Maxxis Tires???

[642mx]

Re: Maxxis Tires???

Since when is spending $500 on tires you don't need cheap insurance?

When a semi driver kills your wife or kid standing on the side of the road while your trying to change a tire....

My Maxxis tires where 90 something dollars a piece... not exactly $500 for a single axle....right?

 

[dingbat]

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When a semi driver kills your wife or kid standing on the side of the road while your trying to change a tire....

Ah, the old "kill you wife and kids sales" pitch. You gotta love the scare tactics sales pitches. (And I'm a regional Sales Manager) The chances of your wife and kids getting killed on the side of the road changing a trailer tire is equal to, if not greater, than you winning the power ball lottery.

Care to bet? I pay you $500 if you win the power ball lottery in the next 4 years? You pay me $500 if you don't?

In the 25 some odds years I've been dragging trailers around I've never had a tire failure and I put more miles on a trailer in a weekend than most do in a year. Over 3K miles in the last 30 days alone. So....either I've been very, very lucky or my tire replacement scheme is working just fine.

My Maxxis tires where 90 something dollars a piece... not exactly $500 for a single axle....right?

Not everybody has a single axle trailer. Maxxis tire for my trailer are $118 each. Multiply that by 4, add mounting and balancing, and your well into $500 per trailer. A multi-million dollar umbrella insurance policy would be more cost effective

 

[83Evinrude]

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I just got quoated $70 at a local tire store to mount and balance 2 tires.

Take them to Walmart, the last set I ordered from TireRack cost $50 for a set of 4 to mount, spin balance and included lifetime rotation and balance.

 

[642mx]

Re: Maxxis Tires???

Ah, the old "kill you wife and kids sales" pitch. You gotta love the scare tactics sales pitches. (And I'm a regional Sales Manager) The chances of your wife and kids getting killed on the side of the road changing a trailer tire is equal to, if not greater, than you winning the power ball lottery.

Care to bet? I pay you $500 if you win the power ball lottery in the next 4 years? You pay me $500 if you don't?

In the 25 some odds years I've been dragging trailers around I've never had a tire failure and I put more miles on a trailer in a weekend than most do in a year. Over 3K miles in the last 30 days alone. So....either I've been very, very lucky or my tire replacement scheme is working just fine.

IMO, spending the money on the tires makes ME feel better. I know I did everything I could to NOT put myself or my wife (or others) in a potentially dangerous situation.

The odds of having a blow out decrease by having new rubber... and thats a fact that you cannot argue.

I hope your luck continues... but I believe in making my own luck.

 

[smokeonthewater]

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I hope your luck continues... but I believe in making my own luck.

WORD!

I have personally had 3 blowouts within 500 miles of each other with 6 year old tires on my rv... the last one did some nasty damage this was during hurricane Gustav

I was flat out scary changing on the side of the road in hurricane evac traffic

btw before anyone asks i used my spare and those of two co workers who were also evacuating with me

I now have 2 yr old maxxis tires and in a couple more years I'll replace them again

 

[dingbat]

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IMO, spending the money on the tires makes ME feel better. I know I did everything I could to NOT put myself or my wife (or others) in a potentially dangerous situation.

The odds of having a blow out decrease by having new rubber... and thats a fact that you cannot argue.

I hope your luck continues... but I believe in making my own luck.

As the sign above one of our Shift Manager?s office door has said for years,

"Zero downtime is like luck. You can't buy it, you can only create it."

 

[642mx]

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As the sign above one of our Shift Manager?s office door has said for years,

I think I've made my point... And I think everyone understands it but yourself... which is fine with me. Happy Boating! (and I wish you the best of luck trailering).