I only have problems with my Thing's stock wide fives. Discount Tire made an attempt to balance them but, screwed it up. When they brought it out one wheel had 9 weights on it. The kid that did it told me it was balanced so I drove it around the parking lot wobbling all the way and went back and told them to take all the weights off. It drove smooth without the weights so I just went with it.
I have been thinking about buying an adapter that I found online but haven't got around to it.
If anybody is interested here is the link. http://www.mainelycustombydesign.com/wheels_suspension.html On 4/2/2011 6:02 PM, kelly dosch wrote:
OK, seriously. Is everybody in TCB just wobbling around on unbalanced tires or what? Don't we have our tires balanced when they are mounted or did we all just space out that day?--- On *Fri, 4/1/11, Lonnie & Bonnie /<bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:From: Lonnie & Bonnie <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14 To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:30 PM Are you sure you want to go "no charge for TCB'ers"? We could keep you busy for a week balancing tires. I have a set on my singe cab that need to be balanced, and I wouldn't mind paying to have it done. Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Sent:* Fri, April 1, 2011 5:46:52 PM *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14 sure I can wait. On 4/1/2011 5:44 PM, Me wrote:No problem if you can wait till I come up with an adapter. No charge for tcb'ers. -David /Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless/ -----Original message----- *From: *Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> </mc/compose?to=mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>* To: *tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>* Sent: *Fri, Apr 1, 2011 20:31:33 GMT+00:00* Subject: *[tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14 Can you balance wide fives? I would be willing to pay you to balance my Thing Wheels. I am also a bus driver. On 3/31/2011 5:55 PM, David Schwarze wrote: > I just bought my hankooks from onlinetires.com a few months ago. Sorry to hear they don't carry them anymore, they had the best price by far, including shipping. Looks like busdepot might be the best option now. > > For bus drivers in the D/FW area, bring your new mail-order Hankooks by my house and I will mount and balance them for you for free! > > -David > > -----Original message----- > From: Bill bbauer2000@xxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=bbauer2000@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:08:26 -0500 > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14 > >> Discount Tire says they will match price but the really do not. I tried >> this route. Feel free to give it a shot. >> >> I have ordered 8 RA08's so far. 4 from onlinetires.com but they no longer >> carry Hancook. The second place was treadsource.com but I cant seem to get >> their site to come up. >> >> Bus Depot is great but their shipping quote on tires is wrong. You will >> place your order and they will call you back with a higher shipping cost >> unless that has been fixed recently. >> >> -Bill >> >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Gerald Livingston >>> wrote: >>> If you print out the order page showing total cost with shipping >>> Discount Tire will frequently price match. >>> >>> If you mail order them call around for mount/balance. A mom-n-pop will >>> frequently be cheaper than a chain. >>> >>> G2 >>> >>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:46:17 -0500 >>> Gregory Rogers wrote: >>> >>>> Just checked Bus Depot and the tires are $76 and shipping on for all >>>> 5 tires was $ 34 to my address in Dallas. That works out to about $ >>>> 83 per tire. Got to figure in the mounting charges which I have not >>>> done. This may be where Bill got his. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Gregory Rogers >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am in Dallas and need to get a set of these too. Once you find the >>>>> source, please reply to the whole list. Bus Depot has them priced >>>>> at $76 but I don't know what shipping costs are. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Bill Gmail >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Neil I ordered mine online out of CA. Came to about 83 each >>>>>> shipped. Discount tires pricing is a joke on these. I will see if >>>>>> I can find the online store I used. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 31, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Neil wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone know where these tires can be had in the DFW area at a >>>>>>> reasonable >>>>>> price? >>>>>>> Called Discount Tires, $112 per tire PLUS mountin'/balancing. >>>>>>> The Road Dogg is needin' new tires to go with the new wheels I >>>>>>> bought a >>>>>> while back. >>>>>> >>> >> > >
