Well, yesterday I said goodbye to my SXT All Terrains from Les Schwab and picked up a set of their Toyo Open Country HT with TUFF Duty.
I priced Costo and Big O, Tire Pro's, Discount...since when did the chain tire salesman turn into blingy denim, flat billed, soul patch, spikey hair ****?"Yeah Brah, those will look **** on your Truck, we can order you smoked headlights and spiked lug nuts." ***?
The American Car Care center--Tire Pro's were the worst for service, price and attitude. Total hipster, cool guy, douches.
Costco had a decent price on Michelin'sbut would only install the OEM 235 size rubber, no thanks. He couldn't belive it already had 265'son itand I wanted to go to 285's...whatever.I likeCostco,but thereisALWAYS a 1 to 1.5 hr waitto havethem rotated,I will continueto purchasemy wife's tires there.
Les Schwab has decent store coverage on the west coast and they have never tried to rip me off. The guys are white, speak english and run their ***** off. The popcorn is usually fresh and minimal waittime to haveany tireservicesperformed. Plusthey open at8am opposedto Costco's10am.
I asked if they would sell me some Michelin'sand the answer was "yes, but we will be way high on price since they are not our advertised, store brand." Then they showed me the HT's, the tread is actually what I would consideraggressive,especially when marketed fora highway60k tire.The big selling point was the mileage rating, "diesel truck specific application" and the huge load rating...3750lbs! I have not had issues with my past tires but more is better, right?
Thus far, I don'thavemuch to sayon thetiresperformance. It'snot reallya fair comparison asmy oldtireswereworn to 5/32ndsand weregetting quite squirrly in the slush. The Toyo's have a fresh 17/32nds of meat on them.
The Toyo's ride smoother/softer at 55 psi.
Sorry for the spacing in the text...I'm copy/pasting from my phone.
I priced Costo and Big O, Tire Pro's, Discount...since when did the chain tire salesman turn into blingy denim, flat billed, soul patch, spikey hair ****?"Yeah Brah, those will look **** on your Truck, we can order you smoked headlights and spiked lug nuts." ***?
The American Car Care center--Tire Pro's were the worst for service, price and attitude. Total hipster, cool guy, douches.
Costco had a decent price on Michelin'sbut would only install the OEM 235 size rubber, no thanks. He couldn't belive it already had 265'son itand I wanted to go to 285's...whatever.I likeCostco,but thereisALWAYS a 1 to 1.5 hr waitto havethem rotated,I will continueto purchasemy wife's tires there.
Les Schwab has decent store coverage on the west coast and they have never tried to rip me off. The guys are white, speak english and run their ***** off. The popcorn is usually fresh and minimal waittime to haveany tireservicesperformed. Plusthey open at8am opposedto Costco's10am.
I asked if they would sell me some Michelin'sand the answer was "yes, but we will be way high on price since they are not our advertised, store brand." Then they showed me the HT's, the tread is actually what I would consideraggressive,especially when marketed fora highway60k tire.The big selling point was the mileage rating, "diesel truck specific application" and the huge load rating...3750lbs! I have not had issues with my past tires but more is better, right?
Thus far, I don'thavemuch to sayon thetiresperformance. It'snot reallya fair comparison asmy oldtireswereworn to 5/32ndsand weregetting quite squirrly in the slush. The Toyo's have a fresh 17/32nds of meat on them.
The Toyo's ride smoother/softer at 55 psi.
Sorry for the spacing in the text...I'm copy/pasting from my phone.