Tires for Fiver
We just got back from our planned trip from south Texas to Alaska. We were about 23 miles into our trip when we experienced a low tire on our Titanium fifth wheel (dry weight about 8200 lbs.). Good Sa...
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Tgator1 wrote:
Again, thanks to everyone for the helpful information. I ended up with Bridgestone Duravis R250's (LT245 75R 16) purchased at Discount Tires. I'm looking forward to several years of explosion free service from them!
Interesting! I tried to purchase XPS Ribs, same size as you, to replace Towmaster 235/80/R16's, same as you, and Discount Tire flatly refused to sell them to me because "they aren't the same load carrying capacity as the originals". They waited till my rig was up on the jacks and 2 wheels already removed before the "service manager" came to inform me they wouldn't sell me the Ribs but would sell me some GY 614Gs at $100/tire more than the Ribs. Sounded like a scam to me then, and still does after reading that they had no problems selling them to you.
You definitely made the right choice going to LT tires to replace the Towmaster ST junk!
