Continental tires - Montana Owners Club

illapah · 12-18-2006, 03:29 AM

Any reason not to stay with Continental tires on my Ford F350? I am nearing replacement time. Spare is unused, 2 tires getting ready for replacement. Two tires with good life left.

I have been watching the Wrangler Pro Grade which is still not available in 18 inch.

Tire size is 275-70-R18.

Charlie · 12-18-2006, 03:49 AM

There is another thread on this subject that kicked off a couple days ago with some discussion about tire brands. I have Continental tires on the Expedition and they seem to be wearing good, have no complaints about them so far at 35K miles, but the do not have the stress of the tires on the TV. I just installed the second set of Michelin LTS MX on the TV, the OEM Firestone's were gone at 30K.

Glenn and Lorraine · 12-18-2006, 03:52 AM

Not a thing wrong with Conty's. We did handle them years ago and they always gave excellent service.

LonnieB · 12-18-2006, 04:21 AM

Illapah, I sell alot of Continental tires, and have had very few problems with them, they seem to be holding up well I like the Goodyear Wranglers over Continental, but that is just personal prefference.

tcorbitt · 12-18-2006, 04:57 AM

I also have them on my F350. At 25K miles, still plenty of life in them. At the rate they are going, I expect to get about 40K out of these. I would stick with the Contentinal if I needed to replace mine at this point. TC

illapah · 12-18-2006, 05:08 AM

Thanks all. I had Michelin LTX MS on my Dodge and here in the snow I wished for a more agressive tire. Snow just starting this year. Will see how the Continentals hold up. I don't want to afford just snow tires and all that entails. Maybe a set of diamond pattern chains is what I should do.

Broome101 · 12-18-2006, 11:40 AM

With he new ford you only have two choices, the Conit or Goodyear that is it. Nobody else makes them yet. I just had to replace mine went back with Conit friend that owes his own store sold them to me at his cost 98.00 each.

adelmoll · 12-19-2006, 12:42 AM

We just replaced our Continentals with new ones. We had 47,000 miles on them without any problems. We are very pleased with them. There still are not many making the 18". We paid more than Bromme101 did but then we did not know the owner.

Helen

Wrenchtraveller · 12-19-2006, 05:01 PM

I think the Continentals are a good all season tire but I ordered the FX4 package that was supposed to come with an All Terrain tire and at delivery time my Ford dealer gave me money back.
I really wanted a good snow tire but so far these Continentals have performed pretty well, even in snow so I have to say I am fairly pleased with them so far. They are smooth and quiet on pavement. On gravel they do hold stones and you hear them throwing them up into the wheel wells.

JH Sechelt · 12-19-2006, 08:18 PM

I'd take some of those Continentals for $98

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Hate to think of what they are going to cost up here in the Great White North

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J&D

LonnieB · 12-20-2006, 01:18 AM

My cost as a dealer, for the LT275/65R18 Continental is 98.30. For the LT275/70R18 my cost is 112.00. Both of these are load range E. I sell them for 40.00 over cost to most people, but do make exceptions for friends.

I hope I don't get in trouble for saying that.

Broome101 · 12-20-2006, 04:26 AM

Mine are LT275/70/18 Continentals Cont tracs

richfaa · 12-20-2006, 04:34 AM

Our Mission tires ran over 2200 miles , Ohio to AZ at interstate speeds (and perhaps a bit more) without issue. We shot the tire temps at every stop and checked PSI on our pre trip inspection every morning.We had one tire that would loose 15 LBS or so every couple of days then after 3 or 4 days it stopped that and has held 80psi ever since..what's up with that tire guys???

LonnieB · 12-20-2006, 04:54 AM

Hey Rich,
There are a couple of different things that could have caused your tire to lose air for awhile, then suddenly stop.
First, it could have been leaking around the bead somewhere, and finally sealed itself.
Second, it could have had a valve core that wasn't seating properly, and during the process of checking and airing it up, it finally seated.
Third, it may have something in it that has sealed off the hole.

MAMalody · 12-20-2006, 07:10 PM

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quote:Originally posted by LonnieB

My cost as a dealer, for the LT275/65R18 Continental is 98.30. For the LT275/70R18 my cost is 112.00. Both of these are load range E. I sell them for 40.00 over cost to most people, but do make exceptions for friends.

I hope I don't get in trouble for saying that.

While I always like a good deal, I have learned that a reasonable profit is not a dirty word. As long as "you" are straight with me and charge a fair price, I am a happy camper.

Wrenchtraveller · 12-21-2006, 01:43 AM

Lonnie, do the 65 series Continentals still have the single load rating of 3640 pounds that the 70 series does?

This tire rating allows Ford to give the F350 SRW rear axle a 7000 pound rating.
It would be nice to get the lower profile tire and I know from using tire and rear end calculators that a change from 70 series to 65 series changes my gears from 4.10s to 4.24's and this is good for towing heavy .

LonnieB · 12-21-2006, 02:19 AM

Don,

The 65's have a max load rating of 3475 lbs. single, and 3085 lbs. dual.

Mike,

The markup I stated is a little lower than the norm in this area for light truck tires. Some areas of the country are higher, but I know of none that are lower. Some of the national chains, like Discount Tire, sell for less because they get their tires cheaper. When you get them a container at a time, it's easy to undercut the competition. I believe in your area, Les Schwaab does about the same thing.

sreigle · 12-21-2006, 12:37 PM

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quote:Originally posted by Broome101

With he new ford you only have two choices, the Conit or Goodyear that is it. Nobody else makes them yet. I just had to replace mine went back with Conit friend that owes his own store sold them to me at his cost 98.00 each.

Broome, they're no longer using the BFG Rugged Trail T/A? I just replace the OEM BFG's at 70k miles, replacing them with the same tire. They had another 5k to 10k in them but we were coming into snow weather and I like a bit more tread in snow so went ahead and swapped them.

I've never had Continental tires but have heard good things and have not heard much bad about them.

LonnieB · 12-21-2006, 01:39 PM

Steve, in the LT275/70R18E only Continental and Goodyear are available. In the LT275/65R18E, ther are several companies to choose from, including BFG. TOYO has started production of this size, ( not available as of yet ) and a couple of the others are in planning stages.

Sweetfire · 12-21-2006, 01:54 PM

I guess I didn't get the mileage everyone else did. With 56,000 miles on my 2005 F350 I just got rid of my second set of Continentals. I did not like them. No traction in snow and hydroplaned in wet conditions. I just switched to the TOYO LT275/70 R18 and really like the way they are working in the rain and snow we've had in the past month.

On edit; One thing I should mention is I usually replace my tires when there is about 15-20% tread left, especially this time of year, so I may have been able to get an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles out of the first two sets of Connies. But when the rear end of the truck starts to want to changes places with the front end in the snow I start thinking about new rubber. But like I said I was not impressed with the Connies so I was looking for an excuse to replace them.

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