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Old 08-30-2006, 12:40 PM
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Les Schwab M-55 tires...who runs 'em?

I just installed a set of M-55 tires on a Yukon here at work, and they look halfway decent. Anybody run them, or know anything about them? I didn't get to drive the rig to see how they felt or if they were noisy at all

Les Schwab is our new tire vendor.
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they we on my truck when i got them, i did'nt like them for a cheap mud tire i run mud kings (mich off brand)
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Originally Posted by Yoda
I just installed a set of M-55 tires on a Yukon here at work, and they look halfway decent. Anybody run them, or know anything about them? I didn't get to drive the rig to see how they felt or if they were noisy at all

Les Schwab is our new tire vendor.
I dunno, they don't seem to be anything super spceial. How much are they per-tire?

For mud tires, I prefer BFG's or Interco (these tires look more like an A/T). For an All-Terrian, it's BFG all the way, or I suppose Revo's .
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Alot of the products Les Schwab sells look alright.They dont seem to carry anything of a name brand. Don't get me wrong they will sell you BFGs, Goodyear, Mich, Etc. but they most likely will have to order them. A friend of mine went through two sets of tires from them before I burned though my BFG A/Ts. After he realized he spent the same amount of cash as I did he started going somwhere else. My .02 cents.
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i only buy tires from Les Schwab ... ive never had any problems with there tires
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My hunting buddy only buys from schwab. There is one in every town out here it seems.

These tires were 10 ply, 245/75/R16........I think $160 each, but I didn't see the bill.

The Michelins LTX that were on it were all cut up (radio truck goes up to a radar site on top of a mountain)
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Just be carefull if you travel at all. Les Schwab is only in the North West. Warranty replacement will be an issue if you're not in WA,or OR.
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les schawb is in nor cal as well
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i bought 4 maxxis bighorns from lessie a while back and got a great deal at like 7 hundred sumthin for them all mounted and balanced...great tires in the snow and rain and look real tight too....havent even started to wear out yet and they still have those paint lines on em...also i like them cuz they come siped from the factory and have holes for studdin already...soo they are a really sticky and well handlin mud tire..
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I believe these are built by Toyo. They make an M-55 and it looks identical to the Les tire. If that's the case, they're pretty expensive, but should be a good set of rubber.
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Schwab is in Utah too and that's as close to colorado as they get but we have Discount Tire here and after 18 years of going to them I've never had a problem with anything and always price match.
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Wow that's a chunk of change for a tire. If you're gonna spend that much then just buy some well known boots for your Yota.
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The Toyo M-55 is run by alot of logging out fits that drive on logging rds alot, they hold up to the stress of the rocks, they have a hard casing which helps from not getting flats, or sepo. they might not be the best tire on the rd, they talk to you and arent every smoth but do the job off the high way. les schwabs are in montana, washington, cali, utha,idaho, alaska,prolly missing some states, over 430 stores and growing.

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Toyo makes good tires and I was very happy with my M-55. Mine had thick sidewalls and I always associated them with a construction, or commercial, type tire. I liked them even more when I worked for Les Schwab and got my tires for cost + 10%.

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