Posted by RodInNS on March 22, 2008 at 14:31:14 from (24.224.246.156):
In Reply to: Titan Tires Again... posted by BOB-WISC on March 22, 2008 at 09:14:34:
I'm amused at reading all of the posts that defend Armstrong/Titan. We've had probably handy a dozen of those tires over the years, all on new equipment. I think all were 6 ply rated. Most were R-1 bias drives while some were R-4's on the skid steer. All the R-1's had sidewall failures and one had a rupture in the tread (not a puncture, but an internal rupture). Be it the fault of Ford/NH for specing a light tire on an 11000# tractor or the fault of Titan for building a tire incapable of withstanding the loads expected of it in that class; take you pick. I don't care. All I care about is that the tire blew before it's time and cost me money. The R-4's we did get out money from as they wore out before they rotted out (about a year - 18 months... I then made the mistake of capping a couple of them and didn't get my money from them. A GoodYear casing will take a cap. Even the cheap Advance tires will take at least one capping. Titan won't. If they're not loaded heavily relative to their rating and they're run off fairly quickly, you'll probably get on fine with them... but if you expect them to carry, they're gonna blow... in a CaCl shower lacking any kind of style. Never, NEVER again will I own a Titan. If they were on a tractor on a lot that I was looking at I'd require them to be changed or there would be no deal. Never again. Michelin first, Firestone second, Galaxy or BFG third... The worst remark I can make about any other tires was that the GoodYear Dyna Torque II's wore poorly and didn't pull all that great. We had one of them fail due to under inflation, but have generally had very few problems with other tires except one set of Generals that didn't impress me much, but they did freeze once so that likely didn't help them. Otherwise, Galaxy/Primex is a decent cheap tire.
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