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I'm a Tireaholic kinda guy................ sucker for DTD rebate holiday sales ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/VYAmcXE.jpg) do you have somebody that will mount them locally? when I buy.......I buy all new wheels/tires/lugs......... sell the old stuff......Brown truck drops them off fully balanced & ready to bolt on... DTD from Phoenix usually......my last set for '14 Tacoma.... approx $1400......less $320 rebate......sold old for $550....... made my total $530 for 4 new tires/wheel/lugs......Cooper ST Maxx ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/lMy7kMV.jpg)
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Willie needs to have Farm Aid 2019 be dedicated to Tire Purchases.
"Our Farmers Need New Tires"
Sam can be the face of Farm Aid 2019.
Hurry, somebody put it the call.
"He is far from Stupid"
”person, who happens to have an above-average level of intelligence”
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High speed blow out on a front tire ain't a good thing.
Especially if someone has never experienced it.
Get new tires.... This reminds me of 1 of the questions on the motorcycle drivers liscence test. What happens when you have a blow out on the front tire. Multiple choice with 4 choices. Only question I was wrong on according to them. There answer was not correct. They said you will experience front end wobble That is far from what is going to happen. I had a blowout on the rear tire going down onramp doing 70 The bike tried to swap ends. I went across both lanes and.into the median before I got control After my heart rate came back to normal I remembered the day before I was running 100 down hi 59 with my daughter on board.
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Dad:son you have 2 choices for supper eat or don't eat.
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I'm a Tireaholic kinda guy................ sucker for DTD rebate holiday sales do you have somebody that will mount them locally? when I buy.......I buy all new wheels/tires/lugs......... sell the old stuff......Brown truck drops them off fully balanced & ready to bolt on... DTD from Phoenix usually......my last set for '14 Tacoma.... approx $1400......less $320 rebate......sold old for $550....... made my total $530 for 4 new tires/wheel/lugs......Cooper ST Maxx Any idea what those rims weigh? Thanks
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Just a word. The new tires that dealer put on my car before I bought it are the Mastercraft Strategy tire. I didn't think much about them one way or another. I knew they were a budget priced tire and didn't expect much from them. But they've been surprisingly good tires. Their tread definitely holds up. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another set of them. These. https://tirereviewsandmore.com/mastercraft-strategy-tire-review-rating/Mastercraft is made by Cooper. Maybe they're not as bad of a tire as I suspected. https://tirereviewsandmore.com/mastercraft-tire-reviews/
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I ordered new tires for the wife's little run around Friday, they did not shoe up yesterday they will install tomorrow .
Sam those look scary .
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Willie needs to have Farm Aid 2019 be dedicated to Tire Purchases.
"Our Farmers Need New Tires"
Sam can be the face of Farm Aid 2019.
Hurry, somebody put it the call.
Both of our old 4x4 Versatile tractors needs new tires. New tires would cost about what the entire tractor is worth. Hit up my gofundme page and donate some $$$!.
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I'm a Tireaholic kinda guy................ sucker for DTD rebate holiday sales do you have somebody that will mount them locally? when I buy.......I buy all new wheels/tires/lugs......... sell the old stuff......Brown truck drops them off fully balanced & ready to bolt on... DTD from Phoenix usually......my last set for '14 Tacoma.... approx $1400......less $320 rebate......sold old for $550....... made my total $530 for 4 new tires/wheel/lugs......Cooper ST Maxx Any idea what those rims weigh? Thanks linky.......DTD....these are 14" info says 14x7 are 15# https://www.discounttiredirect.com/buy-wheels/rage-three-five-two![[Linked Image]](https://cdn.discounttire.com/sys-master/images/h88/h99/8828224045086/wheel_rge_three-five-two_black_matte_na_4_20_dp.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/9Y6fSEg.jpg)
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Willie needs to have Farm Aid 2019 be dedicated to Tire Purchases.
"Our Farmers Need New Tires"
Sam can be the face of Farm Aid 2019.
Hurry, somebody put it the call.
While is trying to get the farmers some new tires he will be telling them to vote for beto
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Sam is getting close to his money's worth on those tires. We had to replace all four tires on the wife's Escape on account of one sidewall nail hole. Three tires with a lot of life left in the scrap pile. All wheel drive.
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[quote=tikkanut] I'm a Tireaholic kinda guy................ sucker for DTD rebate holiday sales do you have somebody that will mount them locally? when I buy.......I buy all new wheels/tires/lugs......... sell the old stuff......Brown truck drops them off fully balanced & ready to bolt on... DTD from Phoenix usually......my last set for '14 Tacoma.... approx $1400......less $320 rebate......sold old for $550....... made my total $530 for 4 new tires/wheel/lugs......Cooper ST Maxx Any idea what those rims weigh? Thanks linky.......DTD....these are 14" info says 14x7 are 15# I think the factory 17" wheels on my Taco weigh twice that at least
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Just did this on my ten year old Doge pickup. Tires were 6-7 yrs old. Still had a 1/8” of thread after close to 50k miles but I was starting to picture myself trying to change a blown one at night while trailering my boat.
Some things are better and safer to not push until the bitter end.
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Right George, I feel that way about the battery.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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Five years max on the battery for me.
"Maybe we're all happy."
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Hit up my gofundme page and donate some $$$!. I searched for RezBuck but none of the results were yours. 
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So many imposters..
The ends went bad on my battery cables so last Friday(same day I noticed the tires?) I removed and replaced the entire clusterphuck from batteries to starter. Took two hours, pickup under belly is dirtier than hell. Major fun....
It got a new alternator on Wednesday and I see the batteries are 7 years old. Hell of good batteries, Interstates.
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Just a shout out from a tire geek. There is a date code on all tires you can see what it looks like in the link below. Michelin says you can go as much as 10 years on low mileage tires the vehicle manufacturers say 6 all from the date of manufacture. Anywhere between 6 and 10 years from the date of manufacture is probably reasonable. More and your probably asking for trouble. https://www.tirebuyer.com/education/how-to-determine-the-age-of-your-tiresGood luck and shoot straight y'all. We'll be bow hunting before you know it.
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It got a new alternator on Wednesday and I see the batteries are 7 years old. Hell of good batteries, Interstates.
Believe it or not the battery in my Taco is 12 years old. (Delco) Granted it's not cranking a diesel and lives in a garage but 12 years.....it wasn't to long ago that the average life of a battery was +/- 5 years.
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Here is what I have put on my wife's SUV's for the past 10-12 years (4 sets?): Michelin Defender LTX M/SNot cheap. But, my experience: Good fuel economy. Good tread wear. Excellent wet traction. Good snow traction. No issues driving off road around the farm when needed. Don't leak down over time. No flat spots after sitting. Seldom pick up nails or glass.
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