I just ordered a set of 17" wheels and 315/70/17 duratracs. But the duratracs are on backorder till the end of this month. Would it be worth the wait for them tires or should I move on to a different tire?

 

If you like what you have read about the Duratrac - wait.
If you don't like what you have read about them - find something else.


There are plenty of other options out there, but no one can make that choice for you.

 

I just got 35" DuraTracs for 16" rims and ended up ordering from two different places because they are in very short supply.

These really are great tires! Sure, there are other great options out there, but in ATs many of them look more like street tires and seem a bit out of place on a Jeep. And another advantage of the DuraTracs is that they are pretty light--about 4 to 8 pounds lighter than the other brands I compared them to. That's a notable improvement in acceleration, braking, and handling the tire when changing one. Although they are an E-rated truck tire (as opposed to a few C-rated and many D-rated AT tires), they are very quiet on the road and, to me, a reasonably good ride. But, let me caveat that: I hate mushy rides and much prefer to "feel the road". A little bouncing on a rough stretch of road just means I feel that much more alive. LOL. I'm also hoping that the 10-ply rating will provide better sidewall protection when off-roading--I punctured the sidewall of a DC FC II in two places going up an innocuous-looking hill at Disney, Oklahoma to the tune of $237 in replacement cost, and the need to change it on the trail. Bottom line: I really like these tires after 500 miles with them (and haven't off-roaded yet).

 

I love my Duratracs, and fully recommend you wait for them. Great tires!

 

Check out Tread Depot. Their site shows them to be in stock. I purchased mine from them and would again, no problems with the transaction.

 

Couple thousand miles Duratracs and love 'em. This is my second set, sold the first set when I sold my TJ. Now have a JK.

Worth the wait.

 

I read nothing but good things about the duratracs. But the one thing is the weak sidewalls. I wouldn't see any rock crawling at all anyway so it wouldn't really matter to me. just the beach and occasionally play in the mud. I was also looking at the mt/r kevlars, which nets out to almost a 35" at 34.8. But just a tad bit pricey... I'm leaning more towards sticking it out till the end of the month and get what I want.

 

I have 18k on my duratracs and have around 60 to 70 percent tread left if I had to guess. The wear very nicely on the street, are very smooth and relatively quiet, do awesome on rocks, are extremely good in the snow, perform pretty well in the mud, and wet traction is good. These tires flat out work. I have them in 285/70r17 but I'm sure you will get similar results from the 315's. I have yet to cut any sidewalls or chunk any lugs and I wheel on some pretty sharp granite. I'd say wait for them if I were you. My only complaint is that they don't offer these tires in bigger than the 315/70R17's, b/c I'd like to go bigger than that for my next set.

 

So it looks like you might be around 40,000 out of them that is more then what I have been hearing.

 

Wouldn't that all depend on how bad you really need tires right now....????