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Re: Firestone tires

I hope my Firestones DON'T make it that long, Hell
I'll knife the things and say some punk must have
done it just to get my wife to let me buy new
tiresm before I'll live past 20,000 with them.
 On Saturday 01-31-98, 09:13 am, GCooper said:
-No one has said anything good about Firestones.  I
-realize that they are the OEM tires, and certainly
-not the most expensive.  I, too, am about to
-replace a complete set of tires on my F-350 SC, PS,
-5 speed, dually and have looked at the Michelin
-XPS.  They are highly rated, but also highly
-priced.  I have had excellent result from the
-Firestones D rated (215-85-16).  I kept them all
-inflated to 65 lbs. and rotated them every 10,000
-miles.  I have 80,000 miles on the original set.
-Now that is not too bad.   
-
-  On Sunday 01-25-98, 05:39 pm, Jerry said:
--I have always liked those tires, had 32X11.50 on
my
--Explorer.  Good all around tire. Jerry.
--
--  On Sunday 01-25-98, 05:26 pm, Dave said:
---Jerry,
---
---I'm very happy with my siped BFG/ATs, but I have
---different usage patterns and priorities. I place
a
---high value on traction in adverse conditions,
e.g.
---wet, snow, ice, etc. and on cornering traction.
-The
---siping does seem to have cost me dry pavement
---braking, which is too bad. Locking up the front
-end
---puts some serious wear on 'em.
---
---David
---
---
---
---  On Sunday 01-25-98, 05:22 pm, Jerry said:
----I'd scrap those Firestones, why risk another
----blowout?  Jerry.'
----
----  On Sunday 01-25-98, 04:57 pm, Headhunter said:
-----Charlie:  I believe you are 100% right, I have
-----Michelin's on our jeeps and never a problem and
---get
-----excellent wear.  Will try to wear these
-Firestone
-----out real fast and replace them with something
-----else... the two Goodyear Workhorse tires I
-picked
-----up to get on into Denver seem to be pretty good
---and
-----didn't have any problems with speed on the way
----back.
-----Ray
-----  On Sunday 01-25-98, 04:48 pm, Charlie said:
------  On Sunday 01-25-98, 04:34 pm, Headhunter
-said:
-------Two recent blowouts on Firestone tires, took
---them
-------to a Firestone Factory store...they refused
to
-------adjust them... a lot of excuses boing down to
-a
-------blowout doesn't justify warranty adjustments,
-----guess
-------I won't be purchasing Firestone tires next
-time
-------around
------If you want to stick with stock 235s, Michelin
------Pilote XPS Traction or Highway Rib are all-
-steel
------casings plus 3 more steel plies in the tread
---area.
------The sidewall rubber is very thick. They will
-not
------blow out unless underinflated. I have been
---driving
------on Michelin all steel tires for ~450K miles
-over
----28
------years with no blowouts or other sudden
-failures,
------only 5 or 6 slow flats due to nails, once a
-1/2"
------railway spike which I drove on for 300 miles
----before
------I noticed it. It didn't leak until I pulled it
----out.
------They're the best, they are somewhat expensive,
---and
------you get what you pay for.
------Charlie

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