best place to buy tires

[fxdave]

for those that have replaced tires where does one find the best price to get there tires done ! i m interested in hearing ! ill be replacing mine soon because of age ! there breaking in on 8 yrs !

[94-Newmar]

List your location (City, State) so others in that area can chime in on their experiences with finding tires. Before buying I checked local semi repair shops, truck tire shops, OTR service centers (like Flying J etc etc) and local mobile truck tire repair companies.

I ended up buying from R & S Tire here in Columbus, Ohio. They are a smaller company but have 5 mobile repair trucks and a shop for drive-in repairs. They had the 4-22.5" Bridgestones I needed for $300.00 less (mounted and balanced) than anyone else I could find locally. On average I think you'll find local OTR tire shops to have lower pricing than larger companies since they have lower overhead in most cases.

[mikron]

Wow, $300.00 less mounting and balancing is for 22.5 tires the best price I have seen. I just bought a 235/80/22.5 from Sam's for a spare at $345.00 with tax. No mounting or balancing. Best price other then Sam's was $460.00 plus balancing and mounting from a truck shop.

[94-Newmar]

mikron, you misunderstood... heh.. they were $300.00 less for all 4 tires than other places around here... so total savings over other places was about $75.00 per tire.

[fxdave]

jacksonville fl is where im located newmar ! so how much was it per tire ? finished out the door price

[94-Newmar]

fsdave, I did all 4 rears. 4-Bridgestone R250s 235 x 80 R22.5's, removed all 4, mounted, balanced and included balancing beads, new valve stems, new plastic spacers between the aluminum outer and steel inner wheels, tax, labor everything $375.00/tire. I even checked the date codes and the tires were all within 5 months of being manufactured.

[94-Newmar]

Hrm.. can't edit my previous post.. BUT the new Bridgestone tire size was 245 x 75 R22.5 which was the replacement for the Michelin 235 x 80 R22.5s

[1ciderdog]

Often at a large RV rally major vendors will have tires at discount. This past summer I purchased six 670's from Good Year at the Redmond Oregon rally. I had priced both Michelin's and Goodyears prior to attending the rally. Goodyear's were about $70 per tire less than I had priced out at local tire shops. Michelin's were not discounted.

[Gary RVRoamer]

fxdave...
You need to price your size & load range of tire, not someone else's. There can be a tremendous difference in price for a tire that is common vs special use, and also a tremendous difference among shops. Comparisons are meaningless except for the same size and load range tire.

So, what size tires does your Endeavor have?

[fxdave]

looking for 245/75 22.5 prices ! wingfoot quoted good year g670 for 3094 out the door ! just got a quote from tire 1 for Michelin 235 80 r 22.5 2786 out the door price just got another from carter otr tir they are toyo for 2100.00 out the door

[fxdave]

any body running these tires ? http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/27554.pdf

[Gary RVRoamer]

Toyo makes excellent tires but they don't pursue the motorhome market, so you don't hear much about them. Sounds like a good price.

[UFO Pilot]

There are a number of threads related to Toyo tire on iRV2. If you type Toyo in the search box they will all come up. Hope this helps.