Just remember you need the "out the door price" and that 533.00 Michelin will end up between 700 and 800 bucks.
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Just remember you need the "out the door price" and that 533.00 Michelin will end up between 700 and 800 bucks.
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Sams Club can get Michelins for you for $700 each had to wait a week for them excluding tax.. We had Gateway tires install them.
Larry & Diane Byrd
Lufkin Texas.
2005 Liberty Elegant Lady H3-45
1998 Vantare H3-45 D/S SOLD
2016 Cadillac Escalade ESV 4WD
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This price looks like a no brainer to me for Michelin's.Originally Posted by truk4u
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Assuming that is the price of the tires, it is also the out the door price for me. I break down my tires and mount them so all I want is someone to stick them in the back of my pickup truck.
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Oh man that pains me just to consider that. Besides I don't have a jack handle for my bottle jack.
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I've been running the Toyo tires now for several years. They were on the bus when I bought it and I have just rotated replacements in as needed. I find them to be reasonably priced, smooth riding, and durable.
Towson Engsberg
2006 Legendary XLii DS
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I will admit I would rather eat bees than horse 142 pound tires around. But the advantages of doing them myself outweigh the effort. First, I ain't getting any younger and it is so easy to justify sitting on my butt watching others work so I lie to myself and convince myself there are benefits doing this kind of work. First, it is an ideal opportunity to really get a close look at stuff not usual visible with the wheels and tires in place. The bus is supported on stands and I can pull all the wheels and go ever everything slowly. I need the time to sit on my butt so this is as good an excuse as any. I look for hub seal leaks, cracked discs or drums, check hoses, and maybe even take on some other work as long as the wheels are off. I am due for drive axle shocks so that may be on the agenda.
After I break down the tires and wheels there is no better time to give the wheel a good going over with my buffer. This is especially true of the drive wheels whcih are a pain to buff and polish when the hub is sticking through them on the bus.
When I mount the tires I get a chance to mount them so the date code is actually visible. Little stuff like that makes me happy. Finaly when I mount the wheels back on the bus I am pretty sure I will be more concerned about the torque than the tire guys who normally crank up the PSI and drive the nuts home with the 1" impact wrench. Finishing the job provides me with an excuse to treat myself to an adult beverage.
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I talked with a Michelin rep at the Madison FMCA rally. He told me the program works like this. Order the tires from the FMCA web page. The tires will be shipped to the Michelin dealer you choose. The tires will be billed by Michelin to your credit card. You have to pay the dealer for mounting etc. On the price list the rep showed me 315's were about $570. Did not look to close as have about 24 months till it's tire time. Hope my info is correct as it has been almost 2 months ago.
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I discovered by accident that if I joined the FCMA they have a volume dicount with Michelin, so I used it buying 8 new XZA2-Energy tires and paid $553 + $52.83 FET for each. (discount only applies to the tires, not the mount/ballance). Saved a grand. These are the tires Prevost recommends on their new busses.
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I still stand by my purchase of all 8 Double Coin tires for my bus. They have worked flawlessly and have never given me a problem.
I really like the fact they are rated for 10,000 lbs each tire, and now that I know they are owned by Michellin I FEEL EVEN BETTER about my purchase.
If your bus has a heavy front end like mine did ( and Loc it wasn't just cause I was sitting up front ) then you might consider these tires, instead of having to spend $4k to upgrade to 365 fronts? Just saying.
Gary S.
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