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Re: Firestone tires

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

• 5525. Re: Firestone tires , posted by randyr
  

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