![]() MTR is designed with wider grooves and larger sipes and offers a high void ratio. Wider grooves help the tire move forward by throwing the soft snow backward. On SnowĪs with mud, soft snow is also thrown backward with the help of grooves. Its zig-zag sipes consist of many biting edges that bite off the mud from the way and thus improve tire movement. Its deeper and wider grooves prevent the mud from getting trapped into the tread. These all characteristics make it best for mud terrain.ĭuratrac also offers powerful performance in mud terrain. Moreover, there are numerous biting edges and mud ejectors in the tread, thus capturing mud and throwing it backward, while moving the tire forward. MTR has wider grooves between the blocks which allow the mud to pass through, thus moving the tire forward. It also offers good wet traction because the water can easily pass through the deep grooves, avoiding hydroplaning. The lower void ratio of DuraTrac provides a higher contact patch, thus offering good tire grip on the road. That is why it doesn’t fit best for the on-road drive but it offers efficient hydroplaning resistance because of wider grooves, allowing water to pass through the tread. This higher void ratio allows a lower contact patch and thus minimum grip on paved paths. MTR has widely spaced tread blocks, resulting in a higher void ratio. On-road performance demands a higher contact patch for better grip. Side Note: Speaking of tread design, the tire that sits perfectly between these 2 is Falken Wildpeak AT3w. It is made up of strong material with an efficient tread pattern, thus offering maximum tire life and increased durability. The presence of many stone ejectors allows it to provide good performance on rocky terrains. It is significantly designed to give an exceptional performance on icy tracks due to its higher contact patch. This tire has a higher contact patch comparatively, which results in better grip and handling on-road. It has a deep and wide tread pattern thus, it produces more noise on-road.ĭuratrac’s tread blocks are arranged in a symmetrical pattern that allows good off-road traction and comparatively better on-road performance. It consists of a highly specialized wraparound tread design with a higher void ratio.Ī higher void ratio means excellent traction off-road, whether it is mud, soft snow, or gravel. Credit goes to its strong built, consisting of silica tread compound and the asymmetric tread pattern. With any luck I'll be doing a 10 day trip out west the week after I get the tyres so I'll let you know how they fare.Goodyear MTR offers very impressive performance off-road. Now I'm as cynical as the next bloke, so i'm not sure if I should believe that. The reason given for this was they were selling like hotcakes. He bases this on what he gets in for repairs (Or not so repairable as the case may be) Remember this is FNQ where some of our good roads rate as "urgent repair needed" if they were anywhere else.Īfter all that I ordered a set of Silent Armour to be told that there is a three week wait. In low load ratings admittedly, but even so.įor what's it worth the bloke made the comment that he has found the US made tyres to be a superior construction to anything else (SA and MTR are US) we found some allegedly 4WD tyres have sidewalls as thin and flexible as small passenger car tyres. This is actually an interesting excercise. MTR is 3 ply sidewall and SA is 2 ply as someone has already stated, BUT the sidewalls in the SA are still significantly heavier than anything else we could find in the place including Cooper ST Monday, at 08:01I've been going through the same excercise so I had a look at MTR and Silent Armour side by side at the Tyre place.
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