There are a number of places on the east side of Tampa (lower socio-economic area) that sell lots and lots of decent used tires. I might try one of them or see if any of them have some cheep tires I can toss on this thing. Because it uses such big tires they’re not common nor cheap. 275/55 R17, I think.
-D > On May 20, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Go to a local shop, the nationals have some sort of policy where they can't > plug tires sometimes if they could present a hazard, some states also won't > allow plugs so it presents a liability for them. I had a trailer tire that > Firestone refused to plug, the guy told me to take it down the road to a > local shop and they fixed it. > > --FT > > On 5/20/19 5:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Noticed the ML had a back tire with a nail in it. Looks like it’s solidly in >> place and has been there for a while. Took the tire to my tire guy today, >> but despite begging and cajoling he refused to plug it, mainly because he >> said it didn’t have enough tread left (it’s probably got about 3/16” of >> tread left, maybe a little more.) >> >> I realize this is just a ploy on the part of the tire dealers to sell more >> tires, however, as this is a beater vehicle I’m not about to drop any coin >> on new tires unless they’re absolutely necessary. >> >> So my question is this: >> >> Are the DIY tire plugging kits a realistic alternative? Is there anything I >> should be aware of when choosing one? Or should I just ignore the nail and >> leave it in situ with the hope that it is so firmly entrenched it will never >> come out? >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
