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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 02:25 PM
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Dang -- kind of wish I hadn't bought the old LTD now! Between what I have in that car and what the guy offered me for my Ranger last May I'd have enough cash laying around to snag this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Mara...m=121863714011


Yowza she's a beauty
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 03:26 PM
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Factory tires are lighter and cheaper than replacement tires the same size. Part of it is cost, part to get better gas mileage. On my 2011, the OEM Goodyears were 8 lbs per tire lighter than the Toyos I bought, same size.
The P rated Toyo's I have are only 2 lbs more then the stock Bridgestones. Rolling resistance is not as good as the highway tread tires. The higher end F-250's come with LT275x65x20 Toyo AT2's now...I saw a few on the local dealers lot.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 03:28 PM
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Yowza she's a beauty
908 miles on a 2004...wow!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyd88
well 4700 miles on the truck, and one of the crappy goodyear tires decided to bubble the sidewall.

don't let your loved ones buy goodyear tires.
Couldn't pay me to run Goodyear's on a pickup. My dad worked 30 plus years for NHTSA tire division. Total Junk and tread separation is very common.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 03:31 PM
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Couldn't pay me to run Goodyear's on a pickup. My dad worked 30 plus years for NHTSA tire division. Total Junk and tread separation is very common.
Just think...years ago Goodyear and Firestone made some of the best tires on the road.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 03:36 PM
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U.S.Royal..Fisk...Gillette...Armstrong...Dayton... Sebring are tires from Bluejay and my era!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 04:14 PM
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U.S.Royal..Fisk...Gillette...Armstrong...Dayton... Sebring are tires from Bluejay and my era!
B F Goodrich, Firestone
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PawPaw
Just think...years ago Goodyear and Firestone made some of the best tires on the road.
Yep, now seems like the Japs are doing better at making tires than we are. Nitto and Toyo's are hard to beat. That's why I went with the Nitto's on mine. 75k warranty which bettered a comparable Michelin tire by 5k and the price was substantialy cheaper.

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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 05:25 PM
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Goodyear has a few tires that aren't too bad, but are their "higher end" it seems.

Those tires compete in NHRA Top Fuel and Funny car, as are the Eagle GT series.

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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by KingRanchCoy
Yep, now seems like the Japs are doing better at making tires than we are. Nitto and Toyo's are hard to beat. That's why I went with the Nitto's on mine. 75k warranty which bettered a comparable Michelin tire by 5k and the price was substantialy cheaper.

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Michelin is a French company and I think bought out BFG a few years ago. Both make decent truck tires.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyd88
Goodyear has a few tires that aren't too bad, but are their "higher end" it seems.

Those tires compete in NHRA Top Fuel and Funny car, as are the Eagle GT series.

lol
The top Goodyear tires are not bad...I had great Goodyear tires over the years and some that were not so great.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 06:05 PM
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Got the yard work done before the rain starts late tomorrow. The Toro zero-turn started up easily but the battery on my atv barely cranked the engine so that gave me an excuse to ride afterwards. Had to air up the tires on both machines from sitting in the cold garage. The big Polaris wanted to roll pretty bad once it cranked so I took it up to about 50 mph for an instant and the engine ran great. 850cc 70 hp twin cylinder that likes to be ridden hard every once in awhile!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by PawPaw
Got the yard work done before the rain starts late tomorrow. The Toro zero-turn started up easily but the battery on my atv barely cranked the engine so that gave me an excuse to ride afterwards. Had to air up the tires on both machines from sitting in the cold garage. The big Polaris wanted to roll pretty bad once it cranked so I took it up to about 50 mph for an instant and the engine ran great. 850cc 70 hp twin cylinder that likes to be ridden hard every once in awhile!
Love my Polaris 800cc. Only atv I have seen to come with dual exhaust


 
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Old Jan 13, 2016 | 11:17 PM
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Won 8 bucks on a 3 dollar powerball ticket.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2016 | 07:29 AM
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