Best $400 I have ever spent.

[Pony]

I am going up north to do some fishing this week. I generally take some time to look over my vehicle and trailer in advance to make sure I am 100% road worthy. Yesterday I was checking my tires and noticed that the tread on my truck tires was pretty worn and I had a lot of cracks in the tires. I decided even though I really dont have the money to do it, to get new tires before my trip. I asked them to put the old tires in the back of my truck so I wouldnt have to pay the disposal fee. When I was paying they told me I was lucky to have replaced them when I did. I figured that they were just saying that because they were happy to have my business. It wasnt until i examined them when I got home that I realized how truly lucky I was......<br /><br />Here is a pic of one of the tires. 3 of the 4 were like this, and I didnt notice it when the tires were on the truck because they were on the back side of the tire.Here is a picture of my brand new ties. Dayton Timberline AT's. Moral of the story, and we have heard it before....its very important to check your vehicle tires.

 

[roscoe]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

hmmmm, "stone" Duelers, glad I thru mine away when I bought the Blazer. They were almost new, but road like poop.<br /><br />Are you sure there isn't something uwrong with the truck that may have caused the tire wear?<br /><br />Have fun up nort.

 

[BF]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

yikes, those look REALLY worn out. I would've made 'em a priority long ago. Good that you bit the bullet when you did... but you might wanna rotate the new ones once in a while. Part of the benefit of rotating is that you get a good chance to look 'em over.

 

[deputydawg]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Some friendly advice, get your vehicle alignment checked. That wear is not even enough, and is almost definately a sign of poor alignment. It also looks like that one tire was out of balance a little. Did it have a vibration to it? <br /><br />Just a little advice from a former mechanic. Will save you a few galons of gas a year too getting it lined up.

 

[eeboater]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

I have the Dayton Timberline series of tires on my CJ... they are pretty good tires.<br /><br />Sean

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Sean - I have heard and read that as well. I hope that it holds true<br /><br />Deputy- I just had the entire alignment pretty much done. After this http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=010496;p=1#000000. New bearings, control arms, pitman rods, steering box, tie rods, etc. I had suspected that my alignment was messed up awhile ago, but never had it checked out until i messed up the front end and it was too late to see if it was or not...<br />The rear axel is about 2 years old and i just had the seals redone on it. I believe those tires were on it with the previous axel.<br /><br /><br />BF- Now that I got these tires, rotations are free from the shop, but I am definately gonna pay much closer attention to them as I go along. I wanted to replace them long ago, but the above link cost me $1,600 to fix and I just didn't have the funds. I too am glad I bit the bullet

 

[eeboater]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Hey Pony, where'd you get the tires from? I wish I'd have known, my (former) step-dad is National Retail Sales manager for Pomps tire.<br /><br />Sean

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Got them through my mechanics warehouse. $85 a tire plus $5 per tire to balance etc.

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

not sure if it was a great deal....but certainly cheaper than going with what i had (Bridgestone Dueller HT)

 

[LubeDude]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Thanks for the reminder, I have to get new tires for the Ranger soon. I was going to do it last Fall, but decided they had a few more mile in them.<br /><br />The tires I have now are BF Goodrich All terrain T/As. Its hard to beleive, but I have 71,000 miles on them. I rotate them every oil change, but then I go 10,000 mile on oil changes too. They are not slick, but I sure do need new ones.

 

[Booner]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Pony hope you enjoy you new treads. Reminds me of the beast $400 bucks I ever spent. In 1988 I bought a 1968 Camero convertible it had a 327. Wish I still had that car. Babies came and the wife wanted me to sell it.

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Hey LD- I was considering BF's All terrains, but I just didnt have the money. When these go I would like to get some beefy BFs.....like the 31's with some really aggressive tread. You said you have lots of miles on your BF's, how are they otherwise? noisy? ride?

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Pony,<br /><br />Go up about 2 lbs. on air pressure, remove the left rear spring rubber or go up 1 turn on the track-bar, and don't dive turn 3 quite so hard.

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

ROFL @ BoatBuoy

 

[eeboater]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Originally posted by BoatBuoy:<br /> Pony,<br /><br />Go up about 2 lbs. on air pressure, remove the left rear spring rubber or go up 1 turn on the track-bar, and don't dive turn 3 quite so hard.

LMAO!!!!

 

[Pony]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

I'll add some wedge and take some tape off the grill n post my results.

 

[sankanother1]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Bridgestone tires suck!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Mutley in another life.

 

[mikeandronda]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Yes by now he has probably gone through at least one more change of tires since this thread started........or am I experiencing Deja Vue

 

[rogerwa]

Re: Best $400 I have ever spent.

Those HT's are crap.. I have a set on my Suburban that I am replacing this week. I did get 57K out of them but they are noisy as can be and not particularly good performers. I had a set of HLs on my Expedition that were great tires with the exception of handling water. they acted like a waterski. Not good when travelling 65 in a top heavy SUV.. I did get 65+K out of those.

I am moving on to a set of Michelin LTX m/s to the tune of about $800. I love getting new tires..

** didn't notice this was an old one..