Carlisle Radial Trail HD in Canada

[slow]

For Canadians like me who are jealous of our friends south of the border who can get the Carlisle HDs at Walmart for $61US, Fountain Tire has a special on now that they are NOT advertising.

Last week I ordered five 225/75R15 LRD HDs expecting each to cost $129CDN plus balancing and install fees, the best price I could find locally. The HDs were out of stock and arrived yesterday. I took in my spare and two aluminum wheels off one axle and had the HDs installed and balanced today (the other two will be done tomorrow). When I picked up the three new tires this afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised that I received a $25 per tire discount and free balancing. So at $104CDN including balancing, it is cheaper than paying the current exchange rate and gas to take a trip south of the border for the Walmart deal and then having to pay for the install and balancing locally.

The date codes on the tires are weeks 02 & 03 of 2017.

BTW: Originally I was planning on getting Maxxis tires. But I changed my mind because their current stock in Canada (at the Maxxis eStore) is from mid 2015 and a new shipment is not expected until June.

[66joej]

Good info.Thanks "slow".
I should be replacing this year.

[slow]

Here is my cost analysis for the tires available in my area:



With the discount, it works out to $26/tire/season for the Carlisle HDs if I get 4 years out of them!

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[canesfan]

Wow!!! ^^^ That's impressive.

[Double b]

Sorry about the hell of the deal I got, The 61 was without install. The total with install was 74 per tire.

Did the same today and dropped off 3 at Walmart for mounting. Checked the dates and 0817. Was tickled with that date.

But if you look at the price and convert at 1.34 to the Canadian dollar + Ontario tax, then the price is actually 112.06 per tire. So you got a great deal. Wish I had found that locally in Canada.

[slow]

You have a big advantage being in Windsor. The closest US Walmart is a 2 1/2 hour drive for us.

As for tire dates, my thought is that since we only use our TT between May and September, any date code after September 2016 would be OK. Anything earlier would have nagged at me when it was getting close to replace them. Anything later, makes no difference as to when I would be swapping with new again.