I've always had very good luck with Sears:
- Will order any tire you'd like, even if they don't stock them
- Will usually match any price if you talk to them, even Tire Rack's
- Mount & balance lots of tires (experienced). The mechanic I work with has
been there 21 years
- Sears is everywhere if you have a problem
My $.02
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: tires online
>
> andy levy wrote:
>
>
> I have Firestone Wilderness AT tires - 235/75/15 on my 4x4 Dak... put
> them on with about 100 miles on them - off a brand new (at the time)
> 2000 Ford Explorer. Heh - Got them for free. They went on my Dak one
> year ago. Took them out to the BBQ in NY 1200 miles, up and back to
> wisconsin twice 1200 miles - done 90+ MPH with them... No blow outs yet
:-)
>
> I'm a Michelin man. I took the Wilderness AT's cuz they were free and
> the set that were on teh 4x4 when I bought it - were bald. My 2WD has
> never had anything but Michelins on it. I don't think I would spend
> money on a set of Firestones, simply because I am biased to
> Michelins...but I don't think Bridgestone/Firestone are dangerous tires.
> I am more inclined to think that it was Ford's fault. You underinflate
> any tire - Firestone, Michelin, BFG (BFG is a branch of Michelin),
> Cooper etc... the tires wear faster on the edges, they wear unevenly -
> they fail faster. Firestone got shafted because Ford fought nasty in
> trying to save the image of "the number one selling SUV."
>
> >
> > Yes, I realize that the Explorer tires exploding was as much Ford's
> > fault for recommending that the tires be underinflated, but people still
> > associated "Firestone Wilderness A/T" with tires blowing out more
> > readily than "Ford tire pressure recommendations".
> >
>
>
>
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