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When the tires were getting worn on a vehicle of my better half, we traded it in on a new vehicle. Kind of a standing joke with us now whenever one of our vehicles needs tires, oh time to trade it in!
I took my fronts off as they are not a steer tire. they are just collecting dust in the backyard in the shade for now.
Running Cooper Roadmasters up front.
Get a good steer tire.
Crow doesn't taste as bad as I thought it would. Figured I could stomach it since it was the special of the day.
The tire shop had a beat up drive tire for $75 or a match set of these takeoff Conti HS3 steers for $125 each (manufacture date of 2021). Sold them to me for $200 for the set. Figured that was the best option since they are now the same on each side too. Not going to be much use in a mud hole, but they'll get down the highway fine and I think we are about done getting any major moisture until October now.
Crow doesn't taste as bad as I thought it would. Figured I could stomach it since it was the special of the day.
The tire shop had a beat up drive tire for $75 or a match set of these takeoff Conti HS3 steers for $125 each (manufacture date of 2021). Sold them to me for $200 for the set. Figured that was the best option since they are now the same on each side too. Not going to be much use in a mud hole, but they'll get down the highway fine and I think we are about done getting any major moisture until October now.
Those Conti Hybrid HS3 tires are OEM issue on Ford F-450 and F-550 chassis cabs.
They should be OEM issue on Ford F-450 pickups, for at least the front axle.
Please report back how you like driving with them, compared to the front tires that you replaced.
With this purchase, at only $100 per tire, for a tire that normally retails for $400* per tire, you have now personally experienced one of the advantages of sticking with the stock tire size... the low cost availability of take-off tires, as the 225 size is the production tire size for not only Ford, but also Ram, Navistar/GM, and Isuzu/GM.
*Currently $393 on Amazon if mail ordered, but then add the cost for mounting, balancing, and tire disposal fees.
If I buy anything this will be the option I go with. Six new ones not one or two. Just make the credit card a little mad for the next couple months rather than saving and paying cash.
Respectfully, no.
So here's another question...how often does everyone change out the spare tire they carry under their truck? Essentially after 10 years they are junk too.
Any time I replace my tires with a different size or tread type, I replace the spare to match. I also install a programmable TPMS sensor so that I can clone the flat tire. That way the TPMS indicator doesn't come on while I'm waiting for a repair that might take days. I drive about 30,000 miles/year.
I don't wait for my tires to be unsafe before replacement and I won't use old dry rotted tires on an $80,000 truck that weighs 9,000+lbs hauling 2,000lbs and towing 11,400lbs at 75mph. Perhaps I'll use crap tires on my $800 1992 GEO Metro convertible that just sits in the barn.
I have never had any OEM tire last more than 30-35k miles. I believe that the tire manufacturers spec a cheaper tire for the new car manufacturers. I mean the same exact tire you can buy from your tire dealer but one that's cheaper materials so costs less but lasts longer.
Mine are rotated on all vehicles every 5k miles.
I have never worn out an OEM tire, on any vehicle. All my tires have aged out, or blown out, but none have ever wore out.
I've had 4 blowouts in life, and 3 of them were on those OEM General LMT 400 series tires discussed above, and 2 of those were attributable to a snap in TR-600HP valve stem, that was inappropriately specified (and later recalled) by Ford, who pivoted to clamp in all metal valve stems from thereon forward for tires specified with inflation pressures higher than 80 psi.
The remaining general LMT 460 blow out is detailed up thread above, and the remaining lifetime blow out was... surprise surprise, another old SPARE tire... a Firestone Transforce from the 80's.
My better half routinely gets 6 figure miles out of OEM tires. The least amount of mileage she got out of OEM issue tires on a Ford was 120,000 miles. The most amount of mileage she obtained out of an OEM tire was over double that.
Not all OEM tires are the best, but it isn't like the Big 3 are mounting Longmarch, Nankang, Samson, Cosmo, Milestar, Horseshoe, Triangle, or other cheap tires that consumers buy as replacement tires to OEM issue.
I have never had any OEM tire last more than 30-35k miles. I believe that the tire manufacturers spec a cheaper tire for the new car manufacturers. I mean the same exact tire you can buy from your tire dealer but one that's cheaper materials so costs less but lasts longer.
Mine are rotated on all vehicles every 5k miles.
Some of them are. Some of the offroady type tires on halftons are 10/32nd compared to 15 or so 32nds.
On my Fords I have had good luck with the Michelins on my F350 dually and F150s; the MS2 Michelin specifically. My sports or higher end cars I have had good luck too.
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