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I hope they are reading....
I bought 2 for the rear of my '65 used to haul firewood. They are absolutely not safe. The sidewalls are so week it wanders dangerously. F250, 245/75/16 LR E, same size as those they replaced. I wanted them to work, they look good, but I will not use them and am waiting to see if TW makes this right.
As for cost, I've got $260 in the pair up to now, they were $99 each. Not sure I'd go this way again.
I hope they are reading....
I bought 2 for the rear of my '65 used to haul firewood. They are absolutely not safe. The sidewalls are so week it wanders dangerously. F250, 245/75/16 LR E, same size as those they replaced. I wanted them to work, they look good, but I will not use them and am waiting to see if TW makes this right.
As for cost, I've got $260 in the pair up to now, they were $99 each. Not sure I'd go this way again.
When did you get them and were they the retread or the bead to bead remold?
Tires used:
Treadwright Sentinel 245/75R17 - Load Range E
Goodyear Commercial casings.
Paid US$95 each. (US$ 380 for a set of 4, plus $115 shipped to my front door.)
Bought at 175k miles; Currently on 198k miles. 23k miles on the tires.
New tie rods and an alignment shortly after installation.
Bought on 10 March 2012.
One of them failed on the highway in April, a 3x8 inch section of tread peeled off the casing. Sent them pics and a new tire was immediately sent to me free of charge and free shipping. They did not require me to send them the old tire, they told me to just throw it out. (I did not have a spare. I ordered it separately.)
The tires are a good all-terrain. They handle well on dry and wet pavement and gravel as well as mud and snow.
I have not gone rock crawling with them.
They do support heavy loads when hauling and towing, as I'd expect a Load Range E to do.
The sidewalls appear to be shaved down as part of their process to apply the new tread. I originally thought they sent me tire casings that had been driven on flat... But all six tires look the same. The sales person explained that some of the lettering on the sidewall gets shaved when they retread it.
While there was one defect in the six tires they sent me, I think they're good tires.
They stood behind their product, acknowledged the failure, and corrected the issue. Since then, I haven't had any problems.
Well I'm not happy at all. See my previous post. After a week of nothing I inquired again and received this...."Looks like the issue is caused by you only putting 2 of our Treadwright tires in the back of your vehicle. Our rubber is a softer compound rubber that makes the tires "Tread walk" when driving on them and that is what you are feeling. Since you have a different tire tread and different compound on the front tires the feel is very high. The only thing we can do is give you a 25% discount if you are willing to purchase 2 more tires to put in the front."
It's my fault I only bought 2 tires. Really?! They admit an issue but still my fault.
My response..." Interesting that isn't mentioned on the website. So you are knowingly willing to sell tires without stating that due to their construct, your vehicle will be too dangerous to operate? That is indeed fact. 25% discount is unacceptable, a full refund is. If you are unauthorized to honor that request please forward or provide contact information to those that are.
Tires used:
Treadwright Sentinel 245/75R17 - Load Range E
Goodyear Commercial casings.
Paid US$95 each. (US$ 380 for a set of 4, plus $115 shipped to my front door.)
Bought at 175k miles; Currently on 198k miles. 23k miles on the tires.
New tie rods and an alignment shortly after installation.
Bought on 10 March 2012.
One of them failed on the highway in April, a 3x8 inch section of tread peeled off the casing. Sent them pics and a new tire was immediately sent to me free of charge and free shipping. They did not require me to send them the old tire, they told me to just throw it out. (I did not have a spare. I ordered it separately.)
The tires are a good all-terrain. They handle well on dry and wet pavement and gravel as well as mud and snow.
I have not gone rock crawling with them.
They do support heavy loads when hauling and towing, as I'd expect a Load Range E to do.
The sidewalls appear to be shaved down as part of their process to apply the new tread. I originally thought they sent me tire casings that had been driven on flat... But all six tires look the same. The sales person explained that some of the lettering on the sidewall gets shaved when they retread it.
While there was one defect in the six tires they sent me, I think they're good tires.
They stood behind their product, acknowledged the failure, and corrected the issue. Since then, I haven't had any problems.
Well I'm not happy at all. See my previous post. After a week of nothing I inquired again and received this...."Looks like the issue is caused by you only putting 2 of our Treadwright tires in the back of your vehicle. Our rubber is a softer compound rubber that makes the tires "Tread walk" when driving on them and that is what you are feeling. Since you have a different tire tread and different compound on the front tires the feel is very high. The only thing we can do is give you a 25% discount if you are willing to purchase 2 more tires to put in the front."
It's my fault I only bought 2 tires. Really?! They admit an issue but still my fault.
My response..." Interesting that isn't mentioned on the website. So you are knowingly willing to sell tires without stating that due to their construct, your vehicle will be too dangerous to operate? That is indeed fact. 25% discount is unacceptable, a full refund is. If you are unauthorized to honor that request please forward or provide contact information to those that are.
Thank you"
Crickets...
That doesn't make sense at all. Many vehicles run different size and compound tires front and rear.
I can imagine if you put different tires on each side, but so long as you do a complete axle, you shouldn't have problems.
What PSI were you running and how heavy a load were you hauling?
That doesn't make sense at all. Many vehicles run different size and compound tires front and rear.
I can imagine if you put different tires on each side, but so long as you do a complete axle, you shouldn't have problems.
What PSI were you running and how heavy a load were you hauling?
Couldn't agree more. Normally run 65 in the rear, jacked it up to 80 with very little difference. No load. Really want them to make it right, but when they blame me for not buying 4 tires....I have no respect. And they are blowing me off. No doubt they have a decent product in some cases, but seems there are more problems then should be, but their customer service, it's off the charts terrible. I made a mistake going with them, and they couldn't care less. I'm a senior manufacturing engineer with a DJIA company, no way we would do this to our customers. That might be why we have been around so long...perhaps they wont.
Free. I had access to an automotive shop at the time. I've since lost that access and am searching for mounting and balancing machines.Those aren't the stock sizes for the Excursion.
Was thinking towards the lifted ones like 4in and up. Sorry should have said that.
Paid $582 shipped for 4 tires to my door. Was higher initially, but got Military discount. If you sign up for their newsletter they give same discount to everyone
285/75R16 Treadwright Warden
Load Range E
For a 33" tire, these Wardens are huge. Here they are compared to my 265/75R16 (32") Firestone Transforce
Side by Side (brand new spare)
Almost 2" taller overall
Took 3 weeks from point of placing order to arrive. Tires are sold almost as soon as they make them. The company has lots of business. My only real complaint at all. Company is hard to get a hold of by phone. But very active on Facebook and Messenger.
Installation:
I mounted/balanced myself on base. First time I've ever done that. Wasn't fun, but wasn't terrible either. I will pay a shop to do next time.
I did use more weights than I've seen before...but again I did it. Probably user error
Ride:
With 45-50psi in the tires, the ride is squishy and I'm not a fan. Lots of sidewall bulge. Braking was scary
I now run 62-65 psi. Ride is firm and I have no complaints. Sidewall bulge very minimal, similar to all other Load E I've ever had.
Buddy installed 35/12.5R20 Warden's on his Harley F-250 6.0. Same situation. He started at 50 psi and ended up 65 psi. Said they floated
Noise:
These are very loud tires! They are comparable to Mud Terrains. With windows up, not noticeable. Noise starts about 30 mph and I've driven up to 75 mph with them. Noise gets to a certain level and doesn't get worse.
Traction:
I think they're great. They dig into dirt/rocks/gravel pretty well. Combined with heavy weight of the Excursion and it's a good combo. I've only gotten them to spin once. It was raining and I floored it from a stop.
Like the BFG and Coopers, the tread pattern likes to pick up small rocks. So every now and then you get an annoying "click" due to rock stuck in tread.
01-28-2016, 10:49 AM
Real unhappy with Treadwright
