Are any of you seeing shortages on tires? I ask because I’ll need tires in the foreseeable future but not today or the next few weeks. A good friend in the LTL business told me they are getting near the critical stage when it comes to even finding truck tires to buy.
I priced 275/70/18 10 ply Michelin at Sam’s last week at $1200 but there had very little options for my truck. I really wanted BFGs but they couldn’t get them right now.

Ordered Toyo MTs this morning for my truck. $1800 🤦🏻‍♂️

Just priced a set of cylinder heads again I had looked at back in March. $2700 then, $3400 now. Coming out of Australia, so I'll blame it on the civil unrest there

Guess I should be thankful all my cars have new tires in the past year.

My tire guy had a helluva time finding 18” tires for my Tundra. I was looking for a 285 or 295 and the only one he could get in a relatively short time was a Nexen. Might check around for the availability of the 18’s before buying new wheels.

As a former automotive parts person my advice is patience. I could write a detailed post on major manufacturers slowing down production to ensure business solvency in these uncertain times instead I'll just say "Let's Go Brandon". And call it good.

Clap - clap - clap,clap,clap

You can thank Joe Biden.

I had trouble finding new 20" tires for my truck recently. I had 3 shops looking for 3 weeks with no results. One shop called saying they had 5 tires show up as inventory at another store and I bought them on the spot. Not the tires I was wanting but I had to have something. They are Nittos so not bad tires just not what I was hoping for.

If you need tires and find the ones you want, buy them!

Tires are getting scarce in the most popular "Aftermarket" sizes. I've never seen so many 33,35,&37" tires sold as I have in the last 18 months (Stimulus $'s). Production can't keep up, shipping can't keep up, raw materials are getting hard to find. Container shipping has gone through the roof. Price increases like I have never seen in 30 yrs in the industry.

As much as I agreed with the Chineese tarriffs that My presidnet Trump put on them, they are a big contributor to the price increases. Hell, MAST (Michelin America Small Tire) has had 4 price increases this year of about 8% each. When the cheap chineese stuff goes up 20% due to tarriffs, etc. The quality stuff goes up as well to maintan the same gap between the 2 products. 8% on a $200 michelin is tough now multiply times 4. That Tire is $271.00 now. Normally tires will go up 6-8% in the spring and maybe have a small adjustment late summer but this year has been rediculous.

That set of Michelins that were $1000 3 yrs ago that now need to be replaced will cost $1400 now. Its crazy but we cannot keep up. I have a full crew and need 2 more just to meet demand and I can't find them.

I've got 75K miles on my Ridge Grappler tires and still going...

Worth.

Every

Penny.

Best Tire on the road. I replace mine at 70K and make someone a deal on them.

The Falken Wildpeak is a close 2nd and 20% cheaper.

Seems that the reviews are very mixed with the Ridge Grapplers

I prefer terra over ridge grapplers but terra were now where to be found

I paid $750 for a set of Coopers last fall , most I ever paid for a set of tires . And y'all talking 2-3 times that much!

I hear you 2dogs. I paid about that same amount three years ago for my Falkens and if that’s what tires are costing nowadays I might reconsider the usefulness of a horse.

The steel to shod one would even out.

Why I bought some Ironman at's 😀 I didn't think I was gonna be driving much then wife has about taken over my truck driving 2 hours everyday 😬

On the subject of price increases. I'm having some warranty work done on a $300 TV from Amazon I bought in Feb. The same TV is now $400. Sheesh!

I have Cooper AT tires. I gave $600 for them at Wal Mart. They are good tires. I've ran them before.

I need a new set on my red truck but they will have to wait because I just paid $3.50 a gallon for phucking diesel in my work truck. Phuck me and phuck Joe biden.