235/85/16 Goodyear Wrangler Authority AT's or 265/75/16 Treadwright Guard Dog's???

[climber-420]

Need to make a quick decision, as I found a guy on craigslist, who has these 235/85/16 for sale at $550 right now. Or should I go with the 265/75/16 Treadwrights??????? Help me out!!

 

[digitaldelay]

Go for the Authority's. You can get replacements at Wal-Mart. I've never heard of Treadwrights.

FYI, for about a hundred bucks more, you could get brand new from Wal-Mart, I'm guessing.

Jason

 

[climber-420]

to my door, the treadwrights are $571. They are retread's, and from what I have read, are awesome.

 

[LOW50S]

to my door, the treadwrights are $571. They are retread's, and from what I have read, are awesome.

My friend has used treadwrights on his last 7 trucks he loves them I plan on buying some when my firestones are hit or if I can sell them before hand. They even have a warranty

 

[Kmrtnsn]

All those big pieces of ragged rubber on the side of the road? Those are retreads. Never put a retread on a steering axle. I used to dispatch for a small trucking company a long time ago so I picked up a few things about retreads along the way, that and spending my formative years in my dad's tire shop. When I started with the trucking company we used to buy a lot of retreads before making some changes to the tire program. When we changed up, we put in place the following changes. We ran new tires only on steering axle and were required to. We used only our own casings, tires were recapped no more than twice, after the second they went to Bandag. Steering were either KS or Goodyear, depending on size. All new tires bought, whether steerer, drive, or trailer shared, the same casing from the factory. This was key for us and ensured uniform diameter, which gave us the same sidewall flexing and uniform heating. We also settled on only one drive tread pattern and one trailer tread pattern, giving us uniformity in more than just appearance. After making these changes we stopped having blowouts and casing separations, which saved us a ton of money in road service calls. No retread/recap is as good as a new tire, that is a given. Buying retread/recaps utilizing unknown casings is a gamble, using unknown casings in a tire size regularly used in an abusive manner, i.e. off-roading is stacking the odds further against you. There are lots of ways to save money, tires that carry you over the road at high speed are not one. Buy new.

 

[Project510]

I had the Authority's from Wal-Mart on my truck. Even with proper tire rotation, regular check of tire pressure.. they wore unevenly and were very loud on the freeway after the 6-7k miles. They did perform jsut fine in the dirt for me tho.. and at the time I bought them were only $130 each. supposedly Wal-Mart also offers there full replacement warranty on them because they are not labeled a MT even tho the tread patter looks like a full on MT

 

[montypower]

Discount tires and brakes are a bad idea. Just saying... There are other ways to save money that won't kill you if they fail.

 

[climber-420]

I went ahead with the Goodyears that I found. Brand new, and still saved a ton of money from the guy on CL. Threw the steelies on with them, and I am digging the look.

 

[WhiskeyTango0311]

I had the Authority's from Wal-Mart on my truck. Even with proper tire rotation, regular check of tire pressure.. they wore unevenly and were very loud on the freeway after the 6-7k miles. They did perform jsut fine in the dirt for me tho.. and at the time I bought them were only $130 each. supposedly Wal-Mart also offers there full replacement warranty on them because they are not labeled a MT even tho the tread patter looks like a full on MT

I absolutely agree with this. Loud and uneven wear. Have them on the 4Runner and my wife is ready to shoot me.




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