Tires - To Sipe or Not to Sipe Toyo M154s

RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
When I first saw the link about tire siping the first thing that popped in my head was Schwawb. They were (still?) heavily into that. Any more I tend to avoid them for more than one reason. Used to be a good place.

Yeah. My family began using them in the late '70s, I believe it was.

Les died. It was still ok for awhile and then the kids eventually sold out.

I looked far and wide around here for someone who could source the Yokohamas, but to no avail.

That said, I think my local shop is still good. Most of the local truckers still go there and seem really happy.

What's funny is... when I set up the appointment, they didn't offer the siping. Per the OP, it was the photo of the Michelin that even sparked the memory that they used to "offer" / "upsell?" that service. I meant to look into it before the install, but an emergency sped up the process in a big way.

In fact... the tech talked me out of balancing the drives in place of their much cheaper liquid stuff they use for all the truckers. He came across as a real honest young man. Well... he's probably in his mid 30s and has a family... but I'm getting to the age where most men seem young.

I heard about his family when he told me the story of how he almost bought the farm. With the benefit of experience, he now has all air ride rig owners dump the air first. Said a couple of kids from up north were crushed from leaking air that way. Doesn't sound like a good way to go.

They mounted them about a month ago and I called them today to ask if they still even do the siping