[tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
- From: thingmon@xxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:09:42 -0700 (PDT)
Count the lugs... Notice the diameter of the 5's is wider? Hence, wide 5.
http://www.appletreeauto.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1
Clear Lake NTB has a balancer adapter for wide 5's. Found this out after I
bought tires at Discount and those yahoo's couldn't balance them...
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From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 6:53:17 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
Oh. I didn't know you needed a special adapter. What is a wide 5? Just a
wider
tire? I've been wondering if wider tires would give a bus more stability.
Didn't
you love the first time you ever took a sharp turn or off ramp in a bus? Wish I
was wearing Depends that day.
--- On Sun, 4/3/11, Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 9:22 AM
>
>
>Some of the places I've had tires mounted, CAN mount, just not balance...seems
>strange, but I guess theres just not that much demand for balancin' wide 5's,
>so
>few have the adapter...some try anyway, with apparently poor results!
>
>
>--- On Sat, 4/2/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
>>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 6:02 PM
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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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>
>>>>>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
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:08:26 -0500
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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