Tires - Freedom Hauler
Looking to replace tires on TT. Local dealer said they cannot get Goodyear Endurance but provided me with a quote for Freedom Hauler tires. Company that makes them is Transamerica based in Memphis, TN...
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Lynnmor wrote:
I don't know if you used an RV dealer or a tire dealer, but I just bought Goodyear Endurance tires with no problem. I would rather have made in USA tires, I'm sure you are being offered tires from you know where.
You must be living under a rock..
There are many supply chain shortages.
Tire supplies are at a all time low due to shortages in the supply chain making it pretty darn difficult to impossible to source the size and brands of many tires.
See HERE about the ongoing raw latex supply shortage..
"Rubber supplies are drying up and price increases are reportedly beginning to climb at an untenable pace. Despite several years of relatively stable availability and low prices, supply chain disruptions created by lockdowns have left latex harvesters in a bad position. Low prices encouraged many to over harvest their existing crop, rather than invest in farmland. But with shortages looking probable as countries began responding to the pandemic, China went on a buying spree to maintain a robust national stockpile in 2020. The United States was late to the party and now finds itself in a position where scarcity is driving rubber prices through the roof just when it needs to buy more."
Myself, I have had issues getting pickup truck tires in ANY brand, my local tire shop tells me they are having a difficult time sourcing tires and they have drastically cut back their shop hrs.
These shortages have also driven the price of tires up, drastically, used to pay $200 per tire, those are now going for $260 per tire and going up every day.
I was very lucky that my tire shop had four tires in stock that would fit my truck and the only reason they had them was someone had ordered them an then never picked them up and the tire shop was sitting on them.. They told me that there was none of the size I needed in any suppliers within three states around us.
This is not the time to be picky, if they can get the size you need in a off brand and you need it and it is not a USA product, you will be forced to buy it or else walk.
