I bought 305 70 17 Terra grapple back in 2006 for $700 4 tires....

i figured next year i might need all 4 new tires..

i just checking the tires price and i was dropping my jaw and it went up to $250(+/- ) from $175 each W T F ??

Why ?

Thank
YOMAN

 

I can answer that for you. My dad owns a tire store and I work for him so I've heard a lot about why tire prices have gone up so much. In the last year alone, I believe, tire prices have gone up roughly 30%. That is mainly due to the increasing cost of natural rubber. Tires today are a mix of natural and synthetic rubbers. Even though they are not 100% natural rubber, when the cost of that natural rubber goes up so will tires and other things made of it. It also has a little bit to do with gas prices. It costs tire companies more to move them so they have to raise their prices so that they can still keep close to their same margin of profit.

 

spencerdrewh-

wow..interested..

I found cheaper is 229 each that i ll be okay

Pm me if your dad sell and ship to me for good price LOL!

Thnk you
YOMAN

 

Yeah, it's crazy how everything kind of ties in together. You found a set of 305/70 17 terra grapplers for 229 each?

 

i ordered mine right before the japan earthquake. don't know if they were pulling my leg but 4wp said they were having trouble getting them because of that. might be a reason for the price jump as well.

 

Synthetic rubber has gone up because of the price of oil. Synthetic rubber is made from 2 different by products of oil. Oil goes up, rubber goes up.

 

Interested...I never knew! Thanks guy

Yes 229 plus shipping :-)

Thanks!
Yoman

 

229 a tire for those is a dang good deal.

chief- That could be a little bit of it but prices were going up before the earthquake.

 

285/75/17 is an alternative. It's a little thinner of a tire, but overall nearly same diameter as the 305/70/17. They are right at 200 per tire including shipping.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...85&ar=75&rd=17