that's why I buy all my tires from Discount Tire. They have a ride and drive warranty for the first month or 1,000 miles. If you don't like them you can return it for free and try something else.
The Nitto Ridge Grappler (275-70/R18) have been great since I bought them new in late 2020.

 

I've got a buddy who is the manager of a tire distributor where I get pricing on tires that would more than likely beat any discount tire chain... and I'm not knocking the auto tire chains... but the Treadwrights for the money, in the 18s, couldn't be beat and I wanted to give them a shot for the money. I'm having zero issues with these other than my buddy who owns the shop I go to who mounted them jacked up the pressure a little too much. These Super Dutys hammer the rear tires... I have more wear down the center of the rear Treadwrights because he had them at 78 psi. For this upcoming winter, I think I'll put the rears at 65 to 68 and the fronts at 65 ish...

Just found out I could get a set of Falken 275/65R20s Wildpeak H/TO2s for around $1k or so, can't remember exact price, and that's with tax. The AT4Ws are just over $1400 with tax.

Once I go through the set of Michelins I have in the shed, I'll decide if I'll go with the all terrain tires from Treadwright or do the Falken H/TO2s for summer tires.

 

I have found over 40 yrs that car tires can be hit or miss for any brand. Some brands (Michelin) are better than others IMO.
Last thing I want to do is to chase issues with a tire.

 

The thing about those Treadwrights are they are heavy AF... they recommend a static balance. I ordered my own wheel weights on Amazon for my buddy because they took so much... I get the rear hop at 45 ish or so but it goes away. For just 700 bucks, I can live with that... I bought Innovative Balancing ceramic beads for those 18s but because they had sensors on them, I couldn't feed the beads thru the valve stems. If I decide to go with 20 inch Treadwrights, I'll get their EZ Open bags meant to break open under speed.

But yes, any tire from any manufacturer can be a problem. I once bought a cheap set of Chicom all terrain tires with the severe weather rating from my buddy at least a few years ago. They were awesome in the snow but had the wicked rear end hop Ford Super Dutys are known for. Bought them for under 600 bucks with tax. I'll never buy a cheap Chicom tire ever again...

 

From the Treadwright website:
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Yep I'm aware of what I bought...

​​​​​​​What's your point?

 

​​​​​​​You get what you pay for. No way in hades am I driving on retreads. My life and my families life is worth paying the extra for new tires.

 

That's your opinion and I respect it... now that that's out of the way...

They weigh so much because they remold into the side wall... it's an American business, based in your home state, that I wanted to try.. curious though now that you stuck your nose into this... what's the name brand of tire you bought? You buy American or did you go with a Chinese made off brand?

I've put 9095 miles on mine with zero issues.

As to Treadwrights, my buddy who mounted them has guys who buy them for their plow trucks who don't drive but to plow and they love them.

Another friend needed new tires for his newer F150 and bought the 50k mile TKO tread like I did in winter kedge and he loves them.

I'm aware of that post you quoted and I get his frustration and feelings because he has had a negative experience with them... I believe when they changed the way they remold and now include the sidewalls. They are always selling out so they must be doing something right....

 

Just wanted to point out to those just reading this thread that these tires you are posting about are retreads which I missed in the first page of posts.
Know a guy at work that only buys used tires at the many small hispanic shops in town. Don't know what he pays but I certainly wouldn't risk my life on it.
If you want to buy the most American made vehicle at this point you should look at a Tesla.

 

A Tesla??? Thanks but no THANKS...

So you avoided my question... What tires did you buy at Discount Tire for sake of argument...

As to a Tesla... Sorry I had to... Hopefully you park it far away enough from the house if those lithium batteries ever go up. Bad things man... Bad things...

I run retreads in the winter and find Tesla ownership amusing... I'd like to drive one once but no way in hell I'd ever buy one. That's just me... They are a scam and a half as most, or rather lots, but not saying you, buy into the climate change scam and believe they are saving the planet by using a vehicle that requires strip mining in third world schitt wholes using slave labor as they strip mine away for lithium for those many battery packs they have...

 

Post #31.
My Tesla Y is the best car I've EVER owned in 40 yrs. Don't knock it until you try it. The chance the battery "every go up" is so miniscule as to not be an issue. More likely for an ICE vehicle to go up in flames with the fuel bomb in the back.
And no I didn't buy the Tesla because of climate religion. I bought it because it literally is the most convenient and useful car I've ever owned. Who wouldn't want to fuel the car at their house cheaper than a gas station?
I just got back from a 1200 mile trip in my Tesla. With Full Self Driving it made traveling the most pleasant experience. I would schedule a free test drive at the Tesla website just to experience the drive.

With 45 acres, tractor, etc. I can't get rid of my F250 though. But rarely use it.

 

Apparently he missed post #4 in this thread where we talked about all of this.

These are not your standard "retreads". They actually vulcanize new rubber onto the carcass and mold it like a new tire. They are no less safe than a "new" tire.

Yes, they are heavy as hell and they are also a little taller than a "new" tire because of this.

And yes, you have NO IDEA what the inner construction of a TW tire is because they have begun to mold new rubber over the original sidewall. You could potentially order 4 TW tires and get two with soft sidewalls and two with strong sidewalls that were originally different brands. Back when I was buying them they would not mold over the original sidewall.

We discussed all this on page 1.

 

It's all good... You don't like retreads and I don't want to buy an electric vehicle...

 

Appreciate the input...

For the money, they were having a 25% off sale, so I got those tires delivered to my door for like $685 I want to say... Yes, I looked into them first and with them always selling out, I figured I'd try them for the money... and pulled the trigger. The Kedge winter tires are great in the snow. They are only rated for 30k miles. The standard version is rated for 40k miles and the premium is rated for 50k miles. The Premium versions and Winter kedge version are extra money per tire. I also purchased the warranty for each tire, I forget how much it was...

I'm not saying I'll never buy new manufactured tires again, but my experience with those Chinese made tires that made the rear end hop that the pre Alumina Duty trucks get, was bad on my truck. I'm sure the Innovative Balancing ceramic beads would have helped but I actually did not think of them as I hadn't used them since owning my 1996 F250. So I'd probably go with the a set of Falkens to try them as I've heard the AT3Ws were the bomb... an all terrain rated for severe weather as well. But Falken now has the AT4Ws out... But I'm still open to trying these for my 20 inch factory wheels for the summer use after the second set of used Michelins go on after these LXRs get burned through... they are just about there... and probably buy the "EZ Open" bags of 8 oz of beads for the 275/65R20 size to have my buddy put in the tires as he mounts them to the wheels and then does a static balance... the 8 oz in each tire will take care of the dynamic balancing when running down the road.https://www.treadwright.com/collecti...18158519517281



Some more information for the masses:

https://www.treadwright.com/pages/about-treadwright


https://www.treadwright.com/pages/mold-cure-technology

 

Apparently you missed where I said I missed the conversation on the first page. And Overkill missed my tire choice in post #31.
So it's all good. It's all by information and people having clear choices of what they want.