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Default Tires....help needed on choices

On Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:35:08 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:18:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:43:12 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 09:17:09 -0400,
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On Sun, 2 Jul 2017 05:27:50 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 2:05:46 AM UTC-4, Gunner Asch wrote:
They are
sized LT 225/R75/16, 10 ply, load range E



Thanks!

Gunner



I would check out the Bangag website. Lots of truckers use tires that have been retreaded. Don't know if retreads are available in your size.

Y'mean Bandag, with a "d"?


I use to use retreads on my cor, but that was a long time ago.

Dan
I would NOT use retreads in the heat of California. The BEST tire for
the truck would be a Miclelin - but they would be worth as much as the

The worst tires I've ever driven on came on my 2007 Tundra. Michelins.
They wouldn't let my truck go up a 10% grade of wet grass.
These Bridgestone Dueler A/T REVO 2 tires are outstanding. Quiet,
sticky on both wet and dry ground, and they seem to last well.


I finally broke down and bought Michelin Latitude Tour tires on my
Ranger I am very happy with them as summer tires - Have Nokian
Hakkapeliitta R2s on for the winter.


Let us know what kind of miles you get on them.

I finally got the Toyota dealer to OK the warranty on the aux smog
valve and pump and it's in the shop today. Whew, I was sweatin' like
a pig over that one. $2,500 worth of relief!

I am unlikely to ever wear them out. The original 14 inch tires
lasted about 235000KM - it still had the second set on it when I
bought it, 16 years old, with 307000km on it. I put on a set of used
Coopers that came with the 16 inch TorqThrust style 16 inch mags I put
on it 4 years ago, and I used them for 2 years before replacing them
with the Michelins. The coopers were not worn out, but were well past
their "best before date", being made in 1998. I put less than 10,000km
a year on the truck, about 1/4 of them, historically, on the snows. I
just got rid of the original 21 year old 14 inch snows, and they were
still over 1/2 trad.

My only other personal experience with Michelins was with the old
original "X" tires -on my 1967 Peugeot in 1973. At 6 years of age, the
car had over 100000 miles on it and the tires were still round, still
held air, and still had decent tread on them - but the tread was hard
as a rock and provided very little traction. I replaced 2 with Zambian
Dunlops The old "X" tires were not tubeless - they ran "airstops"