I will not buy a new brand name tire again, and as for the Lord provides painting, He gave me the skills to paint well, which has provided for my family.
ah cool.
iv only needed brand new ones once in my life. shrugs
I am famous for buying used tires. There's a local place that has a warehouse full of tires. They used to be $25 for a decent truck tire. Now they want $45 for that sane used tire.
I always bought pairs of tires when used, when even only one was NEEDED.
Made for spares.
Anyways, a used tire has about 1/3 the life of a new tire. I'm begining to think these Treadwrights are safe. (Even before I posted this thread)
The truck I want tires for, hasnt really had problems with the snow this year, plus no snow means crippled cash flow.
I will definitely be purchasing 5 about the time spring starts.
I'm gonna beg to get 235/85/16 as they are for a 2wheel shovel truck. Pizza cutters are the best show tire.
I am famous for buying used tires. There's a local place that has a warehouse full of tires. They used to be $25 for a decent truck tire. Now they want $45 for that sane used tire.
I always bought pairs of tires when used, when even only one was NEEDED.
Made for spares.
Anyways, a used tire has about 1/3 the life of a new tire. I'm begining to think these Treadwrights are safe. (Even before I posted this thread)
The truck I want tires for, hasnt really had problems with the snow this year, plus no snow means crippled cash flow.
I will definitely be purchasing 5 about the time spring starts.
I'm gonna beg to get 235/85/16 as they are for a 2wheel shovel truck. Pizza cutters are the best show tire.
by my calculations. 40000 rated tires. used at 5th which is 8000. $300 for the new one 45 for the used. you would save 75 bucks per new tire worth of old tires.
getting a used that has a whole 3rd tread left is not so common. you also forget that when you get that low, there is a actual noticeable difference in your stopping distance.
last time i got tires i had to go to 2 stores to get tires for my dodge that were used. and its not ideal as different tread patterns can have an adverse effect over a long time.
if you have a supply of matching used tires that is preferable.
Need to buy 8 tires and searched for a treadwell thread to get reviews. I haven't seen a bad review, but I dont know which to get, the Guard Dog or the Warden. What about the Howler, its billed as a mud and snow tire (but noisy). Gonna get the Kedge grip on whatever I order. Is on better than the other? Maybe I will get 2 different sets and see how they compare?
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02 F250 Sno Way 9' V Plow, Salt Dogg 2000
99 Ram 1500 8' Sno Way Straight Blade
94 F350 8' Fisher
89 F250HD Western Straight, SnoWay Tailgate Spreader
I have run them for years, on work trucks and personal vehicles never had a problem......I will never buy new tires again. I have run the Wardens, Axioms, and Sentinels.....I find the ones with The Kedge and walnut shells wear faster.....so I dont get that anymore.......but overall a complete winner....
I have gone through 5 sets on my trucks. All of them had Kedge grip.
First was the 06 Megacab. I first tried the Sentinel with Kedge, great tires.
Next set was another set of sentinel for the winter tires on the megacab, and then bought a larger set of guard dogs for the summer. Great experience with both those sets. Although the guard dog was a little loud, but looked real nice, and had great traction off road, although I didn't use them much for that.
I put a set on my 95 3500 dually they were the warden with kedge. In two winters with that truck I only used 4x4 once with the 2yd spreader on. Nice and quiet, good traction, wore evenly.
I have a set of sentinels on the Excursion family vehicle, great tires.
When the 5500 is due I will buy Treadwrights then too.
I only had one tire start to separate after 35000 miles of hard plowing and towing daily. It happened after hitting a huge pot hole on the freeway at about 65, and the tire bulged. I imagine any tire would have done that, and at that point the tires were pretty worn out.
In all 5 sets I have been surprised how smooth the tires rolled, and they took less weight to balance on average than new tires. Sometimes not needing any on one side at all.
I was a mechanic for a few years before I started our business, and new tires would almost always take more weight than what I have seen on the Treadwrights I have had.
Hope that helps. Buy them with confidence, they are a good product.
Dan
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My Equipment: Enough stuff to get done what I said I would, and adding more as needed!
285/75/16 wardens are holding up just fine.. Installed this spring. Only complaint I would have is the first 100 or so miles (and again after rotation) the tires felt very wobbly? It was almost as if the truck was swaying from side to side at highway speeds. Nothing horrendous, and it did go away quickly. Very happy with the purchase!
285/75/16 wardens are holding up just fine.. Installed this spring. Only complaint I would have is the first 100 or so miles (and again after rotation) the tires felt very wobbly? It was almost as if the truck was swaying from side to side at highway speeds. Nothing horrendous, and it did go away quickly. Very happy with the purchase!
Bought (4) Guard Dogs (2) with kedge Grip just to see the difference. IMO the tires are a great buy but the Kedge grip seems to wear slightly faster. On my f250 reg cab v10 love em but their loud! Been running them for about a year with no problems and I tow a trailer almost every day.
Within the first 100-200 miles there is a mold line down the middle of the tread that has to wear away. After that it good.
Good excuse for a burnout, maybe?
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Past: 8.5' Diamond on 12' stake body dump 15,000lb upgraded F350, for state highways...and lack of experience.
Present: Snowbear on 2002 GMC 1500 and ancient Ariens, for personal use only.
Just installed the Wardens on my Dodge on Sunday. They look so good I'm not sure if o want to put the Guard Dogs that I originally wanted or Wardens on my F250 now.
Snomover, how does the Guard Dogs do in the snow. (getting kedge on whichever model order)
Looking at the prices they seem really good until iget to shipping and then paying to mount the tires. I figure i could save $100 bucks when its all said and done thats without kedgegrip and if i have a problem my tire guy wont stand behind them. Anyone think im crazy here?
Not sure what size your looking at but LT tires, not P, are not even close to treadwrights prices. I had 4 Wardens, basically BF Goodrich tread, on BFGoodrich casings so they look like the real deal for $484 delivered. I mounted them myself but even so, another $40? Those same tires are $197 each on tirerack.com.
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