Amybody have trouble finding this tire size

FarmboyBill · #1 08/09/14, 01:35 AM

235 75 15 I wore one on the drivers front down to the wire showing nearall around it. Nobody either side of me in towns had them used. So I got cleaned up and dressed up and went to Tulsa. Had a hard time finding them there also used. The ones I found they wanted up to $80 for. I finallyfound one for $40 and bought it. It looks good for a couple years. DD found a place somewhere selling them new for $50, but I didnt like the idea of driving around Tulsa at around 5 00 with a wore out tire.

itsb · #2 08/09/14, 04:09 AM

yes 15 in tires are all most a thing of the past any more so that makes for hard to find used trailer tires,try looking around salvage yards also. good luck

Okie-Dokie · #3 08/09/14, 07:27 AM

Just call Suzie at the tire shop in Bristow. If she don't have one, she can find it.

bigjon · #4 08/09/14, 09:09 AM

sears/tsc/goodyear/firestone,all stores are online and near all of us,all carring that size.tsc-is a truck tire though.

Allen W · #5 08/09/14, 10:01 AM

Used tires are rarer then hen's teeth around here. I've made the mistake of putting the cheap tires on, unless your in a bind they aren't worth it. They don't last and seem to be damaged easier.

FarmboyBill · #6 08/09/14, 10:31 AM

Okie, I called McGuire Tires, Sooner Tires in Sapulpa. NEITHER of them had used tires. They could get me new tires, but I have NEVER bought a new tire. Usually cause I couldn't afford it. Over the 50yrs ive been driving, I must have got a good eye as I cant remember when I bought a used tire I didn't get reasonable mileage out of it for the $25 I always paid till last night when I paid $40.

COWS · #7 08/09/14, 12:08 PM

Try a junk yard for tires. Look into buying 16 inch rims for your vehicle.

COWS

arabian knight · #8 08/09/14, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by itsb

yes 15 in tires are all most a thing of the past any more so that makes for hard to find used trailer tires,try looking around salvage yards also. good luck

Ya they are going to get rarer and rarer as more and more cars and trucks use completely different size now.
I was at Sam's Club a few years ago as I needed tires for my car.
They Did NOT even have that size in stock.
And I have a '94 Buick.
So they ordered them directly from Michelin. Sure they cost a lot, but at $125.00 per tire and have a 90K mile warranty. But put it on plastic and took 3 months pay it off. Not bad at all~!
I was glad to pay that much. And now 3 years later those tires still don't look any different then when they were put on.
Many years and miles still ahead.
I am disabled and sure as heck don't want ANY trouble on the road especially with tires-!

Danaus29 · #9 08/09/14, 01:28 PM

Just an FYI if you buy different size rims for your vehicle, from experience because this happened to us. Many tire shops will not put a different size tire on your vehicle when that size was not OEM. I've got an old Crown Vic with original 15" tires and 16" rims. 3 tire shops refused to put the 16" on the vehicle since it originally came with 15". They would all change the tire if the rim was off the car but none would install the tires if the rim was on the car. They said something about it being new federal tire safety regulations but couldn't quote the actual law. You might not have that problem with small tire shops though.

FarmboyBill · #10 08/09/14, 01:43 PM

Also it effects the speed read on the speedometer.

Nimrod · #11 08/09/14, 03:28 PM

My '96 Bronco takes that size. The Ford F150 from that era did too. There are still quite a few of them in use here. I put Michilins on and haven't had to put tires on for a while. I did buy some rims to replace some that were badly rusted and there were tires on the rims so I have spares.

Used might be hard to find but Googling the size comes up with plenty of new. Run from $65 on up.

bellcow · #12 08/09/14, 07:08 PM

around here you can find a wide selection of tires at the scrap metal yards. they pull them off the cars that come in. I would use them on some equipment.

GoldenCityMuse · #13 08/09/14, 07:40 PM

TireRack or DiscounttiresOnline.

CurtisWilliams · #14 08/09/14, 08:26 PM

I was the the service manager for a wallyworld tle. There were two tire sizes that easily outsold every other size. For light truck/suv tires it was the p235/75/15. Hands down. For cars it was p22575/16.

Any tire service center that doesn't stock these tire sizes will lose money. No question about that!

jwal10 · #15 08/10/14, 10:23 AM

Yes, you can buy new but used are in demand for trailer tires so they are hard to find. They get picked through fast, good ones are gone quickly. I would buy new for the price difference and warrantee, for a road vehicle. Trailer tires get hard use, so new ones are best. Any curb bumps can become problems quickly. Problem now is that tires degrade fast and many used tires are more than the recommended 6 years old, even with decent tread they can have weather cracking and separation problems at higher speeds, can be dangerous. Farm equipment, no big problem, except sitting in the heat and POP....James

FarmboyBill · #16 08/10/14, 01:07 PM

James, I was talking in church about it, and when I said that DD Had found some new for $50, he said he bet they was retreads.

arabian knight · #17 08/10/14, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill

James, I was talking in church about it, and when I said that DD Had found some new for $50, he said he bet they was retreads.

There is a huge re-treader not far from me. Employing around 500 people.
They just celebrated their 70th anniversary of being in business. They pretty much sell tires in the Upper Midwest. But what a Huge factory they have become.

rambler · #18 08/10/14, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Danaus29

Just an FYI if you buy different size rims for your vehicle, from experience because this happened to us. Many tire shops will not put a different size tire on your vehicle when that size was not OEM. I've got an old Crown Vic with original 15" tires and 16" rims. 3 tire shops refused to put the 16" on the vehicle since it originally came with 15". They would all change the tire if the rim was off the car but none would install the tires if the rim was on the car. They said something about it being new federal tire safety regulations but couldn't quote the actual law. You might not have that problem with small tire shops though.

I'm not against you on that, but - what about all the kids with those 21 and 22 inch tires with less sidewall than a bike tire has, someone has to do the work on those cars, its big business getting those awful riding no traction tires on the pimped up cars?

And yes, it is getting cheaper to buy implement tires for farm implements than to find used 15 inch truck tires any more. Becoming a thing of the past, new trucks are mostly 17 inch, with 16-21 out there.....
Paul

danarutan · #19 08/11/14, 07:54 PM

We just went through this with my husbands 1991 F150 -- he found some, but they wanted so much for them and with this truck I hate to put any kind of money into because poor thing is on it's last leg. We lucked out and took the spare off our trailer & traded them out only ended up being $25 to swap out & balance. We bought this truck 1 year old the year we got married (1991), it has 2xx,xxx some odd miles on it she really doesn't owe us anything.

FarmboyBill · #20 08/11/14, 09:07 PM

My F-150 is a 92. I got it at the auction last year for $1500. Its been great to me, tho I don't know how many miles are on it by now, or how many of them Ive put on it.