Tire help Please
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04-01-2008, 07:26 PM
RE: Tire help Please
ORIGINAL: 1 Big B
So of your subset of dataonly 3 trucks match our example. That is not a very big sample of the big picture. I'm only talking specificly about about the 35x12.5x17 size tire on Dodge trucks.
With that said the tire store I go to sells a little more than 1000 set of those tires in a year and lets say that 30% go on dodge trucks (~300). So if they have problems with 90% of them that is 270 sets of tires that folks may have problems with. Hopefully if someone does buy a set they are one of the 30 good sets. Granted this is not a big sample in the big picture but it should shed more confidence than 3.
I'm just sharing the information that I have frist hand knowledge of, where you are going off hear say. Maybe the tires you are getting in Georgia or Florida are out of a different factory than we get here in the Pacific NorthwestI don't know.What I do know isthat if you are expecting your truck to stay on the road after put a set of these on you might want to think about again before shelling out $1000 or more.
Just my .02 cents
B
So of your subset of dataonly 3 trucks match our example. That is not a very big sample of the big picture. I'm only talking specificly about about the 35x12.5x17 size tire on Dodge trucks.
With that said the tire store I go to sells a little more than 1000 set of those tires in a year and lets say that 30% go on dodge trucks (~300). So if they have problems with 90% of them that is 270 sets of tires that folks may have problems with. Hopefully if someone does buy a set they are one of the 30 good sets. Granted this is not a big sample in the big picture but it should shed more confidence than 3.
I'm just sharing the information that I have frist hand knowledge of, where you are going off hear say. Maybe the tires you are getting in Georgia or Florida are out of a different factory than we get here in the Pacific NorthwestI don't know.What I do know isthat if you are expecting your truck to stay on the road after put a set of these on you might want to think about again before shelling out $1000 or more.
Just my .02 cents
B
I'm also not doubting your personal experience with them at all. Bad batch maybe, or poor install? Wouldn't be the first time someone didn't balance a tire correctly. I've been around large groups of 4x4 owners all my life and most people who've had Toyo's are as adamant about not using another brand, ever, as I am about Mickey's & Cepek's...
A couple examples:
"2003 dodge diesel - 35/12.50/17 - I would recommend this tires. They are super quiet for a MT. They are very good in snow. OK on ice Great offroad tire. 10ply tire! the best looking mt out there."
"Dodge 3500 Q/C 4x4 Diesel - 35" x 12.5" x 17" - Man these tires impressed me! 3500 km on Alberta's hiways and the roughest muddiest back roads guiding for moose. floated my heavy front end so well I got brave and took my heavy rig up a few logging trails into the clearcuts in the rain. I definatly love these tires, they are quiet, clean well, and the only 35" ten ply M/T tire on the market. after all this rough use they dont show any wear. "
"Dodge - 35. / 12.5 - SWEET TIRE"
"Dodge 1500 4x4 Best tires I have ever owned, have not tested in snow yet and have not had them for very long. I have used them in water/rivers/mud/climbing slippery hills and they work great."
NowI'm not trying to pull the wool over your eyes, not every review I've seen is perfect, some noise complaints and a couple gripes about harsh ride from the knobby tread and most gripe about the price,but I've yet to find anyone with the issue you had...