Vehicle tires: How many of you guys go Used

[LD1]

The key to buying used is not to wait until you actually need tires and expect to find something in a week. When I know I am within a year of replacing tires, I start keeping an eye out. IF I find a good deal, great. If not, then I I buy new.

 

[Looking4new]

I buy my tires new. (4wd) I get 5 and the cost is somewhere around $1700.oo. + mount and balance. 30x9.5x15 these ones I have currently are Dunlop mudders and they are not worth a pinch of coon dung in the snow. Since 2005 I was buying Pro-Comp mudders, I run them for two years then take them off and store them in my shed. After I retire, I will have 4 sets of tires that will be good for another two years each set, so 8 years before I will need to buy more. I'm 68 now so when I will need to buy more tires I will be 76 or maybe dead.

 

[ovrszd]

I buy my tires new. (4wd) I get 5 and the cost is somewhere around $1700.oo. + mount and balance. 30x9.5x15 these ones I have currently are Dunlop mudders and they are not worth a pinch of coon dung in the snow. Since 2005 I was buying Pro-Comp mudders, I run them for two years then take them off and store them in my shed. After I retire, I will have 4 sets of tires that will be good for another two years each set, so 8 years before I will need to buy more. I'm 68 now so when I will need to buy more tires I will be 76 or maybe dead.

Not knocking your choices, just "bench racing". I had one set of Pro-Comp mudders. Never again. Short lifed and horrible traction in Missouri mud. I've had good luck with Dunlops. But if you want a real mud tire you gotta go Interco. Choose your tread pattern depending on your uses. They're all good.

 

[LD1]

Not knocking your choices, just "bench racing". I had one set of Pro-Comp mudders. Never again. Short lifed and horrible traction in Missouri mud. I've had good luck with Dunlops. But if you want a real mud tire you gotta go Interco. Choose your tread pattern depending on your uses. They're all good.

Ditto the interco's.

Even what some MFG's consider a mud tire (or M/T) isnt much better than a street tire as the lugs just plug up and are worthless.

Had a set of 35x16 boggers on an old dodge. That thing could go about anywhere offroad. Would go farther in 2wd than a truck with a so-called M/T would in 4wd.

Really good in snow too. But doubt that they would have much lateral stability cornering or what not. Not much resistance to sliding sideways. But in an old 1985, I wasnt going fast anyway.

 

[KiotiKowboy]

I only buy used tires when I wind up with one that cannot be repaired. Buying used lets me keep running the set until I need to replace them all. So far, I've had pretty good luck finding the size but not always the same make.

 

[ovrszd]

Ditto the interco's.

Even what some MFG's consider a mud tire (or M/T) isnt much better than a street tire as the lugs just plug up and are worthless.

Had a set of 35x16 boggers on an old dodge. That thing could go about anywhere offroad. Would go farther in 2wd than a truck with a so-called M/T would in 4wd.

Really good in snow too. But doubt that they would have much lateral stability cornering or what not. Not much resistance to sliding sideways. But in an old 1985, I wasnt going fast anyway.

Yep, we've ran many a set of Boggers over the years. If you can get yourself pointed in the right direction they can't be beat. Sideways on a steep slope and lookout!!!! I think Interco's TSL is a great mud tire.

Here's a pic of a Baja Claw on the left (horrible), TSL in the middle (good), Goodyear MTR on the right (moderate). Of course all this is in Missouri Mud.

 

[flyerdan]

I'll run used tires on my pickup and a trailer that I made from the back half of another pickup, they see very few miles and most of the time tires have deteriorated from age rather than wear, no sense wasting new tires like that.
I have a pair of good tires that I picked up last summer for the front, I'll put them on and then have it aligned as the wear patterns show it needs it.
I've heard some rumblings that some tire places won't mount anything over ten years old in an effort to curb the used tire market, if that is the case and it escalates to balancing as well a bubble balancer may be in my future.

 

[bcp]

I've heard some rumblings that some tire places won't mount anything over ten years old ...

Six years around here.

Bruce

 

[Garandman]

The only part of the vehicle that touches the road: we buy the best possible and consider it a bargain.

I usually take the OEM tires off immediately and sell them: they almost always suck.

We also get rid of our winter tires after a couple seasons. The performance degrades substantially but people are still willing to pay for them.

 

[LD1]

Yep, we've ran many a set of Boggers over the years. If you can get yourself pointed in the right direction they can't be beat. Sideways on a steep slope and lookout!!!! I think Interco's TSL is a great mud tire.

Here's a pic of a Baja Claw on the left (horrible), TSL in the middle (good), Goodyear MTR on the right (moderate). Of course all this is in Missouri Mud.

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Remove about ever other V section of those Baja's and it would be a good tire.

I personally dont like what is called a mud tire these days. All of the M/T tires are a compromise at best. Dont do well in winter, wet handling isnt as good as a normal tire, and they are only marginally better offroad.