Re: feel soaked by tire shop

Posted by Billy NY on August 14, 2007 at 10:13:10 from (64.12.117.74):

In Reply to: feel soaked by tire shop posted by bison on August 13, 2007 at 21:28:16:

I know the feeling, but it's one of those things you need to be ready for if you are depending on a tractor to get something done with minimal down time. I have a guy locally who works out of a pick up truck, been a tire guy for some years, we must be about the same age, but he gets a premium, just the way it is, real nice friendly guy, pleasure to do business with and will give you advice or help on say old trucks or whatever you are dealing with, he will work on anything, but like I said he gets a premium, it's a niche market and when a machine is down that needs to be back up running, you don't have a spare or any way of dealing with it, you pay, simple as that. Not too say I like the high rates either, but they got to make a buck or you have to bring it to em or do it yourself.

I watched him carefully, the last time he put a new tire on for me, just a 13.6 x28 loaded. I know I can do it now, but I paid for that knowledge then, as it was important for me to be able to deal with a tire problem, have been on my own 4 years now, no big job and salary anymore, so I will make an effort to save money where ever I can.

What burns me is when another outfit did the other tire, left the valve leaking externally, said it will stop, I was working away, time flies, now I have to deal with it, brand new rim, tire and tube, loaded, I'll bet the rim is shot, might have been better to call the man, but that cost is significant, I will get the tire drained, off that rim, do the repair and whatever necessary, totally my fault for letting it go, they closed their shop around here, so I deal with the other guy, if need be. Really irks me when the job was not done right and I bought all new parts. But I will deal with it and pump that fluid back in with a drill pump and tire filling valve to avoid paying double for that tire, have no choice now, can re-use the fluid, top off if need be, new tube, clean rim or find another, won't have to pay the labor at least, if I did that would be a $1000.00 tire, that cost $185-$200 or so.

I'm not doing anything time sensitive with the tractor, but if I were, I'd have a spare ready to mount, take the bad one to them or deal with it myself when time permits

You either have someone locally who is reasonable or you got the outfits that have to charge a premium to cater to this niche market. The change in the quote on the phone is disturbing, on principle, but the bill is in the ball park, last time it cost me well over $500 for a new 13.6 x 28 tire, tube, and calcium, installed here by the tire guy, took him about 1 hour.

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