Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Thanks CurtisB- How are the Toyo's in snow and rain compared to the DuraTrac tires? Are they close? I haven't looked into them at all.
I honestly have never owned Toyo Open Country AT2's before, I just did my own visual inspections of both the Duratrac and the Toyo's when I was choosing new tires for my pickups. The Duratrac has a superior siping design in my opinion. The sipe cuts start from the inside edge of each tread block in a squiggle or zigzag pattern than travel to the outside edge. The complete siping cut on the inside edge of the tread blocks, is what allows the contact surface to fully spread when it hits the road surface. This will no doubt reduce the tread life however. On the Toyo AT2's the siping cuts do not meet the outside edge of the tread blocks, rather they are just engraved into each tread block centre. In that respect the tread blocks on the Toyo's cannot spread as much as the Duratracs, which is why I would say the Duratrac will be better on snow/ice. Rain they probably perform the same and the Toyo has a longer treadlife expectancy. To correct my previous post, the Toyo Open Country AT2's are actually NOT studdable, for whatever reason I thought they where. If you google them both and inspect the tread patterns for yourself you will see they are close to the same. Another tire that is somewhat similar to the Duratrac is the Hankook Dynapro ATM, it won't be better than a Duratrac but it is much cheaper. Toyo's I believe are cheaper too.