Goodyear Wrangler Adventure 265/75/R16

Anybody running these? I’m looking for a halfway decent replacement AT tires for the oem OR tires in a 265/75/R16 C load ... mostly highway driving but some off-road. Wanted to go with KO2’s but they are not available in a C load. I’m relatively happy with the OEM tires and I believe that they come in the size I’m looking for.

 

No, but I am VERY happy with my 265/75/16 C Load Duratracs! Those crappy Kevlar "Highway Tires" where useless on a Off Road Taco.

 

I've run them for years and think they are great tires. The only time I've been stuck is when I was driving in whiteout conditions through 3-foot snow drifts and literally drove into a ditch because I didn't know where the road was. I go all the same places as others with KO2s and don't have a problem. Plus, they are MUCH better on the road than KO2s.

 

How is the road noise level on the Duratracs compared to the Adventures?

 

Have you been running the ”upsized” 265/75’s or the standard 265/70’s

 

If your rig has an accurate and stable alignment and you rotate them, they're remarkably quiet and wear extremely well, in my experience. I ran 33x12.50R15 on my built TJ for 26,000mi and they were barely worn, I've run 285/70-17 on my current Silverado for about 24,000mi and they're wearing well thread treadwear-wise but they are getting really loud due to the garbage GM front end design and a questionable alignment. C-rated on the jeep, d-rated on the truck. They are incredible in snow and sand, especially at 12psi on the beach. 2wd with a garbage GM G80 locker kind of good unless powder sand, then 4wd.

Not planning on them for the Tacoma, however. So I'm very interested in where this thread goes.

 

I had Duratracs on my stock FJ for about 60k miles. Can’t remember if they were C or E. They were a bit louder initially, but they definitely got louder as the years went by. Rotated regularly at 5k miles. They looked great, performed well enough, but I’m a bit hesitant about putting them on my Taco which is inherently a quieter vehicle than my FJ.

 

That is one of my concerns about getting the Duratracs ... the noise level. My Tacoma is my daily driver (no off roading during the week) and about 50 miles of street/highway driving per day.

 

Understood! That’s a bit of my concern as well. The adventurer seems to be half way in between. I’m really debating between the 255/85/16 and 265/75/16 options. The latter is the ‘safe route’. But the former is just so good looking.

I’m about to add a Gobi Roof rack, so we’ll see how the noise levels go with that.

 

Eh... maybe go a little less aggressive than the duratrac, then. They were originally designed as a commercial tire for severe service (think power company trucks, state/federal/forest service trucks that legitimately need the traction and treadwear but able to sacrifice some NVH. So Goodyear came out with them and so many people like myself who grew up on BFG ATs went full fangirl on them, Goodyear started making a much wider range of sizes, it turned out they are remarkably able tires on everything from a Subaru Outback to a fully locked Jeep so they sold a ton and here we are now.

I think it's worth noting that they wore beautifully and were incredibly quiet on my jeep- non-bent, solid axles with correct toe-in and fresh steering. 12.50 width on 8in steelies. (Yes, narrow wheels, it was a TJ and I often aired way down, I needed the narrow width.)

I also had Wranger MT/R with kevlar and 2nd gen Cooper STT Pros on the heep in 35x12.50r15 flavor on black Mickey Thompson classic IIIs. The MTRs are absolutely nasty traction-wise but oof, they were hard to live with. Had to swap 2 for being out of round and ended up having Goodyear just buy them back via Discount Tire. Replaced them with the STT pros and was so, so happy with them. Not the best in snow, though. More like a chainsaw than an x-acto knife, if you get the picture. A funny quirk about the MTRs is that on the beach, they'd pull to one side under power, pull to the opposite side when coasting because of the tread pattern and it being inner/outer but not directional.

 

Thank you for your input. That’s why I was thinking about going up one size on the OEM Wrangler Adventures. Mostly Street/Highway driving here and I’m actually relatively happy with the “factory” tires but would like to go up one size ... I think the 265/70’s look a little small on the Longbed. I’ll definitely put the SST’s on my list of possibilities.

 

I thought the OE Wrangle Kevlars were good. Then I installed a set of 265-75-16 Toyo Open Country ATIIs. The Toyos are a much better tire.

 

One of the guys at work are running those (I think) ... also now on my list!

 

I was running 265/70-17, but went back to the smaller 265/70-16. I tow a lot and it felt too sluggish with the larger tires/wheels. I'm much happier with the smaller tires.

 

Gotta say, at looking how aggressive the Duratracs are, they are surprisingly quite, considering. They are not as loud as any Mud Terrain tire, and you don't hear them coming down the road, like some tires you hear. But they are an aggressive tire, so they are not as quite as the OEM Kevlar's were, but not that noticeable.

My C load tires are the perfect fit for my Tacoma. Only regret is they don't come in a 255/80/16 or 255/85/16 size.

Can't go wrong with a Goodyear!

 

Yep, if these came in a pizza cutter, I’d be in no matter the bit of increased noise.

 

I put a set of 265-75-16 Duratracs on my new '19 Pro last week and like them alot. The stock kevlar tires were extremely quiet by comparison, but I feel they have little to offer in the all terrain department. The Duratracs run very true and smooth but they do sing noticeably, but only on certain asphalt road compositions between 66 and 70mph. The tire noise is quite tolerable under 66 and over 70, though. Go figure.

 

Resonance.

I had them on my FJ and while they were durable and capable, they sang like an off key sailor with multiple harmonics.

 

I’m pretty happy with the OEM tires for my type of driving (daily driver) and appreciate their noise level on the highway since the majority of my driving is highway I’m strongly considering getting the same tires when it comes time to replace them .... I just wonder if the next size up (75 vs 70) will give me the same results.

 

Duratracs all the way. On my E's i'm closing in on 80K miles.