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At $300 per tire (rough numbers - I have seen as low as $288) + Tax (assume 10% = $30) + Mounting / Balancing (Typically $20 per tire but maybe freebee if big customer); Assume 10% discount for fleet buyer (may get more, but thats $30 per tire) - so roughly $1200 if free mtg/bal
Only gets a 3.5 rating on Michelin site - with complaints about wear and trailering - seems to be designed more for Vans than Trucks?
www.michelinman.com
I'm not going to out the guy but I will post when the job has been completed the final tally. I suspect we purchase 100 tires per month from the guy. I myself have probably purchased 2 dozen in the past three years plus what I have sent my kids and family in to purchase. We've had the discussion off hours re how he can sell at the prices he does. He depends on the booking discounts and end of rear rebates from the manufacturer. I suspect his dead cost is less than two bills per tire. I've never asked him and I've never priced elsewhere. If he's allowing me a hundred each for the Firetones he's still making money on the sale.
Dont know about today, but back in the day, we were happy with 30% profit on tires - mostly it was high 20's just under 30%. If he is doing high volume, he is probably getting an extra 5% or maybe 10% off Dealer Pricing and 2% net 30 on billing, so you are probably getting at cost if he is figuring $100 per tire trade. And at $100 per tire he is doing OK - He can probably get $600 or dump them at $400.
Interesting... Was planning on selling those same tires AND the stock wheels for $400 LOL
I happened to have an auction last fall to downsize, I put my Transforce 285/60R20 tires only with 1100 miles on them on the sale no reserve, ended up getting $520 for them. The guy that bought them was happy and I didn’t have to pay to get rid of them, definitely more than I was expecting to get.
The 20's will bring more than the 18's - at least back then most of the new 20's were about $300 ea and the new 18's were around $200 ea. Have not priced new 20's recently, but the better new 18's are just under $300 ea. Either way $500-600 for a set near new (no punctures, under 2000 miles) is a steal if you just need tires on a budget and they are probably better than the low end junk $200 ea tires from China.
Depends - the Firestone Transforce AT are designated as All Terrain while the Transforce HT are designated Highway Tread. I had the AT on my 2015 and the HT on my new 2022. Personally I dont care for either one. Going to change out on new truck tomorrow - probably to Cooper Discoverer AT3/XLT
I'll gladly save $$$ for you I have had good luck with my Transforce HT tires and when the time comes I'll replace with the Transforce HT2. Of course all my miles have been highway, no mud, sand, snow just highway. I seem to think Ram does know what their doing. But everyone has an opinion. Good luck on your Nitto's.
Well I can say one thing in favor of the Transforce HT's or more correctly in favor of Highway Tread compared to All Trerain. On the same road (which was older semi-rough asphalt - no obvious potholes or irregularities), the Transforce HT are smoother than the Cooper Discoverer AT3/XLT. Not bad, but noticeable. But on newer smooth Asphalt further down the same road, no detectable difference. I suspect its simply a matter of more dense tread pattern (narrower grooves and less space between blocks) on Highway Tread tires.
