Let’s talk TIRES

[RED-Z06 2,353]

20 minutes ago, Easton Rich said:

Ok, stupid me didnt read the post fully

Id like to put them on some 12x10.5s but those are tough to find.

[Pete D 89]

22 minutes ago, RED-Z06 said:

Used tires are a crap shoot, if a tire is in mint condition with no rust stuck on the beads, no repairs, no dry checking...id consider selling them for $35-$45ea...but I normally have 1 tire thats not perfect and can the pair.  You can get new ones for about $90 shipped in that size and brand, or about $70 shipped in other brands.

Wow, they cost a lot less than the Ags!

[RED-Z06 2,353]

19 minutes ago, Pete D said:

Wow, they cost a lot less than the Ags!

Alot depends on brand and ply rating, on Amazon's "big deal days" and "black fridays" I always search tire sizes to look for deals.  2023 i got 26x12x12 Carlisle Versaturfs for $90ea shipped on Black Friday.

 

Giga-tires has BKT for a real nice price

 

[ebinmaine 69,280]

4 hours ago, RED-Z06 said:

Giga-tires has BKT for a real nice price

 

WATCH the FREIGHT PRICE 

 

That same tire is available from Simple tire for $80 to $90 WITH shipping. A far cry from 143 ish...

[AlexR 849]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

WATCH the FREIGHT PRICE 

 

That same tire is available from Simple tire for $80 to $90 WITH shipping. A far cry from 143 ish...

I agree you do have to watch the shipping, but that $147.60 is for 2 tires. So it is cheaper, even with the shipping cost. 

Edited Monday at 11:22 AM by AlexR

[ebinmaine 69,280]

28 minutes ago, AlexR said:

I agree you do have to watch the shipping, but that $147.60 is for 2 tires. So it is cheaper, even with the shipping cost. 

 

 

There's another example of regional markets differing, and even day to day.

 

Just a few days ago I could get those tires shipped to my door for 79 something a piece.

I've never bought anything from giga because they're freight price has always been higher. Just now I looked it up and you can see below what it would cost me to get two of those tires shipped to my door this morning.

 

For the record now though. Most of the other sellers are up around $90 today, to me. So Giga still has a lower price than everyone except flea Bay and one other I can't recall.

 

 

Kind of tells me it might pay to watch the prices for a few days or a month or whatever.....

 

I'm definitely glad I bought them when I did.

 

 

[Bar Nuthin 853]

 

8 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

Mine are mounted on 8.50 rims tubeless. Of course I took them to a tire shop. They are not fun to mount at home. 

 

 

Yeah, I probably could have seated them if I had an air blaster. It was a no-go with ratchet straps. And no way was I gonna try the starting fluid trick! 

[AlexR 849]

48 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

For the record now though. Most of the other sellers are up around $90 today, to me. So Giga still has a lower price than everyone except flea Bay and one other I can't recall.

 

I use tires-easy a bit but eBay has good prices too.

Here is what tires-easy is for those BKT TR315 4ply tires

They have free shipping. 

[Pete D 89]

Tires easy is CHEAP!

I did ok, though. I had to pay 6% tax, too.

 

 

9 hours ago, RED-Z06 said:

 

 

Edited Monday at 01:54 PM by Pete D

[ebinmaine 69,280]

2 minutes ago, Pete D said:

 

I did ok, though.

 

 

I'll be curious to see how we like the BKT Trenchers in a few years.....

 

[RED-Z06 2,353]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

WATCH the FREIGHT PRICE 

 

That same tire is available from Simple tire for $80 to $90 WITH shipping. A far cry from 143 ish...

Thats 2 tires with freight included...

[ebinmaine 69,280]

5 minutes ago, RED-Z06 said:

Thats 2 tires with freight included...

 I see that now....

But not to Maine. 

[Pete D 89]

I got my BKTs mounted & filled with Rimguard.  Here are some photos next to the Carlisle Turf Savers I removed:

They are both 23x10.50-12 tires.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Pete D