ordering tires

Bought 6 Bridgestone tires for my trailer from Amazon. They were less than 4 months old. I made a deal with a tire shop that sell used tires to swap mounting and balancing for my old (9 years) Michelins. It saved me about $600 compared to a local tire shop. It was a great experience.

puchinno12 wrote:
Thanks all for taking the time to respond. I want to order Maxxis but I can't find any dealer up here in Alberta that has them. I talked to some tire places in my town and they said that they would install my tires for me, no problem. I told them that I could not get the Maxxis, so I will order them from the U.S. and cross the line to pick them up, as I live near the border. They seem to understand the situation. The other option I have is to buy the Carlisle brand up here, but I don't know if they have improved over the years. If I bought up here I could check the date on the tires myself before I bought them, but buying online, I guess its a crapshoot.

If you are near the border, gotta get a US mailbox set up and buy tires and anything else you can online in the US and get it shipped to the mailbox. US prices are simply waaay cheaper (shipping included). We've had a US mailbox for years now and have probably saved thousands of $$ in all kinds of items. When we cross the border, we've only had to pay tax once (for a PC). Get a Nexus card if you plan to cross a lot.

You have to be cautious of buying some things on Amazon and tires are one thing I would avoid. Best to buy directly from an independent online vendor that you can actually phone and chat with someone if needed. I seem to recall someone on the forum in the past few weeks or so saying that they found a source for Maxxis tires at a super price, except I can't find it on a search.

I've never found any larger size tires cheaper on the internet with mounting balancing shipping or tax than my local tire stores. Plus all have included free lifetime rotation and balancing.

My daily driver is a 4x4 pickup truck. I ordered 4 mounted Bridgestone Blizzak snow tires for it from Tire Rack. They were 3 months old, mounted on rims, aired up and delivered on my back porch in less than a week. Same deal for my Jeep Wrangler toad.
The tires where I purchased my 'C' were ordered, mounted on my wheels with solid metal extenders and installed a TPMS system to monitor them. That was after I drove some part of the last 300 mile leg home with a huge nail still in the right inside dually, but no air. With bad tires, you increase your chances of becoming a sled.

"" The other option I have is to buy the Carlisle brand up here, but I don't know if they have improved over the years. If I bought up here I could check the date on the tires myself before I bought them, but buying online, I guess its a crapshoot. ""


In researching a new tire purchase for my trailer I was unable to find a single negative comment on the Carlisle tires that have been redesigned in 2011 . These are the Carlisle RH trailer tires!! They have a higher gvw rating and supposedly an 87 mph rating according to Carlisle, Although I would never be over 65 mph.
I like to enjoy the view!!
I had Maxxis on my previous trailer with no problems in 2 years while they were on the trailer.
The Carlisles' are readily available at numerous dealers and were $100.00 cheaper for 4 tires.

Google Maxxis Canada, they have a office in Ontario. Big O tire stores in B.C. also sell Maxxis,they may have to order them for you.
There is a store in Prince George B.C.

Also there is a company in Ont that will ship anywere in Canada for free, or so they say. Check them out before ordering from the U.S.

Muddydogs wrote:
One has to remember its not necessarily the tire manufacture date that makes it old but the tires time in the sun and weather. A year old tire that has spent its first year of life setting in a warehouse or tire store has not been exposed to UV, heat and weather isn't necessarily a year old.

True......however when (if) you go to sell that trailer or MH with
the "old" tires, there's no way to document your claim that the old tires were really new.

"Well - I have the receipt right here".
OK - "but ahhh....why would you pay good money for old tires?"..:R

Most of us won't accept tires with old dates.
Tire dealers won't either.......well....

My story:
Had a small TT - had 15" Marathons that looked great, but they were about 8-9 years old.

Figured it was time to replace them. Went to my local "mom and pop"
tire store (been around a long time).
The owner/manager didn't have my size in stock, but happy to order them.
We chatted about the age of my tires and I said something about being over *SIX* years old and they were due!
He says, "Oh no - you should replace at *FIVE* years old".

Didn't matter - ordered the tires.

Couple of days later, he calls, says my tires are in.
Took two wheels and tires down, dropped them off - said I'll be back in an hour. His employees get busy mounting the tires.

On a whim - when I returned to pick up my two "new" mounted GY Marathons, I looked at the date code/s.

Seventeen (17) months old!..:(

Keeping in mind -the 5 year life span according to *him*- about one-fifth of their life was gone to - - "shelf-life".

Told the owner, no way Jose - either find some with more recent mfg dates, or re-mount the old tires and I'll go elsewhere.

He gets on the phone to his GY distributor, and after several pauses (supposedly the dist is calling GY) - the dist says GY only does a mfg run of my size ST tires once a year.
They don't have anything with a more current date.

BTW - I didn't ask for any special pricing on the "old/new" tires, nor was any offered.

So - "we" looked elsewhere. He came up with Coopers that arrived with a very current mfg date (about 5 weeks old) at the same price.

Moral of the story = Buyer Beware.
And...your choice (& your $$) for/of what's new and what's old..:W

Recent history....
I have replaced the factory supplied 16" ST Marathons on my 5th wheel with Michelin (LT) XPS Ribs which had to be ordered via America's Tire.
No problem - current mfg dates.

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puchinno12 wrote:
I guess I'll take my chances and order some. I'll just do some more checking around online for the best price and shipping costs. I'll report back in a few weeks, and tell anyone that's interested, about the experience. Thanks again all.

I drove into a local Discount Tire last Friday and got 8 month old BFGs.


A year and a half ago, I ordered car tires from Discount Tire Online, they came quickly, free shipping and were fresh.

I've never had an issue with someone mounting them. Discount Tire and Big O have mounted tires I've bought elsewhere without any complaint. And the last set, I had the dealer mount since his price was the same and I was in for maintenance anyway.

i ordered tires from discount tire on ebay ( local discount tire would not match price) and they had them shipped direct from the factory only 2 weeks old.

One has to remember its not necessarily the tire manufacture date that makes it old but the tires time in the sun and weather. A year old tire that has spent its first year of life setting in a warehouse or tire store has not been exposed to UV, heat and weather isn't necessarily a year old.