Tires from Amazon?

[Curly]

Sooooo, what's a good all terrain tire to buy for an F150?  I haul heavy loads occassionally, pull a large (for f150) travel trailer often, drive in snow at times, and drive on logging roads (including timber co crushed rock that seems to eat tires) often.  I'm not into offroading and the majority of the use will be to and from work/around town. 

If the OP doesn't want me to hijack, let me know and I'll delete.

I put Cooper Discoverer AT3's on my 1/2 ton last year and I'm really happy with them.  I went with an LT tire and E rating.
http://us.coopertire.com/tires/discoverer-a-t3-suv.aspx

[Fl0und3rz]

I have been happy with the longevity and traction with the Goodyear Duratracs on an F350.  I replaced mine a bit prematurely with about 1/4" tread left, and there was a noticeable difference going over the passes with all the standing water over the last few weeks.

[jackelope]

I think we are going to see more  of this drop ship lean inventory in the pipeline. I talked to a Tire shop manager whom said he is increasingly seeing online prices being shown to him that are lower than his purchase price.  If there is no return on holding inventory Tire stores wont hold stock except for the really quick movers, which is hard with all the sizes and brands out there,and/or for the really good customers... In short this is a is an acceleration and  thinning out of the supply chain.

What does this mean for consumers...

Freebees are going away. you are now going to pay for everything. If you have a blow out and need an XYZ brand tire and size you are going to pay a premium unless you can wait. I belive we have already seen a rise in the number of small  independent used tire shops that are certified installers for drop ship companies. They will only hold used inventory and virtually no new tires. Most people have noticed the rise in used tire shops popping up everywhere. In order to survive selling your service your overhead and investment in inventory has to be low.

If you run non stock tire size you should own a full sized spare for your ride on a wheel. If you have a pre 09 non TPMS  vehicle then you can probably get away with just the tire just in case. most tire shops wont install a tire older than 7-10 years old. If its already on a wheel you can swap it out yourself.

This is a great resource for Pre 09 vehicle so that you can source a spare on a wheel.
https://www.crawlpedia.com/bolt_patterns.htm

There is a set of Michelins for sale in the classifieds. I posted a screenshot of my price on them, indicating that it was a smoking deal. I looked them up on Amazon....they're a lot less than my cost on them on Amazon and we hardly make any money on tires. 10% over cost is about where we're at to stay competitive.

(Those tires in the classifieds are still cheaper than amazon for the record)

[Special T]

I think we are going to see more  of this drop ship lean inventory in the pipeline. I talked to a Tire shop manager whom said he is increasingly seeing online prices being shown to him that are lower than his purchase price.  If there is no return on holding inventory Tire stores wont hold stock except for the really quick movers, which is hard with all the sizes and brands out there,and/or for the really good customers... In short this is a is an acceleration and  thinning out of the supply chain.

What does this mean for consumers...

Freebees are going away. you are now going to pay for everything. If you have a blow out and need an XYZ brand tire and size you are going to pay a premium unless you can wait. I belive we have already seen a rise in the number of small  independent used tire shops that are certified installers for drop ship companies. They will only hold used inventory and virtually no new tires. Most people have noticed the rise in used tire shops popping up everywhere. In order to survive selling your service your overhead and investment in inventory has to be low.

If you run non stock tire size you should own a full sized spare for your ride on a wheel. If you have a pre 09 non TPMS  vehicle then you can probably get away with just the tire just in case. most tire shops wont install a tire older than 7-10 years old. If its already on a wheel you can swap it out yourself.

This is a great resource for Pre 09 vehicle so that you can source a spare on a wheel.
https://www.crawlpedia.com/bolt_patterns.htm

There is a set of Michelins for sale in the classifieds. I posted a screenshot of my price on them, indicating that it was a smoking deal. I looked them up on Amazon....they're a lot less than my cost on them on Amazon and we hardly make any money on tires. 10% over cost is about where we're at to stay competitive.

(Those tires in the classifieds are still cheaper than amazon for the record)

Im a big fan of buying used tires when i find a good deal. the only new tires I buy are for my wifes car. 

[Special T]

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,217506.0.html

I think its important to know how to change a tire just like do an oil service, timing belt, and basic tune up. 

[lamrith]

Yes, I bought General G-MAX AS-05's for $95/ea SHIPPED (Usually they are $190/ea for my size).  Then I bought Cooper CS5 Ultra's for my kids car as well.  Challenge at times can be finding a shop to install them and not rake you over the coals.  Also worth nothing, if the price is not super crazy cheaper on Amazon, take the print-out in to Discount tire, they will usually price match.

For those that use Amazon.  Make sure you use smile.amazon.com  Smile lets you select a charity of your choice and a donation is made for every purchase you do.  My Charity is the NRA Foundation, Inc.

[baker5150]

Yes, I bought General G-MAX AS-05's for $95/ea SHIPPED (Usually they are $190/ea for my size).  Then I bought Cooper CS5 Ultra's for my kids car as well.  Challenge at times can be finding a shop to install them and not rake you over the coals.  Also worth nothing, if the price is not super crazy cheaper on Amazon, take the print-out in to Discount tire, they will usually price match.

For those that use Amazon.  Make sure you use smile.amazon.com  Smile lets you select a charity of your choice and a donation is made for every purchase you do.  My Charity is the NRA Foundation, Inc.

I see what you did there.....

[Lucky Eric]

I've done it and discount tire will match the price for the tire and whatever it would cost to ship.
Saved me $700 on a set of bfg km2

So let me get this right, Discount tire matched the price for the same tire on Amazon?

[Alchase]

Discount Tire has been great to me.
I bought my set of Cooler ATs a few years ago for my Dakota. Had 21k on them when I had a blowout through the tread.
I was going to scrap the Coopers and go back to the tried and true 10 ply BFG AT KOs.
Discount gave me 80% credit for the Coopers, applied to the AT KOs.
Got them for half off, and they mounted the best Cooper on my spare for free.
Even though they had the lowest price on the BFGs, “Good customer service”, I will reword with my business, even if I pay a few dollars more.

Les Schwuab, will never see my business again.

[pup0025]

I bought a tire machine and balancer off Amazon.  The mayflower brand and they work good.  I gave up after Schwab's quoted me over 2000 bucks for tires on my wife's Yukon.  275/60/20.  Toyo open country.

[Caseyd]

Sooooo, what's a good all terrain tire to buy for an F150?  I haul heavy loads occassionally, pull a large (for f150) travel trailer often, drive in snow at times, and drive on logging roads (including timber co crushed rock that seems to eat tires) often.  I'm not into offroading and the majority of the use will be to and from work/around town. 

If the OP doesn't want me to hijack, let me know and I'll delete.

Duratracs would be my vote. On my 3rd set. Have also ran the Cooper St Max and liked it but prefer the duratrac a little more in the winter.

[Fl0und3rz]

I've done it and discount tire will match the price for the tire and whatever it would cost to ship.
Saved me $700 on a set of bfg km2

So let me get this right, Discount tire matched the price for the same tire on Amazon?

I didn't need to get them to match, they already were at the same price.

[Odell]

Discount Tire has been great to me.
I bought my set of Cooler ATs a few years ago for my Dakota. Had 21k on them when I had a blowout through the tread.
I was going to scrap the Coopers and go back to the tried and true 10 ply BFG AT KOs.
Discount gave me 80% credit for the Coopers, applied to the AT KOs.
Got them for half off, and they mounted the best Cooper on my spare for free.
Even though they had the lowest price on the BFGs, “Good customer service”, I will reword with my business, even if I pay a few dollars more.

Les Schwuab, will never see my business again.

I'm with you on that but I still pull in and make them check my air all the time.

[Alchase]

Discount Tire has been great to me.
I bought my set of Cooler ATs a few years ago for my Dakota. Had 21k on them when I had a blowout through the tread.
I was going to scrap the Coopers and go back to the tried and true 10 ply BFG AT KOs.
Discount gave me 80% credit for the Coopers, applied to the AT KOs.
Got them for half off, and they mounted the best Cooper on my spare for free.
Even though they had the lowest price on the BFGs, “Good customer service”, I will reword with my business, even if I pay a few dollars more.

Les Schwuab, will never see my business again.

I'm with you on that but I still pull in and make them check my air all the time.

After the crap they tried to pull, I thought about pulling into Les Schwab's on a rainy day, park at the furthest spot available, let them run out to my car, and when they get up to the door, drive away slowly,

And doing this over, and over, and over........

 

[huntnfmly]

I've done it and discount tire will match the price for the tire and whatever it would cost to ship.
Saved me $700 on a set of bfg km2

So let me get this right, Discount tire matched the price for the same tire on Amazon?

Yes I just brought in add I found with price on the computer and all they added was the price of shipping