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Originally Posted by deep dixie blue
What's the best price anyone has seen on a Michelin single? Without rolling resistance data its hard to compare two different makers side by side. And for that matter, I'm leary of accepting data that all comes from just one manufacturer.
I got my truck new and the dealer traded the two steers and eight duals, plus rims, for two Michelin XNA 3 (or whatever their best steer tire is -- too lazy to get out and look) steers, four super single tires plus four super single aluminum rims for $1,500 total (I was told it was $4k for the tires and rims as a package, minus $2.5k for the trade-ins).
In the first three quarters that I've run my truck I've purchased $48,184 in fuel (pump price minus company discount, not including FSC) and 5% of that is about $2,400. Extrapolate that forward for a total of 24 months shows about $128,000 in fuel purchased, save about $6,000 and change, new set something like $3,000 so they could pay for themselves twice over.
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Originally Posted by deep dixie blue
P.S. The reason this guy is selling them is because he was bobtailing too fast in the rain on bald singles and nearly hydroplaned off the road. It scared him so bad he took them off as soon as he got home.
Sounds like the problem with traction was the person behind the wheel... did he think he would get better traction with eight bald duals? Sheesh.
Jim