tire ware

Francesca Knowles wrote:
Les Schwab doesn't sell "junk tires".

They have an excellent reputation all over the West, and your evidently satisfactory experience with the tires you bought from them should serve as proof of that in your case. I know that's true in our case...in over thirty years of buying tires from them for everything from wheelbarrows to farm equipment and everything in between, they've never sold us any tire that wasn't equal to or beyond the use for which we bought it....nor have they EVER attempted to sell us tires if the ones we were contemplating replacing still had serviceable life left.

The load range "E" Gladiators you have on are one of their house brands, manufactured to their specifications. We run the same on our goosenecks, and my brother has a set on his (big) recreational fiver. None of us have had any trouble whatsoever with them.

Before you get all shook up/determined to change to something other than what your fiver maker specified, I suggest you stop in and talk to Les Schwab about what if anything to do about the tires you have.

The best way to cut through the noise/opinions one gets from internet forums is to go to someone that knows and has a stake in the subject at hand.

That is your opinion, my opinion is they sell overpriced JUNK!

They are also great at trying to sell items not needed.

But if having someone up your backside from the time you pull into their parking lot then they are for you.

Discount Tire or Costco are less expensive and have by far better quality tires.