26 April 2018
It was a short day of driving – 4 hours. However, it was a little longer of a day at the end of the drive. I found a place that had comparable tires to the ones I now have on the jeep at about the same price quoted earlier when I was in Tacoma. The person I talked to was Jeff with Findlay Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ram dealership in Post Falls, Idaho, just outside of Coeur D’Alene.
The new tires are General Grabber HTS60 265/50R20. The old tires were Goodyear Fontera HL 265/50R20. The parts guy said the new tires are rated at 65,000 miles and the Goodyear Fontera are rated at 60,000. I checked and he is correct. He also stated he put a set on his Dad’s truck and his son’s truck – a good sales line.
I did check out reviews on the new tires and they receive an excellent rating on wet and dry pavement and a good rating on snow. Since I have tire chains to fit the size of the tire, good in snow is good enough. Even though I had a little more mileage left on the old tires, I was uncomfortable trying to finish the trip on them. One tire already had a radial patch from almost two years ago, so that made me even more leery.
It was nice of them to call ahead and have the tires delivered from the warehouse and then work me in. I know it’s money in their pocket ($953.94 with alignment) but they were very nice and professional. I now feel safer on the road.
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Jeff thought I was a little flaky at the end. I asked for someone to drive the jeep past me while I watched the tires roll. The reason was many years ago, I purchased a new truck that had a single tire that was out of round. Someone pointed it out to me by telling me to watch as he slowly drove past me. It was obvious the tire was wobbling. It was also impossible to get the tire replaced – no one would honor the guarantee on the tire.
Jeff said he had been a tire salesman for many years and he had never heard of my request before. When I explained, he said that’s taken care of in the balancing. I didn’t reply that the balancing also depended on the skill of the technician and there are some dishonest places out there that will sell you an out-of-round tire and not tell you. In any case, they all passed the wobble test.
The balancing and installation (and valve stems) took about 3 hours and the alignment took another hour, so I was in the waiting room for 4 hours. In any case, I’m good to go. One thing I noticed was the alignment guy wrote that after I finish the trip and remove the cargo box and all the stuff in the back, I probably should have the alignment rechecked. Interesting.
Tonight I am at the Quality Inn in Coeur D’Alene for one night. It is either a 7.5 or 8.5 hour drive tomorrow to Craters of the Moon National Monument. The NPS writes on their web site to not trust your GPS to get you to the park. I have a feeling this is a remote place.
There are no reservations at the campground – it’s first come, first serve, so I will either be glamping at the campsite or grumping in a motel 18 miles away. Either way will work as long as I get to do some hiking.
There’s a very good possibility you will not hear from me for 3 days after today.
