Experience with Belle Tire?
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Laughing Gas
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Experience with Belle Tire?
My F-250 is going to need tires soon. It came with the Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers and I've gotten almost 50K out of them and they have been good tires. Belle Tire has them on special until March 31st at a really good price so I'm thinking about replacing with same. I've never been to Belle Tire and just curious if anyone has and how was the experience. Also, they offer a tire protection plan that costs an extra $46 per tire adding almost $200 to the bill. Is the protection plan something I should consider or is it just a cash grab by tire stores. I don't offroad in my truck and 99% of miles are highway plus towing my travel trailer.
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My F-250 is going to need tires soon. It came with the Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers and I've gotten almost 50K out of them and they have been good tires. Belle Tire has them on special until March 31st at a really good price so I'm thinking about replacing with same. I've never been to Belle Tire and just curious if anyone has and how was the experience. Also, they offer a tire protection plan that costs an extra $46 per tire adding almost $200 to the bill. Is the protection plan something I should consider or is it just a cash grab by tire stores. I don't offroad in my truck and 99% of miles are highway plus towing my travel trailer.
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My F-250 is going to need tires soon. It came with the Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers and I've gotten almost 50K out of them and they have been good tires. Belle Tire has them on special until March 31st at a really good price so I'm thinking about replacing with same. I've never been to Belle Tire and just curious if anyone has and how was the experience. Also, they offer a tire protection plan that costs an extra $46 per tire adding almost $200 to the bill. Is the protection plan something I should consider or is it just a cash grab by tire stores. I don't offroad in my truck and 99% of miles are highway plus towing my travel trailer.
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Do you have the diesel engine? I've read that the weight of the diesel engine will wear these (and most others) out faster. I'm at 17k and rotate mine every 5k and keep them aired up properly and I can tell the GY Wranglers are wearing, but so far they're even and have a good amount of tread left. Based on the wear so far, I'm thinking (hoping) I'll be able to get 40k out of them... I am torn between replacing them with the GY Duratracs or the Falken Wildpeaks... as well as sticking with the 33's or moving up to the 35's... LOL.
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Do you have the diesel engine? I've read that the weight of the diesel engine will wear these (and most others) out faster. I'm at 17k and rotate mine every 5k and keep them aired up properly and I can tell the GY Wranglers are wearing, but so far they're even and have a good amount of tread left. Based on the wear so far, I'm thinking (hoping) I'll be able to get 40k out of them... I am torn between replacing them with the GY Duratracs or the Falken Wildpeaks... as well as sticking with the 33's or moving up to the 35's... LOL.
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Laughing Gas
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Well I'm not sure. I rotate them as you do. My truck has a gas engine so less weight than a diesel? 99% highway miles? Right now there are 49,200 miles on these tires and frankly I could probably get another summer out of them. Wear bars are somewhat close but not there yet.
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Well I'm not sure. I rotate them as you do. My truck has a gas engine so less weight than a diesel? 99% highway miles? Right now there are 49,200 miles on these tires and frankly I could probably get another summer out of them. Wear bars are somewhat close but not there yet.
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Tire insurance is a cash grab. Tires are discounted to margins so low they have to make it up somewhere. If I have a tire fail for some reason and the whole set has 30 grand on them, the last thing I'm going to do is replace one tire with a new one and leave the others. I'm probably going to put a new set on. Think about how many times over your driving career. You've had a tire issue, I can count them on one hand. For me, I'll take my chances and gamble that I won't ruin the tire and save the 46 bucks a tire for insurance. .YMMV
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Driving style, road and weather conditions have a lot to do with tire wear too. I live/travel in a moderate and wetter territory, and can usually squeeze 55-60,000 miles out of a set of tires, vs an associate of mine who travels a hotter/drier area on the other side of the state who can usually only get 45-50,000. He’s got a higher interstate speed limit too.
We just bought new tires for my wife’s car. We skipped the road hazard warranty. She made it the last 25 years without a flat. Odds are in her favor, so we’ll “self-insure.”
We just bought new tires for my wife’s car. We skipped the road hazard warranty. She made it the last 25 years without a flat. Odds are in her favor, so we’ll “self-insure.”
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Here is how I think about the tire insurance. My last truck I drove for 268k, and had 6 sets of tires, and never had a tire issue. If I'd bought the insurance, that would be $1200. Take the $200 and stick it in a drawer for if you tear up a tire.
In my 40 years of driving, I've had one tire that was not pluggable, and I was hauling trees out of an area I was clearing, and has a sapling stump we'd cut go through a sidewall.
In my 40 years of driving, I've had one tire that was not pluggable, and I was hauling trees out of an area I was clearing, and has a sapling stump we'd cut go through a sidewall.
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My F-250 is going to need tires soon. It came with the Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers and I've gotten almost 50K out of them and they have been good tires. Belle Tire has them on special until March 31st at a really good price so I'm thinking about replacing with same. I've never been to Belle Tire and just curious if anyone has and how was the experience. Also, they offer a tire protection plan that costs an extra $46 per tire adding almost $200 to the bill. Is the protection plan something I should consider or is it just a cash grab by tire stores. I don't offroad in my truck and 99% of miles are highway plus towing my travel trailer.
I've had two SD trucks in three years and both had a flat that I was able to save before messing it up and no sidewall punctures. Both trucks were purchased new and had less than 10,000 miles before having a puncture. It's best if you go by your flat tire history to make that decision, but one nail too close to the sidewall and that tire is toast. $184 is good insurance. Those Goodyear Kevlar Wranglers are not cheap tires.
I sold my 18" Wranglers as Take Offs and installed the 20" Michelin All Season. They are quiet, handle great and last a long time if rotated. Only so so off road though. I can still fit in a Touchless car wash, lol.
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Laughing Gas
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I'm in Michigan working and there are several Belle Tire stores in Warren/Detroit area. They look well equipped and generally clean for a tire shop. I peeked in one while they were cleaning up at close.
I've had two SD trucks in three years and both had a flat that I was able to save before messing it up and no sidewall punctures. Both trucks were purchased new and had less than 10,000 miles before having a puncture. It's best if you go by your flat tire history to make that decision, but one nail too close to the sidewall and that tire is toast. $184 is good insurance. Those Goodyear Kevlar Wranglers are not cheap tires.
I sold my 18" Wranglers as Take Offs and installed the 20" Michelin All Season. They are quiet, handle great and last a long time if rotated. Only so so off road though. I can still fit in a Touchless car wash, lol.
I've had two SD trucks in three years and both had a flat that I was able to save before messing it up and no sidewall punctures. Both trucks were purchased new and had less than 10,000 miles before having a puncture. It's best if you go by your flat tire history to make that decision, but one nail too close to the sidewall and that tire is toast. $184 is good insurance. Those Goodyear Kevlar Wranglers are not cheap tires.
I sold my 18" Wranglers as Take Offs and installed the 20" Michelin All Season. They are quiet, handle great and last a long time if rotated. Only so so off road though. I can still fit in a Touchless car wash, lol.
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