What did you buy this week?

lman · 2025-12-11T05:37:32-0500

I bought a set of tires for my F350 at Tire Rack headquarters. They were installed there. Cheapest installation price around here.

CloverKnollFarms · 2025-12-11T05:50:45-0500

lman said:
I've been using one of those for about 5 years. I power it with a jump box. Make sure you have extra stones. No complaints.

I did grab some extra stones. Thanks!

MossRoad · 2025-12-11T08:21:16-0500

Shawn T. W. said:
At least you mounted it in the correct orientation!

The other day I saw someone going down the road with the tip facing forwards!

Yep. I had to take it about 3 miles to their main office to pay for it. I was just happy I could get it on the roof by myself since I had back surgery in January. No issues.

Took it to the main office, paid, had them shake it and wrap it and put it back on the roof for the 35 mile trip back home.

First time I ever had to cut one by myself. Our kids are grown and out on their own, and the wife had to take her mom to urgent care. So I at least had one of my kids on speaker phone while I was out there so she could share the fun!

Too many Kubotas · 2025-12-11T12:00:33-0500

lman said:
I bought a set of tires for my F350 at Tire Rack headquarters. They were installed there. Cheapest installation price around here.

Did you get reasonably fresh tires?

The last set I ordered (and I mean last, not just latest) included two that were already over 2 years old.

They were returned, and I have now switched to a competitor where I can get tires less than 6 months old. Well, the oldest in the replacement set was.

Also, the price was lower, so a win, win for me.

scootr · 2025-12-11T12:05:42-0500

Too many Kubotas said:
Did you get reasonably fresh tires?

The last set I ordered (and I mean last, not just latest) included two that were already over 2 years old.

They were returned, and I have now switched to a competitor where I can get tires less than 6 months old. Well, the oldest in the replacement set was.

Also, the price was lower, so a win, win for me.

Which competitor is that?

Too many Kubotas · 2025-12-11T12:55:15-0500

Simple Tire. I am really impressed with their knowledge and service.

Bought about two to four sets per year from TR over many years, but after now being told by a representative that a tire is still new (and can be sold as such) up to four years after being made, I lost faith in them.

When I asked the rep if she would be comfortable taking her family up to 160 mph on my seven year old tires (bought there) she wouldn't answer. And that's after claiming that my tires would be just fine up to 10 years old.

It's extra odd when their parent company, Discount Tire, won't work on tires over 6 years old. That doesn't bother me since I do my own tire work, but since I never wear tires out - instead they age out - giving up 2-4 years of useable life would bother me a lot.

t1kilo · 2025-12-11T14:43:02-0500

Too many Kubotas said:
Simple Tire. I am really impressed with their knowledge and service.

Bought about two to four sets per year from TR over many years, but after now being told by a representative that a tire is still new (and can be sold as such) up to four years after being made, I lost faith in them.

When I asked the rep if she would be comfortable taking her family up to 160 mph on my seven year old tires (bought there) she wouldn't answer. And that's after claiming that my tires would be just fine up to 10 years old.

It's extra odd when their parent company, Discount Tire, won't work on tires over 6 years old. That doesn't bother me since I do my own tire work, but since I never wear tires out - instead they age out - giving up 2-4 years of useable life would bother me a lot.

I bought tires from Tire Rack once. I don't know how old they were at the time of purchase, and I can't say that I had any problems, but this conversation would definitely have weight on whether or not I would purchase from them again. The last several sets of tires that I've purchased have either come from local dealers or Sam's. Now that I'm retired, aging out could be a factor. Before now, not so much.

Too many Kubotas · 2025-12-11T15:06:07-0500

t1kilo said:
The last several sets of tires that I've purchased have either come from local dealers or Sam's. Now that I'm retired, aging out could be a factor. Before now, not so much.

Unfortunately there's no guarantee that the tires are fresh almost regardless of where they're bought.

The advantage with getting them from a store is that you can check the date code right then and there, maybe even get an employee to round up the newest ones for you. Similar to what Simple Tire did for me.

TR suggested that I go to local stores and ask around, which would mean a 75-100 mile drive, one way. Since it would only be an extra 200 miles (each way, but worth it to me) to go to their nearest warehouse I asked if I could go find the best ones myself. Not surprisingly, the answer was "Absolutely not".