I hope to buy a new Ram before year end and the consensus is that the Goodyear Wrangler HP's are pretty pathetic. I just put a set of Firestone Destination AT's on my Nissan Frontier and will probably go with those.

Maybe you aren't looking for more options but that model is highly rated by a lot of folk.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/BigPic...lar=Quad%20Cab

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That is the Nitto Terra Grappler. Recognize the tread pattern....

 

[quote=JoesBrotherRamMan;2349731]Thank you D-man for demonstrating some maturity unlike the two infantile boys above, they probably haven't received their 2 o'clock baby bottle and bibs yet (poor guys, hang in there!). Anyway, I have looked into the DuraTrac, but I was little worried about the road noise:/ How would you rate the road noise? Thank you again.






They are not noisy at all, or at least compared to my old BF all terrains. A lot of these tires are quiet when new then tend to get louder when they wear down for some reason. So far so good though, hardly any road hum at all. HammerZ71 thinks their crap but each to their own I guess. I don't do major off roading or rock climbing so these tires suit my needs just fine.
Good luck finding the tires that suit your own personal driving needs! lol

 

I don't hate the Duratrac, I actually was strongly considering them for my Grand Cherokee but ultimately went with the Nitto Terra Grapplers mainly because of low road noise AND the fact that I found them for $127.50 each. As stated, it's an extremely popular tire with the Jeep crowd. It's just that almost every guy I personally know with a set on a full size, 4WD truck would not buy them again. If you search online, you'll find MANY truck owners feel the same. Not all, of course, but enough that I'd make another choice, myself.

As far as snow use goes, 'JoeBro, can't vouch for any of them as I've lived well south of the Mason/Dixon line since '91. I used to run dedicated snow tires in winter when I was in my teens growing up in upstate NY. As a rule, the more aggressive the tire or the more "mud tire like" a tire looks, the WORSE it will be on ice and hard packed snow. You want a tire with a LOT of siping, small voids between the blocks and smaller blocks. Big honking blocks with huge voids and little to no siping is a recipe for disaster on snow and ice on pavement.

 

I have the duratracs on my truck and couldnt be happier, 8,500 miles so far, very quiet, great wet and snow traction. As to the weak side wall, I heard this before I bought them too. For my friends who had them on jeeps, 35" with 15" rims = big side wall, they said there was a lot of side movement at highway speeds. For my truck, 34", 20" rims= short sidewall, I have no complaints.

But it seems like hes looking for more of an A/T tire. I have always been a big fan of Coopers myself.

 

Likewise I will be running a 20inch rim as well, so that must help in the sidewall department in terms of flex. However, the only thing sort of pulling me towards the more aggressive A/T, such as the duratrac, and the cepek, is because I don't have a LSD, so I sort of feel like I need to purchase a tire that will make up for that. The Nitto seems excellent, I just worry it will do as poorly as the Toya A/T on my last F350 in a bigger foot print such as the 305.

 

Well I dont know how well the terra grapplers hold up but we have run several sets of toyo open country tires on our diesel truck and they have lasted from 35k to 50k miles. That is on a f-250 diesel pulling a 1500 gallon water tanker all summer on pavement and gravel and other misc trailers throughout the year. They hold up very well on gravel and I would guess that 40k to 50k miles should be very easy to get with them on our trucks. Plus they have excellent traction in mud, snow and ice.

 

I put a set of Toyo Open Country A/T on mine (275/60/20) couldn't be happier.

 

The Toyo Open Country A/T and the Nitto Terra Grappler is basically the same tire, just a subtle tread pattern difference. Same with the Toyo Open Country M/T and the Nitto Trail Grappler. Toyo owns Nitto.

 

Would it be safe to say that this tire leans more heavily mud than all terrain? Supposedly Nitto says this splits the difference between the two, sort of giving you the best of both worlds.