
Truck Tire Reviews
Welcome to our site. Here you will
find information on truck tires and
accessories.
Looking for Tires
When in the market for tires, it used to be that you would
get to a tire store and trust blindly in the salesman’s
recommendations. Those days are over; with the advent of
the internet and the great number of web-sites with actual
owners reviewing their tires based on user experience, there is
no excuse not to complete extensive research prior to
purchasing new tires for your car. Reading specifications
on tires and warranty information is important, but truck tire
reviews from users who have actually tried on the tires for
size are most relevant and worthwhile.
As important as they are, when reading truck tire reviews,
it’s important to read a good number of reviews to get a
general consensus on the tire rather than relying on one
person’s experience which may be unique. Companies such
as Consumer Reports, Consumer Search, 1010tires.com, and
discounttire.com and excellent sites, and the popular tires
have many reviews with ratings. There are also specialty
tire review sites, dedicated to reviewing only heavy duty tires
for SUVs or trucks.
If you are in the market for a specialized tire, it’s also
important to gauge if the user has any experience in the
terrain you will be covering in these tires. For
instance, snow tires are a specialized market, and a city
driver may report that the tires were awful, and ruined their
suspension when driving around Los Angeles. You need
those tires for weekend trips to ski resorts, so while theirs
is a user experience review, it’s completely inapplicable to
you. The review can be ignored.
Also, there are reviewers who will post bad reviews against
companies they don’t like. People who have had issues
with Goodyear customer service may post bad reviews on all
Goodyear tires, even if the tires themselves were
satisfactory.
Furthermore, the two main disadvantages to reading truck
tire reviews on the internet is that some people will
inevitably lie, and other people’s reviews will stray far away
from being anything close to objective and upfront.
Many retail stores will have web-sites that also have truck
tire reviews. Some highly trusted sites include Wheel
Works. America’s Tire Company, Firestone, and Tire Rack.
Finding the tire you are interested in and reading the reviews
will help in making your decision.
One other way to put truck tire reviews to good use is when
you’re wanting to do a price comparison. Many reviewers
will indicate how much they paid for their tires, and where
they bought the tires. If in your search you have not
found tires at that price, it might be worth your time to place
a call to the store they are referring to, and indicating to
them that a certain reviewer on a specific site was given these
tires for a lower price; kindly ask if they can honor the
stated price. You may be surprised how often retail
stores, especially in these economic times, would honor the
price to complete the sale. It’s definitely worth a
shot.
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