Tires in Gary In.

Diesel Dave · Feb 27, 2023

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Thanks for all the suggestions. 24.5 lo pro are scarce. Hielmann had 2 open shoulders. I ended up getting a real good Firestone 690, also a real good firestone steer, for the trailer.. From the guy on rt. 20. Both used. Also had a big bolt in the good drive next to he blowout. Had it patched. Total $360. Fair enough. I’d just bought the one that blew out, along with a couple used steers for the trailer. That as $450, plus $126 to mount the 3. I’ll still need a couple trailer tires soon. The Guy I bought the bad tire from will give me a free replacement. So I’ll only need to buy 1 trailer tire. Truck tires all look good for now, except the one I just had repaired. Tried to find another dec
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Whenever I buy a used tire(very rare, been a long long time), I look at the DOT number on the side wall by the bead. Tells you the manufacture date. I’m sure your aware of this.

Rideandrepair · Feb 27, 2023

Diesel Dave said: ↑

Whenever I buy a used tire(very rare, been a long long time), I look at the DOT number on the side wall by the bead. Tells you the manufacture date. I’m sure your aware of this.
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Oh yeah. They say within 5 years for casings I think. That seems too long. My cars usually break a belt before wearing the tires tread out. Seems to be a lot more common now. After 5 years, 7 max, a belt breaks. Must be my driving or lack of driving habits. Sitting in the driveway all the time must be the reason. Between the steel belts flattening out, and dry rot. Old days I’d burn em up!!!

FLHT · Feb 27, 2023

Rideandrepair said: ↑

View attachment 455101 View attachment 455102 Thanks for all the suggestions. 24.5 lo pro‘s are scarce. Hielmann had 2 open shoulders. I ended up getting a real good used Firestone 690, for $200, also a good used firestone steer, for the trailer, for $125, from the guy on rt. 20. He had the new Double coins in every size but mine. I also had a big bolt in the tire next to the blowout. Glad I spotted it. Must have just picked it up. Debated on another used drive, with a bit more tread for $100. Patched mine instead for $35. It’s thin, but still legal. Walmart still has the Double Coins on rollback for $326. I think I’ll buy 2 as originally planned and keep the used Firestone as a spare. That’ll give me all good drives. The plan went sideways when I noticed an out of round drive. Half looked good and half was bald. I couldn’t believe it. Been watching both closely, while running them out. Must have always seen the good half. My tire guy. says a small out of round spot, once it happens causes half of the tire to wear real quick. Makes sense. I saw it once, much worse than mine. While fueling talking to another O/O about his General tires. He couldn’t say enough good. I happened to notice the steel. Lots of tread on half and steel showing on half. He hadn’t even noticed.Counting the patch, I’ve had my 3 tire incidents. I swear it’s always 3 within a week. I should be good now for at least a year.
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Put a tube in it and limp home..

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