Tire shortage?

My local tire shop said they are having a hard time getting in Tractor tires and tires for lawn mowers....

Wonder if this is what the 1st stages of Venezuela felt like.

When are we going to have a liberal shortage?

Whats next, toilet paper?

you will see more tire rot when gas hits $10 gallon.

spat said:

Wonder if this is what thr 1st stages of Venezuela felt like.

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I already know the dumpsters i am gonna stakeout!

Nontypical said:

When are we going to have a liberal shortage?

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Unfortunately not soon enough for a course correction, I’m afraid.

Nontypical said:

When are we going to have a liberal shortage?

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After they start the shooting.

if your a trucker .. hope your not running 11R22.5 ... or worse 11R24.5 tires ..

Just bought 4 Cooper's GT raised letters...Great price...delivered in 3 days

Mr. terzmo said:

Just bought 4 Cooper's GT raised letters...Great price...delivered in 3 days

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Do tell

S&W Fan said:

Do tell

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Bought on E-bay...used to run BF Goodrich raised white letter...got too expensive so I switched to Cooper's. Was supposed to take 6 days to deliver..got in 3

Mr. terzmo said:

Just bought 4 Cooper's GT raised letters...Great price...delivered in 3 days

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I'm still waiting to see what Goodyear does to the Cooper brand.

Saltwater60 said:

I like cooper tires. That’s what I normally purchase.

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I've been running Cooper tires since I was 16. There's no better tire out there.
But with Cooper being bought out by Goodyear, I may have to change my preferences.

Saltwater60 said:

I understand that. I’m not a huge Goodyear fan either. I don’t think their tires hold up very long at all.

My last suv had a set of Goodyear assurance tires from the factory and they lasted not even 20,000 miles. I had my wife get new tires since it was her vehicle and she allowed them to install the same tires. Palm to face! I said why the hell did you allow them to do that? She had no answer. I switched to copper then and they lasted until I sold the vehicle for other issues.

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Most times, stock tires are junk, on nearly all vehicles. It's a price savings across the board. Never expect much out of tires off the showroom floor.

That said, my last truck came stock with BFG AT/KO tires. I think they were way overkill for the truck since I got 60,000 miles out of them, and another 50-60k ono the second set. They were awesome.

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I agree but 15k is a joke.

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I've heard of stock tires getting anywhere from 15-30k, and sometimes even less. They're truly junk, and only goo enough to get the cars off the assembly line and into your driveway.

BF Goodrich KO2's with the higher commercial load ratings were difficult to secure for the work truck. Had to order them and it took around 3 weeks.

camper4lyfe said:

I've heard of stock tires getting anywhere from 15-30k, and sometimes even less. They're truly junk, and only goo enough to get the cars off the assembly line and into your driveway.

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I got 55k on a new 2010 chevy P/U and currently have 31K on a 2018 dodge Ram and the tires look like new. I do a lot of towing with both. I don't care for the Rams factory tires but not going to dump them with excellent tread. Mileage stated is what I got/have on original tires.

Saltwater60 said:

I understand that. I’m not a huge Goodyear fan either. I don’t think their tires hold up very long at all.

My last suv had a set of Goodyear assurance tires from the factory and they lasted not even 20,000 miles. I had my wife get new tires since it was her vehicle and she allowed them to install the same tires. Palm to face! I said why the hell did you allow them to do that? She had no answer. I switched to copper then and they lasted until I sold the vehicle for other issues.

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Goodyear has always been my go-to. That being said, any factory tire is going to made to do two things: give a good ride and be quiet. That's what sells cars on the test drive. If you step up to a higher end Goodyear, they will outperform just about any tire out there. Michelin has some good tires as well but for the price, I wouldn't consider them.

As far as a tire shortage, I just saw some Hankook tires for sale. They said something about a tire shortage dictating the price. Out of curiosity, I looked up the same tire at my local distributor, they had over 100 in stock. I'm not sure who or where they are having tire shortages, but it certainly isn't in WNY.

No tires, no gas, no toilet paper, no guns, no ammo, no primers. Same results after a divorce.

I put Continental CrossContact LX25s on my SUV about 2 months ago. Way better then the Bridgestone ones that came with the vehicle, probably only got 35K out of them. I have separate winter only tires so hard to tell the exact miles I put on them, so the 35K is an estimate.

I got 55k on my original BF Goodrich TA/KO tires that came on my Jeep.

got 59k on the first set of 35" Cooper Discoverer STT I put on.

Got 52k on the Cooper Discoverer STT-pro (not a very good tire, to be honest. They changed the composition and tread pattern from the STTs).

Currently have just over 17k on the ST-maxx and loving these tires so far. Will see how they age, though.

Had 25k on factory generals (no grip on grass) but tread was still there, was going to change for upcoming winter, saw a bolt sticking out of one took them to my guy for plug and had 2 tires with bolts in them. Had been thinking since the pipeline was shut the price of gas just went up might as well get new ones, BFG in and on in 2 days.
I try to use my repair guy even if they are couple bucks higher, it is all about service and trust, I have a guy in Liverpool ny and Mexico ny, I would just drop off or call and tell them it's sitting on the side of the road please get it picked up and fix it asap; and it would be back on the road ~24hrs or sooner no xtra charges. I pay in cash.