Am I the only person on this forum who likes loud tires?

[Silverado4x4]

30 minutes ago, AJMBLAZER said:

Time and places. 
 

When I had my ‘86 K30 on 38” tires I loved it but it also had the 6.2L diesel and dual cherry bombs. It wasn’t for being quiet on long highway drives. 
 

Current truck spends 45 minutes on the highway to and from work 3-4 days a week so I’m not about that life any more. 

Iam with ya on that, I had a 87 with 10" suspension 3" body lift running 38" Ground Hawgs that thing sounded like a B-52 bomber coming down the road then I went to 42" Super Swampers which were alot quieter then the Hawgs.

[TxTruckMan]

Ah hell no.  I like my truck quiet.  I had Duratracs on my last truck and they got really annoying after 20k miles.  That's why i started a thread on here a while back asking about the new Goodyear Territory MTs and how loud they were.  Not many people have them I guess as I didn't get any responses.  I still have my Trailrunners because they are quiet and have been fine for what little off-roading I've done so far.

[OliverDennis52]

Not a fan of the Duratracs.  They're not bad on the highway but around town, annoying.  I only have 8K on them but seriously looking to swap them out for something quieter.  I just can't justify the cost quite yet.

[Grumpy Bear]

On 1/19/2022 at 7:23 PM, Luster said:

Yes. I like that sound. I have Goodyear Wrangler Ultraterrains. Too quiet. I don't like overbearing loud exhaust but tire noise, yes. I know. Weird.

 

8 hours ago, JimCost2014 said:

Simple answer for OP, Yes! 

 

What Jim said. I sample cabin noise from time to time and lower is always my preference. In fact when I replaced my H/T tires for the first time at 125K one of my criteria was noise second only to ride quality. My cabin runs about 70 dbA median and if I could get it down to 45 dbA  Never heard a tire that was in key with Antonio Lucio Vivaldi.  

[M1ck3y]

For me it all depends on the frequency. A high pitched whine will drive me nuts; but a deep hum from something like a mud tire I can get on board with. 

[Dunn]

when i was a kid in the 70s/80s we loved the humm of an offroad tire vs a street tire.......i dont mind it and would prefer a lil humm on the tires..... like the sound of a V8 as well ......

 

off road tire noise was well accepted........nowadays " its a thing"

 

never even heard about tire noise being a negative until i came here a few years ago......doesnt bother me, always had trucks as personal vehicle my whole life so idk

 

then again a 35" mud terrain on a 35'' rim makes no friggen sense whatsoever but yet there they are all day long on streets

Edited January 22, 2022 by Dunn

[Transient]

If it's too loud, you're too old

[Kilgore Trout]

My AT4 came with Duratracs.  I like the tire off road and seems to be doing well on the ice/snow we have had so far.  

 

They are freaking loud and as new as they are now, I know they will be REALLY loud at 20K miles.  I am too cheap to replace them until they are worn out but definitely am not looking forward to the deafening din to come.

[M1ck3y]

15 hours ago, Kilgore Trout said:

My AT4 came with Duratracs.  I like the tire off road and seems to be doing well on the ice/snow we have had so far.  

 

They are freaking loud and as new as they are now, I know they will be REALLY loud at 20K miles.  I am too cheap to replace them until they are worn out but definitely am not looking forward to the deafening din to come.

 

I don't know if I had the same duratrac's as you? I had factory P rated 265/65r18

 

With mine is wasn't that they got louder, it was that the frequency of the tire noise changed because of uneven wear (tires were rotated). It was a constant fluctuating high and low pitch mix of tire whine. Just drove me nuts; more so with the high pitch. 

 

They were a great tire brand new, but went downhill fast. Maybe because they were factory spec'd tires 

[Kilgore Trout]

On 1/26/2022 at 1:02 PM, M1ck3y said:

 

I don't know if I had the same duratrac's as you? I had factory P rated 265/65r18

 

With mine is wasn't that they got louder, it was that the frequency of the tire noise changed because of uneven wear (tires were rotated). It was a constant fluctuating high and low pitch mix of tire whine. Just drove me nuts; more so with the high pitch. 

 

They were a great tire brand new, but went downhill fast. Maybe because they were factory spec'd tires 

Yeah, I actually can't say the decibels go up, maybe it is a frequency change thing.  All I know is the bigger the blocks in the tread and the higher the load rating, the louder they seem to get as they wear.

 

I too really like the tire (other than the noise).  We go up on some pretty gnarly 4X tracks, this winter on some extremely icy and muddy trails and they seem to grip really well, better than I even hoped.

[Transient]

I went for a drive tonight to get out of the house and away from my wife.  She was driving me crazy all day.  Hit the mountains east of San Diego, put to Julian.  It wasn't the tires that bothered me.  It was the fact I was in a truck.  They don't handle sweepers like a Camaro.  I think I need one now.  Do you think the tires are quieter than the supercharger on the ZL1?

[dieselfan1]

Loud tires have there place.... on a big lifted truck like my 18.

10.5" lift and 38" Nitto Trail Grapplers sounds badass going down the road. Commands attention. 

Now the guys that put loud mud tires on a non lifted truck well thats just dumb IMO

[JimCost2014]

1 hour ago, dieselfan1 said:

Commands attention

So, maybe this will not command as much attention? 

 

[JimCost2014]

Commands attention

 

Now this would get my attention:

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by JimCost2014

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