Tire shop wont install LTs on my trailer

parkmanaa wrote:
Read STRABO's comment with interest concerning America's Tire Stores,
and find they are very rigid in their application of guidelines from either their corporate and/or tire manufacturers regarding rotating, repairing, or any other tire problem.

Went to one of their local stores early last year requesting tire rotation. Like with STRABO, they checked the vehicle with a fine-tooth comb and decided tread depth was too low to rotate, and refused. Wanted to give me a quote on a new set of tires. I went to another independent tire store and tires were rotated without question. I am still driving on those tires here one year+ later.

Also, they are very picky regarding assuring penetrations are almost exactly in center of the tread or they refuse to repair even a nail hole.
IMHO this is part of the massive tire marketing push we have seen in the last several years, and goes along with the early (less than 5 years, in some cases) replacement of tires. I have expressed my disagreement with this philosophy for years. I believe thousands and thousands of tires are being unnecessarily replaced due this marketing push. In my experiences I found very few failures due to age. Regarding age, go with the tire manufacturer's suggestion; not with a tire dealer's.

"40 years in the tire industry; seen it all and done most of it"

How many people remember fire patches, let alone =done= one? I think my dad still has his patch clamp. :-) How about "boots"? Can't tell you how many pickup tires we booted let alone tractor tires. I've patched my truck tires with patch on patch on patch and still drove them until the steel cord was showing. :-) Used to take tractor tires down to a shop in S PHX where they'd hot-patch =massive= cuts in the sidewalls; literally re-vulcanizing a portion of the tire.

Lyle