Toyo CT VS Duratracs

X-Treme · Dec 26, 2015

They come unstudded. If you want them studded, you have to get them done.

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K45 · Dec 26, 2015

I have ran the duratac,s and the Toyo Ct,s both in a 35" tire and both studded. For me I prefer the Toyo CT tires by a large margin.
I could not wait to get rid of the Duratracs, I made sure to put them on my last truck I traded off....

Keith Brown · Dec 26, 2015

Hey I am running studded Toyo CTs on stock 20 inch rims on a 2015 2500 GMC single track. They are a decent snow tire. They are a little noisy how ever. It doesn't sound like the noise is from the studs. I have a 2014 3500 which I run studded Toyo M-55 tires. I pull the same snow covered hill with both trucks all winter and the M-55 tires seem a lot better then the CTs. Granted they are different trucks but the sound seems close to the same on the Highway. I no sure how the tread life would be in your warm weather. How about using a set of nice ATs and carrying full set of V Bar chains. Not the best combination for ice but king of the deep snow.

saber6 said:
Newbie question, the Toyo CT, can you purchase it without studs? I am looking for a daily driver AT, with monthly trips to Tahoe where the snow it... but do not want the Toyo AT2.

The CT is a normal AT tire with extra capabilities in the snow?

I don't think I would ever need studs.

Thx in advance!!

Braddock54 · Dec 27, 2015

adamg said:
Why not go with a real winter tire? Blizzaks are available in E rating.

I didn't want to buy two sets of tires.

1 - to replace the garbage Goodyear SRA's that came on my truck.

2 - a dedicated winter tire and another set of wheels.

Duratracs seemed like a good option. My Nokian's on my last truck kicked ass, but these are alright. Good in the deep snow, but not so much on ice.

arff · Dec 27, 2015

I have had good luck running Duratracs all year. About 75000 on first set. Just replaced them with another set on a 3500 srw
That includes towing In the summer.

saber6 · Dec 27, 2015

will you guys run the Toyo CT all year? In the summer? Or is it a seasonal tire for you?

thx

X-Treme · Dec 27, 2015

saber6 said:
will you guys run the Toyo CT all year? In the summer? Or is it a seasonal tire for you?

thx

I only run mine in the winter, as they are studded.

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lilduke · Dec 27, 2015

saber6 said:
will you guys run the Toyo CT all year? In the summer? Or is it a seasonal tire for you?

thx

Mine are none studded and Ill be running them all year. Decent mud tire also.

sirkdev · Dec 27, 2015

lilduke said:
Mine are none studded and Ill be running them all year. Decent mud tire also.

I'm a pretty big toyo fan but a guy I work with had a set of CT's operating wells and at 30000km peeled both grips right off not sure if it was a bum set or what happened but he scalped them, completely separated.

Keith Brown · Dec 27, 2015

I saw a set do the same thing the driver was doing crazy speeds on real rough roads. Not only do tires wear out under those conditions but the truck doesn't last long either. Its a fact of life for some guys in the patch where time is money.

sirkdev said:
I'm a pretty big toyo fan but a guy I work with had a set of CT's operating wells and at 30000km peeled both grips right off not sure if it was a bum set or what happened but he scalped them, completely separated.

pfi572 · Dec 27, 2015

f350 2015 cc With Toyo CT 35's and didn't wear well at all.
Noisy and crappy traction after they wore down a bit .
Switched out to new AT Bf's
Way better for winter.

brutematt750 · Dec 27, 2015

pfi572 said:
f350 2015 cc With 35's and didn't wear well at all.
Noisy and crappy traction after they wore down a bit .
Switched out to new AT Bf's
Way better for winter.

Which tire are you referring to. ?

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pfi572 · Dec 27, 2015

brutematt750 said:
Which tire are you referring to. ?

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Sorry Toyo CT's

youngpolarisguy · Dec 28, 2015

I have had my toyo ct's on all summer and so far this winter they work awsome, i can hear some noise from the studs but far quieter than the duratracs, They also seem to handle weight better than the goodyears to doesn't get squirrelly when loaded to the max. 20,000km so far and hardly any wear should easily see almost a 100k out of them.

youngpolarisguy · Dec 28, 2015

I'm a pretty big toyo fan but a guy I work with had a set of CT's operating wells and at 30000km peeled both grips right off not sure if it was a bum set or what happened but he scalped them, completely separated.

Working in a shop that sees a lot of mine a oil field trucks, not to many tires hold up to that kind of abuse. high speed gravel driving kills them all. The only tire i have seen hold up to that kind of chit abuse is the m-55.

sirkdev · Dec 28, 2015

youngpolarisguy said:
Working in a shop that sees a lot of mine a oil field trucks, not to many tires hold up to that kind of abuse. high speed gravel driving kills them all. The only tire i have seen hold up to that kind of chit abuse is the m-55.

this is why I run toyos almost exclusively, heavy but never had an issue. Only a couple of flats in hundreds of thousands of km of crap road.

Stompin Tom · Dec 28, 2015

youngpolarisguy said:
Working in a shop that sees a lot of mine a oil field trucks, not to many tires hold up to that kind of abuse. high speed gravel driving kills them all. The only tire i have seen hold up to that kind of chit abuse is the m-55.

M 55's are a great summer gravel and mud work tire but they suck in the winter, way to hard of a compound, especially slippery on ice. I guess you cant have everything.

Keith Brown · Dec 30, 2015

Hi Tom I've been running Studded M 55s on my 3500 dually bail truck for the 3 years. I do a lot of gouging with it deep snow/mud picking up and feeding. I also drive some highway with it and I like the 55s better then the studded CT's on my daily driver. It could be that my daily driver is a 2500 pick up single track with no weight but it seems to me the the 55s grip better deep snow and Ice when she's locked up the same as my pick up. In any case I think I am going to try the 55s on my daily driver when the CT's are wore out. One last note my wife has Toyo "Studdless" snow tires on her truck which is the same as mine and they have at least as good of traction on ice as the studded CT's and they are a whole lot quieter. Can't say what her tires are like for gouging as that is not allowed in her rig!

Stompin Tom said:
M 55's are a great summer gravel and mud work tire but they suck in the winter, way to hard of a compound, especially slippery on ice. I guess you cant have everything.

Stompin Tom · Dec 30, 2015

Keith Brown said:
Hi Tom I've been running Studded M 55s on my 3500 dually bail truck for the 3 years. I do a lot of gouging with it deep snow/mud picking up and feeding. I also drive some highway with it and I like the 55s better then the studded CT's on my daily driver. It could be that my daily driver is a 2500 pick up single track with no weight but it seems to me the the 55s grip better deep snow and Ice when she's locked up the same as my pick up. In any case I think I am going to try the 55s on my daily driver when the CT's are wore out. One last note my wife has Toyo "Studdless" snow tires on her truck which is the same as mine and they have at least as good of traction on ice as the studded CT's and they are a whole lot quieter. Can't say what her tires are like for gouging as that is not allowed in her rig!

Put them on your daily driver with no weight and you will be very disappointed. You can get good traction in deep snow with a BFG mud terrain tire, but they suck in normal winter driving. Same with the M55, way to hard of compound. If you want to run a tonne or so of weight then all will be well, no weight and you cant steer, brake or accelerate.

Either way I have no horse in this Goodyear/Toyo race. On my daily driver I love my Firestone Winterforce, and on my work truck I go old school with Uniroyal HD/T. As a general rule I dislike Uniroyal tires, but the HD/T does a great job as a winter work tire, biggest drawback is limited tire sizing.

JustChilling19 · Jan 16, 2016

Anybody recommend a place to pick a set of one of these up (and studded)? Leaning towards the Toyo's.

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