what size/kind of tires are you looking for?

 

X2

 

Walmart..... strange but true.... I picked up some Graspic ice tires for half price in December.... ($68)

Its not just the no name stuff on sale there....

 

dont even consider CALTIRE , there are no bargains there, priced out tires,, twice for two different vehicles, they werent even close to being resonable in price , for the same tire quoted from other places,, they seem to be always busy, but i guess some are easily parted with there money

 

walmart, X2 best price on most tires and a great warranty

 

The guys at Specilaty Tire are great guys. Talk to Paul or Kyle.
Tell them Honda sent you.................errrrrrrrrrr maybe not..............LOL JK.

 

Kal Tire has some of the worst pricing in town, even for their "house" brands.

I usually end up going south of the border.

 

X2 on down south or tire country

 

The only reason you shouldn't be buying tires from the US right now is if you don't have a few hours to spare to drive down and get them. Its not a matter of saving a few dollars, in most case its saving at least $300 and with my truck tires I saved $1200.

 

Do you claim them at the border?

How do they handle environmental fees?

 

Costco..Best Deal I found if you're not brand fussy. I went to West End Tire though to order my Toyo tires. In my opinion they are the best and you can expect 130,000K's. West End is distributor for MB so anyne selling them has to go through them. They don't stock many but get in real quick from Vancouver

 

Bought tires online. As one poster said 1/2 price. Toyos... 711 dollars for 4 tires plus shipping P245 55R 19, Tire rack was the best deal after checking 5 sites. No one around here can compete with that. Off to Pembina Parcel next weekend. Gotta get the winter radials off. Thanks guys.

 

Any warranty problems in Canada like we have with snowmobiles?

 

I haven't had the opportunity to test out the warranty yet.

 

I wouldn't worry about warrantee. $40.00 to fix a flat anywhere, or worst case scenario (very very few/far between) you have to replace 1 tire for $175.00... Your still way ahead of the game to buy online and go visit Netty.

 

I'll be in Chicago for a week and will get them installed. Their "out the door" price is $1,115.35 and $1,185.34 with an alignment. Canadian tax/environment fee at the border.

Tires alone are $229.00 for a Michelin LTX M/S2, 275/65R-18-E. Tires alone in Winnipeg are $352.00 or thereabouts including install, etc.

Something to consider. Instead of sending tires to the border (price of tire plus transport) driving down to pick them up and paying GST, it might be cheaper to drive to Grand Forks or Fargo and have them installed.

 

In my case, it was cheaper to order them with wheels already mounted and balanced than to get JUST the tires here!

 

If you are getting wheels and tires then it does make good financial sense to just ship them up.

 

Fast Toys on Portage near the Grace Hospital is a Tire Rack dealer, prices picked up from the store in town is about the same as driving down to get them from the border and import them yourself. I've bought a few sets there.

 

:shocked:

KalTire is great they negotiate on price always (make em an offer) and have great products and service and fantastic after sales service often doing things for free sent it happen many times for myself and customers in front of me or after me. They are top notch. Canadian Tire also negotiates on price and service.

 

:shocked:

KalTire is great they negotiate on price always (make em an offer) and have great products and service and fantastic after sales service often doing things for free sent it happen many times for myself and customers in front of me or after me. They are top notch. Canadian Tire also negotiates on price and service.

I hope your kidding....

x2 on Specialty tire.

 

kal tire is 100 bucks over priced on all their tires.


surprisingly i paid 6 dollars more per tire for duratracs at a ford dealer in mb compared to tire racks price.

 

surprisingly i paid 6 dollars more per tire for duratracs at a ford dealer in mb compared to tire racks price.

Yup, Duratrac's are excellent tires and for some reason, there is no savings to be had buying them in the USA. :dunno:

 

That is incorrect! $400/tire for the size I needed up here. $250 a tire down south!

 

For Duratrac's? What size?

 

295/65/18s

There's a $60 MIR on them right now too.

 

if i was patent i could have got that size for my truck for 350 a tire if i remember right here in canada.

but i needed tires and got one of the few sets of stock 275's left in the system for ford.

 

I recently got 285/65/17 BFG all terains from West end tire for $270 each.

I'll pay a little extra for the convience. I don't have time to buy in the states and go pick up. I ran my truck over at lunch time and had them put on. Done and done, nice and fast.

Same with my quad tires I just bought. Picked them up from a local guy (best price in the city) and had them swapped over in 20 minutes.

 

How well do those Duratracs wear? I was debating between those and the Dunlop MTs, but went with Dunlops because they were a bit cheaper. I rotate them every 2 oil changes (10,000 km) and I am very pleased with them. Almost 40,000 km and they're barely half worn. And do spin out quite a bit.

 

I'm around 10,000 km on mine and will rotate them onto my new truck. No wear from what I can see. Love the tires and they are amazing in the snow.

 

I've got 21k miles on mine. They still look great. I can't see why they won't go another 20-30k miles.

 

I have Duratrac's on 2 of my 3 trucks, and the 3rd truck will get them in fall too. I don't have huge miles on either of the 2 sets I have, but a buddy (3/4 ton) has over 60,000km of gravel roads on his and they will make it till fall. They are pretty worn now, but he's never had a set last this long with the kind of driving he does. Highly recommended.

 

If you stay on the road a fair amount, the silent armor's are also a very highly recommended tire. Very smooth riding and quieter than my car!

 

Any of you guys had BFG All terrains before the duratrac? How do they compare in snow? My BFG's are great in snow. Never been stuck and can pull my trailer through snow half way up the wheels.

 

In snow, BFG A/T's are good tires, almost equal to a Duratrac. But on icy roads, Duratrac's are 100x better.