basecamper
New member
OK thanks!! I will check with Discount Tire, DTD told me they couldn't get them due to "contractual obligations"
For those considering 255/85/16s...ST/MAXX is coming soon
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Mad_Texan
Adventurer
Curious what people are paying for them? Since they don't show anywhere in the northeast I asked the dealer to call and check with the distributor. They had some Florida and Texas and by the time they got to him they were going to be $262 each mounted plus tax. But he said he could the STT 285/70/17 for $253 each. We both couldn't understand why that is. I might just have to do tread depot instead of supporting my local dealer....
basecamper
New member
Discount tire just quoted me $273.20 per tire mounted out the door. I believe this included their "Certificate for Repair" on each tire but have a call into them to confirm. They told me $239 per tire. Treaddepot.com is at $229 delivered to 55398.
Mad_Texan
Adventurer
If your quote includes mounting balancing and the "certificate for repair" then that doesn't seem to bad... for the 255/80/17 would come to $277.72 with tax and no road hazard. And it is $18 cheaper to start. From Treaddedepot.com they would be $229.43 with the road hazard delivered to me.
Robert Bills
Explorer
ST/Maxx LT255/85R16 Price Quotes???
I got a quote from America's Tire (Discount Tire) today - ST/Maxx LT255/85R16, $237.00 ea. + mounting, balancing, tax. etc.
Has anyone been quoted a better price?
I'm going to order tires this week, and want to get the best "price matching" I can get from America's Tire.
However, at $237 ea. for the LT255/85R16 ST/Maxx, I might be forced to stay with my stock size (LT265/75R16) at $160 ea. especially because I will need to buy 5 LT255/85R16s but only 4 LT265/75R16s. Going tall and thin will cost about $545 more than staying at 265/75R16. It's hard to justify the price difference for 1/2" in additional ground clearance.
I got a quote from America's Tire (Discount Tire) today - ST/Maxx LT255/85R16, $237.00 ea. + mounting, balancing, tax. etc.
Has anyone been quoted a better price?
I'm going to order tires this week, and want to get the best "price matching" I can get from America's Tire.
However, at $237 ea. for the LT255/85R16 ST/Maxx, I might be forced to stay with my stock size (LT265/75R16) at $160 ea. especially because I will need to buy 5 LT255/85R16s but only 4 LT265/75R16s. Going tall and thin will cost about $545 more than staying at 265/75R16. It's hard to justify the price difference for 1/2" in additional ground clearance.
mortonm
Expedition Leader
But you can't...you have to buy the 255/85r16. Dont you know size matters?! If it didn't then it wouldn't be printed on the side wall.
Inyo_man
Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
Robert Bills
Explorer
For my rig and the way I use it, not $545 important. Besides, I just had to pay for a root canal I wasn't expecting.
If I wrote down the measurements for the ST/Maxx LT265/75R16 correctly, it is a true 32" diameter tire rather than 31.6" which is the norm for that size. So I'm potentially gaining almost 1/4" ground clearance just by going with the stock size ST/Maxx.
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Robert Bills
Explorer
I regret to announce that I will be unable to join the 255/85R16 club.
I ordered a set of Cooper Discoverer ST/Maxx LT265/75R16-E tires today for $160 ea. (+ mounting/balancing, tax, etc.) from America's Tire/Discount Tire.
As much as I wanted them in 255/85R16, at $237 ea. vs. $160 ea. for my stock size I couldn't justify the extra cost for the use my rig actually gets. (I have had no problem rationalizing how there might be a time that I need tall, skinny tires, but the truth is that I avoid driving in snow and the extra clearance I am giving up can be made up by choosing the right line.)
I ordered a set of Cooper Discoverer ST/Maxx LT265/75R16-E tires today for $160 ea. (+ mounting/balancing, tax, etc.) from America's Tire/Discount Tire.
As much as I wanted them in 255/85R16, at $237 ea. vs. $160 ea. for my stock size I couldn't justify the extra cost for the use my rig actually gets. (I have had no problem rationalizing how there might be a time that I need tall, skinny tires, but the truth is that I avoid driving in snow and the extra clearance I am giving up can be made up by choosing the right line.)
mortonm
Expedition Leader
Post pictures when you have them mounted!
1stDeuce
Explorer
Are you sure you're getting ST MAXX in 265/75R16?? Everything I can find says that's a $200+ tire... The AT3 in load range C is $160/tire... If they let you have ST Maxx for that price, you got a heckuva deal!!!
I'm seriously considering going to 255/80R17's to save a little coin, and then they'll fit my truck in a few years when the tread is 1/2 gone and I want new tires again...
C
I'm seriously considering going to 255/80R17's to save a little coin, and then they'll fit my truck in a few years when the tread is 1/2 gone and I want new tires again...
C
Robert Bills
Explorer
Yes, I'm absolutely sure. I even went out to my rig to look at the receipt again. Shocker also paid $160/tire for the LT265/75R16 ST/Maxx on 3/15. It was the one-day price on Discount Tire Direct Ebay with the coupon code, which was price matched by my local America's/Discount Tire.
BTW, I was quoted $140/tire for the AT3 (for which you also get an $80 prepaid Visa as a rebate when you buy 4, bringing the per tire price down to $120).
RememberTheFallen
Explorer
I was planning on the 255's(on 16's) when my current 32x11.50(on 15 inch rims) run out of mileage some time this summer. If there is that much of a price difference then I might just stick with the stock size like you did. The 265/75's are fairly close to my current 32's, correct?