These tires are two of the top tires of their class with extraordinary abilities that most of the A/T tires don’t possess.
The Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac is an aggressive tire built for excellent performance on rugged terrains and other off-road terrains like mud and snow.
Whilst, the Kanati Trail hog A/T is also an aggressive tire, made to withstand all sorts of weather and road conditions, and provide a daring off-road performance.
In the upcoming paragraphs, you’re going to find out different features which make these tires truly unique.
Also make sure to see an even more aggressive Kanati, the Mud Hog.
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Overview of Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac and Kanati Trail Hog A/T
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The Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac is a highly preferred all-terrain tire because of its distinct features.
It has high traction on mud, sand, dirt, and snow, owing to the new tractive groove technology in its deep grooves that works in conjunction with the zigzag patterned blocks to provide it enough grip to move across these surfaces without any problem.
It is a versatile tire that gives a smooth on-road experience even when exposed to wet, dry, or winter conditions.
The shoulder blocking and wind protection are featured in its tread design that ensures high efficiency and performance, along with providing rim protection and noise damping.
On the other hand, the Kanati Trail Hog A/T is an ideal all-terrain tire that highly specializes in providing the best traction in different off-road terrains.
This is due to its exalted tread design, similar to the Wrangler Duratrac.
It has a zigzag tread block design with bigger grooves and sipes than the Wrangler Duratrac, which gives it extraordinary wet traction in all seasons, along with a good grip in rugged terrains.
It features a 3-ply sidewall that makes it tougher, giving it enough strength to tackle harsh conditions. Henceforth, making it an optimal tire for extreme conditions.
On-road Traction Comparison
The Wrangler Duratrac has a mesh block tread design that gives it a considerable amount of surface area to stick to the surface of the road and provide a great grip on the road.
Nonetheless, the tread block of Kanati Trail Hog A/T is much similar to the Wrangler Duratrac, but with the difference that it has a bit smaller footprint than the Wrangler Duratrac which slightly reduces its performance on the road.
The Wrangler Duratrac has deep and wide grooves along with deep sipes, which takes its wet traction to a whole new level.
These deep grooves provide amazing traction on soft terrains like mud and snow, and allow the tire to effectively gather and dissipate water to ensure satisfactory self-cleaning of the tire along with excellent hydroplaning.
This makes it stand its ground in wet surfaces.
On the other side, The Trail Hog A/T has just a little bit larger grooves and sipes than the Wrangler Duratrac, which gives it even better wet-traction than its competitor.
Just like the Wrangler Duratrac, the Trail Hog A/T’s deeper and wider grooves allow it to sustain a large amount of water between its tread blocks which guarantees excellent hydroplaning, making it more suitable for wet roads.
Off-road Traction Comparison
The tread block of Wrangler Duratrac is specially designed to tackle off-road terrains including mud and snow.
Moreover, it can stand its ground and avoids spinning over slippery surfaces due to several round cuts (sipes) in its tread block that gives it a high-grade grip on these surfaces.
Due to this tread design, this tire performs exceptionally well off-road.
The grooves of Wrangler Duratrac allow this tire to grab and throw materials like mud and snow that come in its path.
However, the Trail Hog A/T does a great job on off-road terrains like mud and snow due to its regular tread pattern.
The Trail Hog A/T also features round cuts in its tread block that make it stick to slippery surfaces and it never fails to grip them.
Moving forward, these wide grooves enable it to move through mud and snow with greater ability. Henceforth, the Trail Hog A/T performs a little better on off-road terrains
The Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac contains Multi angled edges in the treads of its shoulders which makes it latch onto all kinds of surfaces, no matter if it’s a soft terrain or a rugged terrain, these shoulders provide enough bite force to grip anything that comes in its way.
Additionally, these shoulders help in enhancing the cornering and handling of the tire to a great extent and increases its durability to a considerable level by strongly connecting the tread block and sidewall of the tire.
On the contrary, the Kanati Trail Hog A/T has a similar tread in its shoulders, with the exception that its design is more arrow-shaped and the edges are mostly straight.
Wide grooves give it a great grip to grapple the off-road surfaces.
Tread-wear and Durability
The Wrangler Duratrac is aided with Shoulder blocks and perfectly angled tread blocks which provide extra power to reduce its wear and tear on the roads by effectively decreasing its rolling resistance and making it easier to move through the road.
These features work side by side with its rim protectors that improve its defense against any accidental damage.
On the flip side, the Trail Hog A/T also has a similar tread block but with a little less footprint than the Wrangler Duratrac, which makes its rolling resistance a bit less than the Wrangler Duratrac, and decreases the tire’s friction on a dry surface, therefore it increases the fuel efficiency of your vehicle.
This results in a relatively reduced tread-wear in comparison to its competitor.
In addition, this tire has a 3-ply sidewall that makes it robust and protects it on rugged terrains.
Comfort Differences
A downside of having large grooves in the tread design is that it creates more noise as well as vibrations, the reason behind that is the air friction that hits the tire and collides back and forth.
Therefore, the Wrangler Duratrac creates noise, but its noise levels are still better than most of the A/T tires.
In contrast, the Tail Hog AT is even more vibrant and creates more noise than the Wrangler Duratrac due to its wider grooves that entrap more air in its tread.
So, in terms of comfort, the Wrangler Duratrac is the winner.
Which one has better Looks?
As discussed before, the tread pattern of both tires is almost the same.
In fact, it’s hard to tell them apart until you don’t observe closely.
Even so, the Wrangler Duratrac has a more compact tread design, while the Trail Hog A/T has a more open and wide tread design.
Both of these tires have an aggressive look that catches the attention of everyone around them.
In conclusion
- Both the Wrangler Duratrac and Trail Hog A/T are all-terrain tires, particularly made for maximum off-road traction.
- In comparison, the Wrangler Duratrac has a bit more compact tread design than the Trail Hog A/T which gives it more surface area to perform better on-road.
- The grooves and sipes of the Trail Hog A/T are a little larger than Wrangler Duratrac, making it slightly better on wet surfaces and off-road terrains.
- The tread-wear of Trail Hog A/T is a little better than the Wrangler Duratrac.
- The prices of both the tires are almost same. However, the Trail Hog A/T is slightly low-priced.
