What did you do with your truck/shop today

[SnakeEyeSS]

Another development:

 

A new LTX is out in my size in a month.

 

 

The Defender LTX M/S.

 

Supposedly combined the LTX M/S2 with their long lasting, weather conquering, new "defender" tire tread tech. Will (In guessing) replace the M/S2 since its within a few dollars in price.

 

 

But, pre-order is $282 more than the Conti's

 

$610 installed vs $892.

Edited October 18, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[SnakeEyeSS]

So, I called discount Tire and learned something. Cost for a TPMS replacement is $60, no matter if your only having it done or having it changed during new tire install.

 

I was going to have them all done since two are flaky, but no point now! The one that was going off an on for a year started working fine 6 month ago and still does.

Edited October 18, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[Jsdirt]

Wow what a rip just for stupid sensors.

 

 

Nice job Sarah - look friggin BRIGHT!

 

 

Good to hear those tires are as good as people say, NE - thanks for that info.

 

 

Yeah, tires are absolutely insanely priced these days. Since I ride motorcycles, I'm used to spending a lot and not getting much in return. Tires are one thing I don't skimp on though. I tend to take up all my bottled up frustrations out on the truck, so I need rubber that STICKS.

 

I kept my OEM 18's and mounted Blizzaks on those. Those tires are AWESOME in the snow - much better than I ever would have imagined. Definitely would've smacked up the truck a couple times without them.

 

My summer wheels are OEM '10 LTZ 20" mags. Thing with reading the reviews is, they run the gamut from 14" tires on a '92 Toyota, to load range E's on a spankin' new dually. Quite a bit of variation there. Then there's people who have never held a lug nut in their hands, trying to explain how the tire functions. Took me about 8 hours combined reading between last night and this morning to get a good handle on how decent the tires were.

 

I was laughing at some guy's review from NY of the General Grabber UHP sport tires - he says, "These are terrible in the snow!! I was nearly killed on the highway!" YA THINK BUDDY???? HAHAHAHAHA! Wow ...

Edited October 18, 2015 by Jsdirt

[SnakeEyeSS]

Yeah, I'm just not sure how long I'll keep it around. The couple of GMT900 reviews I've seen on the Conti's looked great, so thinking I'll go with those

 

 

I have 4/32nd tread left(maybe a bit more up front). But the 5 year old coopers have fine cracking in the rubber on top and side if you get up close.

Edited October 18, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[Jsdirt]

Seems to happen a lot nowadays. I put Michelin Green X tires (with absolutely zero improvement in mileage, btw ...) on the wife's '86 Grand Marquis 5 years ago - they're all dry rotted from top to bottom - even between the tread. This thing is garaged 70% of the time too, so the sun hardly ever sees those tires.

 

Also read a lot of other Michelin reviews stating the exact same thing. All weather-checked at year 2 or 3. Seems every manufacturer on the planet is finding ways to cut corners these days. For the money we spend you'd think we'd get a long lasting product. If not dry rot, it's super-fast tread wear. Can't win.

Edited October 18, 2015 by Jsdirt

[RyanbabZ71]

So, I called discount Tire and learned something. Cost for a TPMS replacement is $60, no matter if your only having it done or having it changed during new tire install.

 

I was going to have them all done since two are flaky, but no point now! The one that was going off an on for a year started working fine 6 month ago and still does.

They did the rebuild kits on mine. It wasnt very much at all.

 

 

Ryan

[Jsdirt]

I remember seeing sensors on eBay for like $20. Must be made in china ...

 

You'd have to use the truck as a bead breaker to get them in without a tire machine though. That usually bends the dust shield up. These days they're plastic, so it'll probably bust ...

 

Maybe $60 ain't so bad after all ...

[Chevor]

Seems to happen a lot nowadays. I put Michelin Green X tires (with absolutely zero improvement in mileage, btw ...) on the wife's '86 Grand Marquis 5 years ago - they're all dry rotted from top to bottom - even between the tread. This thing is garaged 70% of the time too, so the sun hardly ever sees those tires.

 

Also read a lot of other Michelin reviews stating the exact same thing. All weather-checked at year 2 or 3. Seems every manufacturer on the planet is finding ways to cut corners these days. For the money we spend you'd think we'd get a long lasting product. If not dry rot, it's super-fast tread wear. Can't win.

 

I have option C. Poor bad weather traction but excellent wear life. Haven't had tires long enough to notice dry rot.

[Jsdirt]

That sucks. Sounds like a super-hard compound.

 

I noticed that with mine hauling that car to VT Tuesday. I went to pull out on wet pavement with some cars coming quick, and the tires lit up like crazy. Barely even touched the gas. Trailer was holding me back. Hasn't done that in years, but did it 3 or 4 times on this run. Mine are getting hard as a brick from age, slowly but surely.

[SarahsGMC]

Tear the sensors out we've gone decades without them why waste your money

 

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[Chevor]

Sensors have saved me 3 tires so far. Leak fixed and many more miles driven with tires.

 

I like the TST system I bought for the dually. Can monitor up to 18 wheels, truck and trailer. Set alerts, also reads temps.

[kstruckcountry]

Sensors have saved me 3 tires so far. Leak fixed and many more miles driven with tires.

 

I like the TST system I bought for the dually. Can monitor up to 18 wheels, truck and trailer. Set alerts, also reads temps.

Have thought about getting a set, do they hold up well? My 20' boat trailer is narrow, it'd be nice to have a set to monitor the tires since I can't see them, but they'd get dunked. Monitoring the pickup tires would be ok, but over 28,000 miles without a flat on these tires... Knock on wood.

[Chevor]

Running thousands of miles a week, hours between stops they're a huge plus. But if your only going on short drives they're useless....Unless you never look at you tires.

Edited October 18, 2015 by Chevor

[Chevor]

185K miles

[SnakeEyeSS]

They did the rebuild kits on mine. It wasnt very much at all.

 

 

Ryan

$8 for rebuild

 

$60 for replacement(when the battery dies)