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HMMWV replacement tires

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tgejesse

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New hmmwv owner, m1123 from yermo. 2009 rebuild. Tires are 37x12.5r16.5lt MT (not MT/R) date codes are 2006…. So these bad boys gotta go. They have some cracks and I don’t want a blow out.


Im looking at the most cost effective set of tires that could be directly mounted on the stock rims.
I will only be driving around a beach town, no off-roading etc. Simple and cost effective is the name of the game.

I apologize if this has been asked and answered, I couldn’t find any threads.
 

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Least expensive would likely be Treadwright tires. They are a remold tire (not to be confused with retread), and I haven't heard anything bad about them, other than you have to buy the warranty to go with the tires (only like $12 I think for a 1 year warranty)

Other than that Feltz tire seems to be a good one, a buddy here ordered tires for 2 trucks from them and is happy. He paid like $25 extra per tire for them to leave them with the run flats in (well worth it in his opinion). Date codes were only 2-3 years old I believe.
 
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Coug said:
Least expensive would likely be Treadwright tires. They are a remold tire (not to be confused with retread), and I haven't heard anything bad about them, other than you have to buy the warranty to go with the tires (only like $12 I think for a 1 year warranty)

Other than that Feltz tire seems to be a good one, a buddy here ordered tires for 2 trucks from them and is happy. He paid like $25 extra per tire for them to leave them with the run flats in (well worth it in his opinion). Date codes were only 2-3 years old I believe.
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I like the idea of the treadwright remold tires. Do you have a specific model?
 
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They had them for sale for a while, then were only selling blemish tires for crazy high prices over $300 for a blemish tire, then they stopped offering them. I saw a lot of mixed reviews on them, ranging from great experience to them coming apart. I was looking at these myself but I think I'll now jump over to a 17" wheel and a better tire for what I use it for (80% on road).
 
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I'm running Treadwrights with bead locks from Trailworthy Fab (no run flats). I have no complaints. As far as availability or them selling only blemish tires (per MattNC above) I learned they only make them from time to time (once or twice a month maybe) and they sell out fast. I learned this when I called them about lack of availability.
The advice of the staff member I spoke with was to call weekly and ask when they had a run of HMMWV remoulds scheduled, then once I had that production estimate I should call that day (or couple of days in a row) to place a telephone order as soon as they had tires completed, but before they were listed on the website. That worked fine and I also got a 10% veteran discount, if I recall correctly. So far they are running great and I can't say anything bad about them.

They do pretty limited runs I estimate, since HMMWV is not as big a business as common autos, but I would say that the fact they sold out in a couple of days each time I was watching strongly implies they are a good tire at a good price.

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tgejesse said:
Background:

New hmmwv owner, m1123 from yermo. 2009 rebuild. Tires are 37x12.5r16.5lt MT (not MT/R) date codes are 2006…. So these bad boys gotta go. They have some cracks and I don’t want a blow out.


Im looking at the most cost effective set of tires that could be directly mounted on the stock rims.
I will only be driving around a beach town, no off-roading etc. Simple and cost effective is the name of the game.

I apologize if this has been asked and answered, I couldn’t find any threads.
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A blowout may not be that big of a deal, if you use the factory runflats. I lost a rear at 65 on the interstate. I could feel something was different, so i pulled over. The hmmwv stayed in the lane until i moved over.
 
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I think you have the perfect set now for your described needs. Not real proud of this but I have cracks in my 38” Toyos that you can stick a quarter in and they have been like that for years. I cant see getting rid of my tires that have 85% tread left on them. That being said, I will be replacing them once my Roadking sells. Sorry I only have 11cents leftover Humvee has used up all my quarters.9E15AC4C-0FB5-43CF-91E8-4C85B629CFA5.jpeg
 
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Maxjeep1 said:
I think you have the perfect set now for your described needs. Not real proud of this but I have cracks in my 38” Toyos that you can stick a quarter in and they have been like that for years. I cant see getting rid of my tires that have 85% tread left on them. That being said, I will be replacing them once my Roadking sells. Sorry I only have 11cents leftover Humvee has used up all my quarters.View attachment 842034
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Off road ok to use in the middle of no where. Downright scary for any interstate or street use over 20 mph. Quite a liability issue if you have an accident..... IMHO
 
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