Help with tires
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by VIAJERO1A, Jul 9, 2013.
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Do like I do. Buy them 2 at a time untill you get all 8.
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I am huge fan of goodyear tires
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Michelin advantage program does NOT give you national account pricing. Thats a joke. Not even close. National accounts literally pay half that. They practically give the tires away to national accounts so we all see them. But for us, they charge a ransom. That just irks me. Continentals and Bridgestones are just as good and a much better value. I usually get the best pricing from local dealers in NY and NJ.
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The tire distributor where I buy most of my tires recently dropped their prices. I just bought 4 tires for my step deck for $219 (each).
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Buy your tires in a state that dosen't charge sales tax on truck tires.
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I know I'm a little late to this thread. But thought I would share my personal experience on a very affordable drive tire with exceptional wear and longevity versus the more expensive tires. Dont get me wrong. I'm a profound 'You get what you pay for' kind of guy. I run Michelin XDA2 on my steers. Best price I get for those is $525 a tire. Thats $15 over cost according to my tire guy.
But for drive tires I would never have thought Hankook tires were any good. But I've got 4 on my rear axle that are just shy of 2 years old with 250k miles on them and still have 85% tread. I've personally put 102k miles on these tires since I've had the truck.
Hankook DL07 295/80 22.5
I was originally going to replace all 8 tires in the back with either Michelin or Bridgestones,.. but after seeing how these tires are wearing I decided to replace the odd tires that were on the front drives with 4 more Hankook DL07. To my surprise, they are pretty #### cheap when compared to Michelin or Bridgestone. Hows $380 a tire get you? I got 4 tires installed for $1670. Thats cheaper than T/A will do for those crapola Samson tires they push. Guy I bought my truck from said I should expect another 2 years out of the Hankooks on the back and at least 4 - 5 yrs out of the new ones I just bought.
Just thought I would share.
Hurst281ric Thanks this.
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