live, unedited test to measure radial runout. The machine records a force of about 44 pounds, far exceeding the tire’s specification of roughly 0.75 pounds, indicating severe radial runout that cannot be corrected by force‑matching. Melton concludes that the tire would cause vibration problems and advises viewers not to purchase it despite the positive anecdotes surrounding the product.

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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.