[tcb] Re: tires
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:33:27 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
The Yokohama Y356 185/R14 D is what I put on the Rivi. A set of 4 mounted
and balanced cost me under $400 at Discount Tire. Use the TireRack.com
price against your salesman if the local price seems too high. Go to
TireRack.com and get the price and shipping quote printed out. Doesn't
include mount/balance naturally but the salesman will quite often match
that printed price with mount/balance included. Plus you get the Discount
Tire nationwide warranty.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=185%2F&ratio=80&diameter=14&manufacturer=Yokohama&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&x=12&y=16
A set of 4 of the D rated Y356 tires right now would run about $306 for me
shipped to my door. If you have to buy them online for the price you can
generally find a decent tire shop to mount/balance for $10 - $15 per tire.
I think the Wal-Mart tire places will do tires you don't buy from them for
that price including lifetime balance warranty so if you lose a weight on a
trip you can get rebalanced free.
The C rated Y356 is $8 cheaper per tire but for the loads a camper may
carry I think the extra capacity of the D is the best bet.
G2
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:41:34 -0500 Brian Denning
<i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> well i just got a price list from roy rogers and although people say they
> will rape you they said 527.71 for everything. brakes and motor so i will
> have alot more than expected to spend on the tires. but tires will come last
> but will be an important purchase because the fabubus had passenger tires
> and it swayed all over the road. i will make some phone calls on them to
> some locals and see. you run the 185/14 dan?
>
> oh and what about C tires are they any good or do you start running into the
> load thing and how bad does it affect ride?
>
>
> >From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: tires
> >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:35:01 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
> >
> >On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:07:00 -0500 Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> > > It meets the load spec. Ok, but I have heard that being a hiway rib
> > > makes them no good for anything but pavement.
> > > There is constantly chatter about bus tires on the Type 2 list, the
> > > only bad reports on the Y356 I have heard are related to this.
> > > Reports of people being stuck on wet grass were all I needed to hear
> > > to steer me toward the Hankook RA08.
> > > I run Yokohama's on the Mazda and really like them.
> > > I don't know if anyone on this list is running the Y356's (If your
> > > out there, sound off)
> >
> >I am ...
> >
> >The Chevy pulls them across wet grass quite well. :-(
> >
> >G2
> >
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