, and what are you going to do with your old wheels?
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New shoes!
Wanted to show off just a little- these are the new tires and wheels that will be going on the truck this weekend.
In case you haven't already noticed, these are retread tires. I've never tried retreads before, but for the price of these I couldn't pass them up ($111 each for a 285/75R16), and they are a really high quality looking tire (if it wasn't for the fact these are Goodyear Wrangler MTR treads on a Yokohama Geolandar AT casing, I bet nobody would guess they are a retread). I'll let you guys know how they hold up.
Best part of all- in all four of these wheels and tires (not including shipping on the tires) I have a total of $720 invested.
Yes, the wheels are brand new.
In case you haven't already noticed, these are retread tires. I've never tried retreads before, but for the price of these I couldn't pass them up ($111 each for a 285/75R16), and they are a really high quality looking tire (if it wasn't for the fact these are Goodyear Wrangler MTR treads on a Yokohama Geolandar AT casing, I bet nobody would guess they are a retread). I'll let you guys know how they hold up.
Best part of all- in all four of these wheels and tires (not including shipping on the tires) I have a total of $720 invested.
Yes, the wheels are brand new.
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I'm running the same size Treadwright's on my Jeep. They are the D-MUD tread which is pretty nearly identical to the tread pattern of a Dunlop Radial Mud Rover. I've been running them offroad for years and have been very happy with them. They are about 1/2 - 2/3 the price of Dunlops in the same size and have held up to the 4-wheeling abuse very well.
When they were new none of the 5 (including the spare) took more than 3 ounces of weight to balance - which is pretty comparable to new tires this size.
These aren't your grand-dad's retreads. with the old fashioned retreads they just glued a new band of tread onto an old carcass. With these they take a matched set of carcasses that have to pass a rigorous inspection, then they grind all the old tread off stopping just short of the steel belts. Then they throw the carcasses into a mold and mold brand new tread onto them. Not much different than the process to manufacture new tires...
When they were new none of the 5 (including the spare) took more than 3 ounces of weight to balance - which is pretty comparable to new tires this size.
These aren't your grand-dad's retreads. with the old fashioned retreads they just glued a new band of tread onto an old carcass. With these they take a matched set of carcasses that have to pass a rigorous inspection, then they grind all the old tread off stopping just short of the steel belts. Then they throw the carcasses into a mold and mold brand new tread onto them. Not much different than the process to manufacture new tires...
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Well it's funny- I had them mounted at wal-mart, I don't know how to read the weights they used because they have, for example, "55" stamped on them and I don't know what the actual weight is. At any rate, two of the tires required very little weight to balance, and two needed a bit more. Considering it's a 33" tire, I think that's pretty decent.
BTW I weighed this tire and wheel combo together tonight....90 lbs almost dead on.
Oh, and did your friend have the proper air pressure in his tires?
Just wondering...the guys at wally world only put 35 psi each in these tires. Kinda glad I didn't actually get them mounted yet, they probably need 10-15 more psi.
BTW I weighed this tire and wheel combo together tonight....90 lbs almost dead on.
Oh, and did your friend have the proper air pressure in his tires?
Just wondering...the guys at wally world only put 35 psi each in these tires. Kinda glad I didn't actually get them mounted yet, they probably need 10-15 more psi.
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i would almost buy a set cause i hate my buckshot i wish they would wear out they suck in the mud
but the only thing that would stop me is how will these things do under a load?? cause at times i pull some pretty heavy loads
but the only thing that would stop me is how will these things do under a load?? cause at times i pull some pretty heavy loads
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It's still a D-load rated casing, it should be perfectly fine with a load on it, as long as you maintain proper air pressure.
BTW- if you want a "good" mud tire you may have to look elsewhere. The only aggressive tread patterns they have in 285/75R16 is this one I've got (and I've heard Wrangler MTR's are not very good in mud) and Dunlop Mud Rover-style (which I've heard is just average). 305/70R16 they have a pattern that is very similar to the mud rover style one.
BTW- if you want a "good" mud tire you may have to look elsewhere. The only aggressive tread patterns they have in 285/75R16 is this one I've got (and I've heard Wrangler MTR's are not very good in mud) and Dunlop Mud Rover-style (which I've heard is just average). 305/70R16 they have a pattern that is very similar to the mud rover style one.
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i bought a set of used dunlop mud rovers once, i actually just bought the for the wheels, they were just about wore out when i put them on and they went great for a wore out tire
and i got a thousnd miles out of them and then my dad started gettin scared of them when we hauled loads so he bought me these buckshot, but i did get a good deal only had to pay half price for brand new buckshot
but they aint so good in the mud 
they look like they would be, but i dont know they slick over and you just start spinning and sliding everywere
and i got a thousnd miles out of them and then my dad started gettin scared of them when we hauled loads so he bought me these buckshot, but i did get a good deal only had to pay half price for brand new buckshot but they aint so good in the mud they look like they would be, but i dont know they slick over and you just start spinning and sliding everywere
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Running a capped tire on a lightweight Jeep is a different application from a pickup weighing 6000 lbs+ empty. Nevermind any load you may put on it. I don't think I would trust them with the loads I've carried in my pickup. I'm all for saving a buck, and $90 a tire might seem like a bargain. But blow just one of those tires and see how much damage it will cause.I've known a few guys that have run them on their pickups with mixed success. I had a set on a Toyota, but traded them back in because I couldn't get them to balance and stay balanced.
Run them for 50K miles and then let us know how you like them.
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