YES. The main reason for this is the tread of the tires. The air gets trapped & released continuously in the tracks of the tire as it is in motion. If the tracks in your mud tire for a heavy-duty truck are non-directional, the tire will be less noisy. However, if the treads are directional, they will be much noisier. But in the overall scenario, the mud tires are noisy in comparison to other varieties in the market.