DuraTracs Discontinued According to My Tire Guy! FALSE RUMOR

TomAllyn · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:51 pm

Okay so I'm having a Frankenlift installed tomorrow and at tommudds recommendation planned to have 245 75 16 Dura Tracs installed at the same time. However, I was just informed that the shop cannot get them anymore, because they have been discontinued. I know Tirerack has some, but any road hazard warranty wouldn't be worth anything if I needed to take advantage of it. So are there other AT tires that are not too heavy, that wear like duratracs, and perform as well on/off road? I've used the search function, but I need to make this decision, before I get to the shop tomorrow morning so I don't really have time to wade through everything.

HedsIc · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:01 pm

Doing a google search there are forum posts going back every year the last 2 years saying they are discontinued. Yet they are still here.

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TomAllyn · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:06 pm

HedsIc wrote:

Doing a google search there are forum posts going back every year the last 2 years saying they are discontinued. Yet they are still here.

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Thank you! Now I don't know what to believe.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:48 pm

I just priced 5 out the other day at a Goodyear store and no mention from them, they said it would be a day or two but no problems

John3:17 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:18 am

Some stores just want to sell you "their" brands.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:01 am

The electronic system some places use for ordering will often throw bad info at you when you get tracked into an older area of part information, they may have tried to look up an older model of the tire and were either too lazy or didn't know any better to back all the way out and go back in and get it to list all available models and track in that way. Used to happen all the time when i worked oreillys first call if the search criteria was too specific and i didn't pay attention to release numbers

TomAllyn · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:32 pm

I found out by calling the local Goodyear Tire Store that Duratracs are not discontinued. Even better I'm getting 5 with out the door for less than the tires alone from tirerack. :pepper:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:39 pm

And that is called buying smart

grats on the tires feller

12KK SFD · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:11 am

I would hope they wouldn't discontinue them. I keep seeing them more and more. Hell, the VT State Police Fire Investigation unit runs them on all their trucks, including a dually F-350.

NewOldTimer · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:13 pm

I just bought four 245/75-16 Duratrax yesterday....
... no trouble at all getting them at Discount Tire...

John3:17 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:50 pm

NewOldTimer wrote:

I just bought four 245/75-16 Duratrax yesterday....
... no trouble at all getting them at Discount Tire...

I think he went to *** boys

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:52 pm

John3:17 wrote:

NewOldTimer wrote:

I just bought four 245/75-16 Duratrax yesterday....
... no trouble at all getting them at Discount Tire...

I think he went to *** boys

They wanted to sell their brand, not Goodyear

WWDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:11 pm

FYI
***boys web site does not list any Goodyear Tires as a selection under tire brands. :roll:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:42 am

WWDiesel wrote:

FYI
***boys web site does not list any Goodyear Tires as a selection under tire brands. :roll:

Checked here in Columbus and they did the other day

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