O/O's: My experience with Double Coin Tires and fuel mileage

twolane · Jan 17, 2012

Update...
Well it's been a while and I now have 78,000 miles on the TR-100s on the steer axle. Out of 14/32" tread depth new, they are at 10/32" now with no weird wear patterns. (s/a wt. typically 11,500#,,,psi @110#)
Performance on ice/snow/rain is very good.
I own 18 of these and wouldn't want anything else.

Ya'll have a great day!
R.

whats in a name? · Jan 17, 2012

twolane said: ↑

Update...
Well it's been a while and I now have 78,000 miles on the TR-100s on the steer axle. Out of 14/32" tread depth new, they are at 10/32" now with no weird wear patterns. (s/a wt. typically 11,500#,,,psi @110#)
Performance on ice/snow/rain is very good.
I own 18 of these and wouldn't want anything else.

Ya'll have a great day!
R.
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what are you giving for them these days?

twolane · Jan 17, 2012

$337.50ea. mounted out the door.

Recent purchce...
8x $337.50 ea.= $2700.00
8x -$75.00 ea.= $600.00 (trade ins)

8 new tires on the truck, out the door $2100.00

I'll move the current steers to the trailer when it's time & put new on the front.

I buy my tires form Loves.

Hope this helps.
R.

kubotaorange76 · Feb 12, 2012

anyone else have experience

thomas msuhrooms · Feb 13, 2013

in my fleet we have 82 tractors an 102 reefer trailers. i have used thousand of DC tr 100 an rr150 on our trailers. I'm a big fan of double coin tires.
thats all. www.stmtires.com is wheres it at ...

EZX1100 · Mar 28, 2013

i like the sound of these Double Coins

Pound Puppy · Mar 28, 2013

I used them on my last truck running out west coast back east. They did great with the desert heat and snow up in the NW. Never had a blowout I traded the truck in had 140,000 miles with 8/32" tread with no irregular wear. When these wear out Ill go back to DC.

ShortBusKid · Mar 31, 2013

They are on sale at Loves right now. About $300 a piece. I need 4 trailer tires and am going to get them while they're on sale. The Loves in Rhome, TX had a sign for an additional $40 off so they were $262 each. Can't beat that price and I wish I had time yesterday to get them put on.

Harley Tramp · Sep 9, 2014

twolane said: ↑

Admin, I'm not sure where to put this so please move it if needed.

I want to share my experience with the Double Coin TR-100 trailer tires.

A year ago I replaced 8 "caps" on a truck that I was just putting into service. I run the southwest and caps just won't do. I'd already spent ALOT of money on the truck & wanted new tires just to get through the summer months. I shopped around, did some research, and had 8 of the TR-100's installed on the drives. (These tires are rated at 6175#, have 5 steel plys in the tread & 1 in the sidewall. Same as a Premium Bridgestone steer tire)

Here's where it gets interesting,,,my fuel mileage went UP about 3/4 of a mile. After 78000 miles they still looked good and had only worn down 4/32". (They start with 14/32" of tread.) I got stupid and replaced them with a set of deep-lug highway tires because winter is coming and I run the midwest too. This imediately dropped my MPG by 3/4 of a mile! After running these "lugs" for 29000 miles, I had them pulled off and another new set of the TR-100's installed. You guessed it,,, MPG is back UP from 6.28 average to 7.00. These averages are between oil changes at 15000 miles so it's a good "average".

Here's where it REALLY get's interesting...

I made the comment to my tire-guy that I was so impressed with the TR-100's on the drives that I wouldn't be afraid to run them on the steer axle. (Yea, he looked at me like I was nuts)

Did some more research and get this. The TR-100 is an "all position" tire specifically designed for "trailer, tag, & steer axle" use! Any free-rolling position. Don't believe me? Go to the Double Coin website and check it out for yourself.

It's about time for some new steer tires and I plan to try the TR-100's.
At $212.00 ea. mounted, compared to about $500.00 ea. for a Bridgestone it's a slam-dunk.
The biggest difference I can see is the lesser tread depth, and since steer tires never wear out the main part of the tread before they start cutting/cupping on the edges, that won't mean much.

I'm NOT advising anyone to do what I do but I wanted to share what I've learned with those of you that buy the fuel & tires that are on the truck you drive.

Comments are welcome!

R.
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I installed Double Coins on my lift axle, having good luck with them. 385s I would recomend them. The price is right compared to brand names

Hurst · Sep 9, 2014

I have two 255/70 22.5 on my step trailer. I usually use Firestone 560 or Bridgestone, but have had really good mileage from Yokohama as well. But with Yoko's the cheapest at $360, the Double Coins do have a significant price advantage.

I've got about 25k miles on the Double Coins so far and they are doing pretty good. I wont know how they really stand up compared to the others for at least another 10 - 12 months,.. if they make it that long. We'll see.

Hurst

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