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Tires on my HMMWV were put on by the previous owner, prior to when I bought it last August. These were NOS with DOT dates from 2006-2011. Well one of the tires is starting to show some minor cracking in the sidewall, and other is showing MUCH larger cracking in the sidewall.
I started looking for replacement tires. Everywhere I looked (except for tirerack, which has Wrangler Enforcer MTs) was NOS. I don't want to deal with NOS tires for too much cost and not enough life.
I called the local Discount Tire, and they in turned called Goodyear. Turns out that a nationwide back order on Goodyear Wrangler MTs was just lifted. Through their commercial tire account, they were able to get the military division to agree to sell me 4 tires. $600 + $75 shipping (per tire $2700). They'll come directly from Goodyear to the tire dealer, I'll pick them up and have to mount them myself. (Discount Tire, nor anyone else I can find around here, will touch 2-piece rims.)
(These are load range D tires BTW.)
I looked for the Baja's, but only ones I could find were NOS. The Enforcers look like a better tire but are a LOT more expensive, and don't have the same military look to them. I'll follow up on this once the tires arrive as to the DOT dates on them. (I'm expecting tires within 2 years of now, I'm hoping they're within a couple months.) I'm slightly worried Goodyear has a warehouse of tires and is just going to yank 4 of the oldest for me, and I'm back to NOS -- we'll see.
EDIT: Clarified price was per tire
I started looking for replacement tires. Everywhere I looked (except for tirerack, which has Wrangler Enforcer MTs) was NOS. I don't want to deal with NOS tires for too much cost and not enough life.
I called the local Discount Tire, and they in turned called Goodyear. Turns out that a nationwide back order on Goodyear Wrangler MTs was just lifted. Through their commercial tire account, they were able to get the military division to agree to sell me 4 tires. $600 + $75 shipping (per tire $2700). They'll come directly from Goodyear to the tire dealer, I'll pick them up and have to mount them myself. (Discount Tire, nor anyone else I can find around here, will touch 2-piece rims.)
(These are load range D tires BTW.)
I looked for the Baja's, but only ones I could find were NOS. The Enforcers look like a better tire but are a LOT more expensive, and don't have the same military look to them. I'll follow up on this once the tires arrive as to the DOT dates on them. (I'm expecting tires within 2 years of now, I'm hoping they're within a couple months.) I'm slightly worried Goodyear has a warehouse of tires and is just going to yank 4 of the oldest for me, and I'm back to NOS -- we'll see.
EDIT: Clarified price was per tire
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