Originally Posted By: CKN
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: HouseTiger
Looking for new rubber for my 92 Explorer 4X4. Have Bridgestone Duellers on them for the last 10+ years. Tires still have some tread, but ozone rot is apparent. It's not getting the long daily driving and trips it did 20+ yrs ago - about 2/3 on road, 1/3 off road - no rocks or mud bogging, just some primitive roads (to put it politely)to my son's place and hunting camps.
Don't want to dump a ton of money into tires, and I don't know how much longer I'll have the vehicle. Was at my local Good-Year place looking at the Wrangler and saw an 'economy' line of SUV tires that look like real dirt road & snow grippers. The brand is Achilles, and the model is the Desert Hawk A/T for @ $20, per tire less than the Goodyear. I'm always leery of bargain brands that I've never heard of. My gut tells me "go for the Goodyear", but I'm also curious about this other brand . . . after all, at one time Samsung was cheap junk, now they're one of the premier phone makers - who knew ?
http://www.achillestireusa.com/tires/suv/desert-hawk-at
I had not heard of this brand, and figured they were Chinese knock offs of Chinese [censored]. Turns out they're from Indonesia, and the company seems to have had startup assistance from both Continental and Pirelli
Anyone had any experience with these ?
Thanks in advance.
While I have also seen them, I have no experience with Achilles. However, I have to suggest THESE, if you need the 235/75 I think you do. $76 each shipped...I have used them, and was pretty impressed.
That's a great idea-retreads (that have at best mixed reviews on different sites) verses a brand new tire-even if they are off shore. I will take the brand new tires any day-unless you can find negative reviews on the tires in question. I can find plenty of negative reviews on the tread wrights-including this forum.
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: HouseTiger
Looking for new rubber for my 92 Explorer 4X4. Have Bridgestone Duellers on them for the last 10+ years. Tires still have some tread, but ozone rot is apparent. It's not getting the long daily driving and trips it did 20+ yrs ago - about 2/3 on road, 1/3 off road - no rocks or mud bogging, just some primitive roads (to put it politely)to my son's place and hunting camps.
Don't want to dump a ton of money into tires, and I don't know how much longer I'll have the vehicle. Was at my local Good-Year place looking at the Wrangler and saw an 'economy' line of SUV tires that look like real dirt road & snow grippers. The brand is Achilles, and the model is the Desert Hawk A/T for @ $20, per tire less than the Goodyear. I'm always leery of bargain brands that I've never heard of. My gut tells me "go for the Goodyear", but I'm also curious about this other brand . . . after all, at one time Samsung was cheap junk, now they're one of the premier phone makers - who knew ?
http://www.achillestireusa.com/tires/suv/desert-hawk-at
I had not heard of this brand, and figured they were Chinese knock offs of Chinese [censored]. Turns out they're from Indonesia, and the company seems to have had startup assistance from both Continental and Pirelli
Anyone had any experience with these ?
Thanks in advance.
While I have also seen them, I have no experience with Achilles. However, I have to suggest THESE, if you need the 235/75 I think you do. $76 each shipped...I have used them, and was pretty impressed.
That's a great idea-retreads (that have at best mixed reviews on different sites) verses a brand new tire-even if they are off shore. I will take the brand new tires any day-unless you can find negative reviews on the tires in question. I can find plenty of negative reviews on the tread wrights-including this forum.
