Jump in tire prices ?

Model A tires have a date stamp like modern tires. If ordering through the mail how can one get a fresh tire that is only months old, not years?
 
peters180a/170b said:
I was told by a GOODYEAR DEALER who i bought 4 tires from for my F250 [$1000.00] not mounted or balance that the price went up because Obama wanted to make the playing field fair so tires coming into the U.S. WERE 35% TAXED. So as the GOODYEAR DEALER said to me that they got greedy[here] and gave them a chance to raise their tires made here and make more money at a 30% raise and still be cheaper then what is coming in.
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You are correct. The tax is only for "cheap" tires and the law of unintended consequences applies as usual. Supposedly this was to "protect" the makers of cheap American tires, but as usual trade protectionism harms the consumer.

broommaker said:
:mad:I still feel like it's just greed...A good friend went shopping for tires for his motor cycle, just in a couple of months one tire went up $16, the dealer told him it was the corn prices going up, I guess if we get a early frost they will go up again.:o:)Jim
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By greed I think you mean the self interest of a person or company?


So do you really think this is how the free market works? It may not be perfect in the USA but we have the free-est markets in the world.

"So as the GOODYEAR DEALER said to me that they got greedy[here] and gave them a chance to raise their tires made here and make more money at a 30% raise and still be cheaper then what is coming in."

You've been listening to the anti-business crowd IMHO. What usually happens when prices are raised arbitrarily is the company loses market share and the competition sells more at a lower price. I thought the typical member on this forum was conservative, but maybe I'm wrong about that.
 
Speaking of tires, my friend and I went to pick up a 1930 Model A for a club member last week. His trailer tire had ply seperation about 50 miles into the trip and we stopped at a trailer sales place. They wanted $180 for a 205 R75-15 trailer tire. They called it a 6 ply because it had 2 ply sidewall and 4 ply tread. We stopped at a Goodyear store and bought the same tire for $100. They also called it a 6 ply because it had 2 ply sidewall and 4 ply tread.

I guess that means my Model A has a 4 speed, because it has 3 speeds forward and one speed reverse. :D:p
 
I just paid $175 per tire for my BLACKWALL Goodyears. :o This was the best price available for blackwall goodyears and I checked Kelsey, Lucas, Snyders, Brattons, Sac etc. etc... We aint seen nothin yet with inflation! :eek:
 
Everytime the govt (state, local, national) touches a/thing it seems to screw those who were "supposed" to be helped. JMO
Paul in CT
 
Well look at the bright side of these rising tire costs, folks are doing away with trend of dual sidemounts because it costs too much to place that 6th tire/wheel/tube on the car!!
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I didn't mean to start what might be called a "Political Discussion", I was trying to emphasize the connections between Oil, one of the main ingredients in tires, and inflation. All are inseparately interconnected. I did not mean to point fingers at Obama or George Bush or any of their predecessors. They're all guilty to some degree or another. To argue how much is not a discussion for this forum. On another note, I don't recall the exact quantity, but I was once told that there were more than a couple of gallons of oil in each tire made. To confirm this, I once saw on TV, a guy in VA I believe, had grabbed every used tire he could find and then scooped out a pond next to this mountain. He then lit the pile on fire and let the oil run out into the pond. I recall a tank truck standing next to the pond, pumping the oil out of the pond. I can't say what the oil was used for, but he was recovering quite a bit of it.
Terry
 
Imagine living next to that fool's land when the wind came up and blew the acrid , dense, black smoke toward your humble abode. Have you ever seen a tire fire? BTW, I've seen 7 gallons per tire quoted as an average for production and transportation costs.
 
Special Coupe Frank said:
Not sure the price of oil should have an effect on the price of tires that have already been manufactured, and are sitting on the shelf...

I guess they are a "commodity", just like oil, gold, corn....

Feh.
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If you sell your current stock for markup on what you bought it for, you will be far less likely to have the money to buy the tires (That now cost XX% more) to replace your stock.

I just paid $260 for 2 E - 10 ply rated LT tires for my off road camping trailer :( They were even Private Labels (made by Cooper).

I remember paying $451 out the door for 33x12.5-15 Mud tires for my Jeep....
 
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