Highway Tractor tires....

[farmaholic]

Tandem needs new shoes.
Had new Bridgestones on when I bought the truck. They seemed to get chewed pretty hard by stubble and gravel.
Doesn't really haul any grain to terminals(tare is too heavy)
Buy recaps or just a better/harder rubber compound tire.
Recaps don't excite me.
I'm not a fan of low quality cheap off-store "junk".

What brands do you guys recommend?
Opinions please.

[TASFarms]

Tandem needs new shoes.
Had new Bridgestones on when I bought the truck. They seemed to get chewed pretty hard by stubble and gravel.
Doesn't really haul any grain to terminals(tare is too heavy)
Buy recaps or just a better/harder rubber compound tire.
Recaps don't excite me.
I'm not a fan of low quality cheap off-store "junk".

What brands do you guys recommend?
Opinions please.

I like Bridgestone 775. They seem to outlast anything else and they are aggressive.

[Taiga]

I like Michelin XDS2 for drive tires. They are especially good in the winter.

[SASKFARMER]

Phone the guy in foam lake for truck tires the Chinese he sells are all you need we use them on all semis and tandems. Last just about as long as Michelin etc.

[Guest]

we sure are having good luck with Mitas on tractors , really good tires, not sure about trucks
we just use overseas tires , work good

[jamesb]

We have gone to Chinese tires on the drive wheels and have been satisfied with the quality for the most part. Most are under $250 per tire. I know of guys who have gone together and bought in large volumes have got them quite a bit cheaper. A few guys redoing their super b's can add up to a pretty big order.

[LEP]

I bought a new grain trailer in 2004. It came with Michelin tires. Just replaced them with chinese tires. There was lots of tread left but sidewall were rotting so I went for more plys. They aren't likely going to wear out.

You need to get almost twice the life out of a namebrand for it to pay.

[biglentil]

China is screwing us in the canola market. I don't support them. Includes Sygenta, Chem China etc.

[Taiga]

Wow $250 tires would definitely get my attention. I put Chinese on my step deck trailer and they were still over $400 each.

[RD414]

Agree with SF, Roadlux tires from Silk Tire in Foam Lake. Don’t want to support China but not paying stupid high prices for Bridgestone just to ruin them on gravel.

[dalek]

Seem to be a lot of Hankooks on trucks around here

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I wouldn't be afraid of retreads, except evidently they are no longer cost competitive with the imports. A local tire shop claims that the statistics on failures are better for retreads than original casings. Because any defective casings blew up long before they became a retread, and the casings in the retreads have been inspected, whereas the originals aren't.

On off road trucks, we always ran Bridgestone 775's or equivalent. Seemed to outlast everything else in gravel.

[MBgrower]

Phone the guy in foam lake for truck tires the Chinese he sells are all you need we use them on all semis and tandems. Last just about as long as Michelin etc.

yep, from field to farm yard, chinese does the job, actually not bad tires. i've had two recaps blow off under full load, can be dangerous.

[farmaholic]

Thanks, so far.

What are cores worth for re-capping?

[flea beetle]

We were running bridgestone m711's but they discontinued them this year. Now switched to m799's which are very close to the same, but a little more aggressive. They are an open shoulder design so they are good in snow and mud, and have a very deep lug so last fairly well. Don't do a ton of gravel other than from the field back to the farm, so can't comment on stone bruises.

Tire shops around here say good luck getting cores on casings if they are more than 3 years old.