670.38 without mounting.
It would be over 6K to mount 8 of them. Is that normal? The last time I looked at tires they were in the $300-400 range.
I'm in Minneapolis any other alternatives?
Rick
ABOUT $45.00 shipping...any of these work...? probably not..
http://simpletire.com/firestone-fs560-plus-tires (http://simpletire.com/firestone-fs560-plus-tires)
I second that Simple Tire online outfit! I bought 2 front steers $300 and change and $60 shipping to Florida.
And they have a fairly good call center that you can order from and ask questions.
I looked at their website and for the life of me I can't figure how to search for a normal 12 22.5 :-\
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You might check out the Roadmaster RM185HH. Made in China, but it is a Cooper Tires brand so you have an American company behind them. I have the RM185 tires on my bus. The RM185HH is specifically the 315/80R22.5 version for buses. The HH stands for heavy hauler.
I found the best deal on these at Royal Tires in the Minneapolis area.
Rick, it's a little far from you but the guy may ship you can contact Dale Houston (songman) here he has a place in GA where he buys the 315's made by Cooper for around 350 bucks ea installed and balanced for his Prevost that's a out the door price
On a cold windy night at about midnight a 11r24.5 goodyear cost 8 hundred and 65 dollars.
Good Sam paid for them to bring it out and install it.
Had a spare under the front bumper but it was worth it for the repair man to bring me a new one.
uncle ned
Rick - do you really need the larger metric tire? If you have axle weights you may find you can get away with a smaller tire - hence cheaper. Worth looking into if you haven't already.
Unfortunately I'm on my way in the bus to the Bakken oil fields Thursday on business and one of my steer tires has a noticeable side wall rain check so I need to do this with my neighbor who works at a local shop. Brian the reason I don't want to switch to a smaller tire is I can never move them back to the drive axles when they are too old or worn to be steer tires anymore.
I'm gonna have to bite the bullet on these but he thinks I have a couple years at least on my drives.
Still $670 a tire? wow! Turns out $97 was taxes. Of course, the administration that hates all things oil sure likes the taxes it can make off it.
Rick
With prices like that I can envision people trying to squeeze every day of life out of a set of tires and the result is going to be a lot of road service calls.
Owning a bus is not for sissies.
I have a pair of two-year-old Hankook AH12 tires on the steer. Was going to put two more of those on the L/R drive last week, but when they arrived at the local tire shop, they were also two years old. I was willing to pay $500 per tire, but not for a pair that old. The warehouse that serves all the tire shops in this area said that all their Hankook AH12 tires were made in the 20th week of 2013.
Ended up buying two Chinese made Doublestar tires. Installed yesterday for $360 each. They're fresh, and they look good, for what that's worth. Local distributor claims they've been carrying them since 2010 and had excellent service. Since I plan to replace them when they hit five years from date of manufacture, I believe this is the most cost effective approach. I plan to buy two more next month.
My tires are 12R 22.5, but they also make metrics. So do several other Chinese brands that have good reps. Most of the big name companies have priced me out of the market. YMMV.
Jim
Tires lol I paid dearly for some Michelins made in America 315/80r/22.5 because I wanted made in America,damn I don't even have the tires mounted yet and Michelin has recalled the tires for sidewall failures tire made in SC and that is not South China ???
Went with two Dayton tires which my neighbor who sells truck tires said are basically the FS400 for $450 a tire
That felt a little more normal. I know these may not last as long mileage wise but the tires we have are like new tread depth wise, we just don't put enough miles to justify $600 more for two tires.
RB
Hi;
I too have been looking at tires. You might look at ebay. There is an auction
there from Chicago tire that has decent prices and offer free shipping. Check
it out. Allso, I have been considering going to 315 80 22.5. Big trucks are using
these and are thus becomming easier to come by than the 12r 22.5 size.
( I would rather made in us, but is not in my budget)
Merle.
Quote from: RickB on May 19, 2015, 08:21:28 AM
Went with two Dayton tires which my neighbor who sells truck tires said are basically the FS400 for $450 a tire
Might interest you to know that all Dayton Tires are made in the US of A :) These are all the plant codes for DAYTON
DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.
YC ALBANY GA UNITED STATES
DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.
YF SOUTH GATE CA UNITED STATES
DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.
YH MEMPHIS TN UNITED STATES
DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.
YJ POTTSTOWN PA UNITED STATES
DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.
YK SALINAS CA UNITED STATES
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Rick,
Unfortunately that is the new normal. Before I could drive my new (used) bus home from Phoenix last Thanksgiving I had to buy all new tires for my Eagle 08 Suburban. Fortunately the previous owner recommended a great place just down the road from his house. I went to Purcell Tire and they not only gave me a great price of $572 per tire, which added up to $745 out the door with all of the extra fees such as Balancing, Shop Materials, Waste Tire Fees, and for a total of $4473. I bought six Hankook 315/80R22.5 tires. But for that price they also took the three decent tires off my Eagle and replaced the three worst tires on my MCI-9 as well as balancing them so I felt they treated me right. A buddy of mine and I drove my MC-9 down to pick up my new bus and we took turns driving the Eagle back to Anaheim. So it worked out well that I had both of my buses there at the same time.
Not only that but I arrived at 4:30 PM and they had no other work going on and were getting ready to close but they put five guys on the job and I was out the door by closing time at 5:30. It has been a long time since I have had excellent service like this. These guys were great to work with and I have been around garages enough in my life to know good service from bad service.
If you have plans to travel through Phoenix, I highly recommend giving them a call to ask them to quote you a price. Their contact information is Purcell Tire and Service Center, 2310 W. McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85009. (602) 252-3500.
Quote from: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on May 19, 2015, 11:52:58 AM
gave me a great price of $572 per tire, which added up to $745 out the door with all of the extra fees such as Balancing, Shop Materials, Waste Tire Fees, and for a total of $4473
Whoa!!! So glad I'm not in a place or situation where that sounds like a good price.
Go, Gary.
Jim
I just got 6 11R 22.5 Kellys mounted and balanced for $2600.
Wanted American made tires if possible and local truck shop I deal with for work said they could get me a set of 315 Daytons for $450 each including FET. Tires came in and they were some Chinese brand in the wrong size. They reordered from their tire guy, 2 weeks later they show up. I went to get them and they were Dayton all position on off road. Looked like something for a dump truck. I refused them and they tried again. When they called their tire guy he said the Firestone steers (not sure what model) would be $600 each. I told them forget it and called my buddy that runs maintenance at the local beer distributor and he got me Toyo M144 for $500 each including FET.
Quote from: bronson on May 19, 2015, 07:01:28 PM
Wanted American made tires if possible and local truck shop I deal with for work said they could get me a set of 315 Daytons for $450 each including FET. Tires came in and they were some Chinese brand in the wrong size. They reordered from their tire guy, 2 weeks later they show up. I went to get them and they were Dayton all position on off road. Looked like something for a dump truck. I refused them and they tried again. When they called their tire guy he said the Firestone steers (not sure what model) would be $600 each. I told them forget it and called my buddy that runs maintenance at the local beer distributor and he got me Toyo M144 for $500 each including FET.
The Toyo M144 are excellent tires. I have 6 years on mine already and they are wearing great.
Good to hear Brian, that's the same thing my buddy said. They run them on the trucks at his work. They look great. I will be installing them tomorrow.