Trying to decide on Goodyear Duratracs or mt.'s w/Kevlar for winter

 

the Duratracs will be much better in the snow and ice than the M/Ts

 

And for snow a set of Dick Cepek Fun Country II's will be much better than either one of the Goodyears.

 

X2 on the duratracs !!!

 

I've heard nothing but good things about the Duratracs ability to handle snow and ice. That is one of the reasons I purchased them, so I could have a good all year tire. Our winters in Oklahoma can often involve some nasty ice... I hate driving on ice.

I haven't had a chance to try out the Duratracs myself on snow and ice, but in about 6 months I will

 

duratracs hands down. I have duratracs for the winter and I'm planning the Mt/r kevlars for the summer. Call me crazy but wrangler tires just seem right on a wrangler

 

MUD TIRES SUCK ON WINTER ROADS. I AM RUNNING DURATRACS IN THE WINTER AND LOVE THEM.

 

I plan on running the stock MT's that came with the Rubicon. I have noticed that they have no siping on them and that is key when it comes to snow and ice driving. Hope they work okay.
I run 35 DC FC for the summer months.
Tim

 

you ever been curling? you know those sliders they wear on the bottom of one foot? the mt/r's will handle very similarly in winter conditions. big knobs are good for rocks and mud, very bad for hardpacked snow, slush and ice. modern dedicated winter tires have a lot of siping for a reason. ice itself is not very slippery. water on top of ice is very slippery. when your tire rolls over the ice, the heat melts the ice slightly creating a film of water on top of the ice. this is what you slide on. the water, not the ice. siping is what allows you to cut through the fine layer of water and allow more rubber to contact the ice underneath. the water sucks up into the sipes, and the face of the tread contacts the ice.

 

I grew up in Atlantic Canadian winters, I'm now living and working in Northern British Columbia. Basically I've been driving in shitty winter conditions since I could. I love my Durtracs .