Dually tire service/installation

HighwayPilot wrote:
Hello all, we have an xplorer 230XL class B ( tires are 245/75R16 load range E)and it's time to change tires. we live in Miami, Fl. and I am able to purchase the tires online at Walmart and delivered to the house or tire shop. but I'am having trouble locating a tire shop to do the work(most don't want to deal with dually's). I was told by one shop he could do the installation but cannot balance the inner tires. Is that a possiblity? in other words, is he pulling my leg? Thanks for your inputs in advance.

What kind of "tire shop" are you talking about? Many franchise tire shops don't work on "truck" tires and just say no. As posted earlier, look around for a tire shop that works on truck tires - local gas station will probably know someplace.

Also, sometimes buying tires separately and bringing them to a shop may not save as much as you think (or save anything), because a lot of shops include the cost of mounting and balancing in their price for tires. When you bring in "outside" tires, they charge you for mounting and balancing. You might want to double check on your pricing.

I am a huge proponent of finding a good local repair shop and getting to know them. Any extra cost to have "my" local shop work on my vehicles is very much offset by them getting me in right away when needed, and also NOT doing work if they find it isn't necessary.

I have found over the years that my local repair shop has excellent prices on tires, because they give one total price (labor included) for the tires that I buy through them. And they will buy odd size and "other" brand tires for me if I want.

Also, although my local shop doesn't officially work on trucks, they have made an exception and worked on small dump trucks (F350ish size) for me in the past.