Ya I think i'm going with them. There's actually a couple other advantages for me with getting them that I came up with.

-The Toyo's are on a nationwide backorder right now. Couldn't even get any for at least 2 weeks, maybe more.

-My Toyo's in 35x12.5 (actual is 34.8x13.2) weigh 86 lbs each. The Duratracs in 315/70 (34.4x12.7) weigh 60 lbs each. That difference in both size and weight should be noticable in a positive way both on the gas pedal and on the gas gauge.

-My Toyo's have an actual width of 13.2 (even though they are 12.5 label). Goodyear advertises the 315/70 Duratracs as an actual of 12.7". Since my Toyo's rubbed my control arms at full turn, I might have less of this rubbing with this narrower tire.

-I scored 4 for $258 each, plus some change to mount and balance. That's about $50 per tire cheaper then buying new Toyos.

-I can now take one of my other good Toyo's and make it my spare. I currently have a 315/70 BFG AT spare that is worn down almost bald and doesn't hold air that well. I'll be glad to get rid of it finally.

Don't get me wrong, I really like the Toyos I have. I like trying new stuff though too, escpecially tires. I used to love my BFG AT's (except in the mud). I was leery to try the Toyo's in the beginning, but turned out that I really like them. I'd buy the Toyo Open Country M/T over a BFG AT any day if they were priced the same. So who knows, I might like these even better then the Toyo's. Won't know unless I try them I guess. I'll be getting the road hazard this time though. lol.

 

Have you took a gander at the Nitto Trail grappler? No where near as much sipping, but they still look like they will perform very well in most conditions.

 

So I got the Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs put on today - 315/70R17's. They look very good I think. So far, the road manners seem fine. They are quiet, quieter then the Toyo's where and they where not really loud for a mud tire. These are about as loud as an all terrain, which isn't loud at all in my opinion. I'm happy to report that I do not notice them feeling soft at highway speeds, which was the main complaint people had about them when I was reading reviews. I had them up to 70, and the truck doesn't handle "like a boat" as people described with them. It was mostly heavy diesel trucks that had that complaint anyway. It feels fine to me though, same as any other tire I have had on there.

As I get them into different conditions (sand, mud, snow, ice, etc...), i'll let you all know how they do. It's a little rainy today, so I might get some wet driving later today.

 

Got pictures of them on the truck?

 

I'll try to get some in the next day or so. It was raining today, so I didn't get any.

 

I've run BFGoodrich AT's or MT's on my CJ-7 and Ram for years. I live up north and the AT's work great snow or ice. Offroad as long as your not boggin they will get you off and back on the road no problem. Get great wear too!! When I lived down in South Carolina muddin with my CJ all the time definitely MT's or Interco Hawg's!! Right now I have Interco TrXus STS on my Ram and I love them!! I used to weight the bed in the winter don't have to now most of the time don't even shift into four wheel in the snow. Ooooooooo and they look hot too!! Place that mounted them still talks about them LOL!!! Hey but just my 2 cents LOL

 

Here's some pics.

 

Looks good man!

 

I agree, they look good! No white letters though?

Also, a little off topic, but does your truck have the quad cab doors? It doesn't look like it in the pics. But I always thought they quit making extended cabs without doors back in like '97 or '98. No?

 

No white letters, that would have cost more.

They started making extended cabs (extra cab with no opening doors) in like '94 or '95. Then in '98 they came out with the quad doors (suicide style opening rear doors). But they continued making regular extended cabs as well. '99 was the last year of the extended cab. After that, if you had an extra cab, it had quad doors.

So ya, mine is a '99 extended cab. I definitely wanted the doors when I was shopping for a truck, but it was the one thing we had to sacrifice on when we bought this truck because it had everything else I wanted - 4x4, manual windows and locks, vinyl floor (yup, I wanted that, can't stand carpet in a work/offroad truck), super low mileage, and mostly it was in my price range. It really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be honestly, we got used to it and it has worked fine for us going on almost 8 years now that I have owned this truck. My next truck - whether 2nd gen or some other- will have opening rear doors for sure though.

One nice thing about the extended cab over the quad doors though is how much more rigid the body/cab is. My inlaws have two '99s with quad doors down on the ranch, and I can tell a huge difference when i'm driving one of those off road through the creeks or in the pasture. Plus they squeek like hell. My truck is so much more solid feeling in the cab.